1. Scott Aukerman was a writer and performer in the later seasons of the sketch series Mr Show from 1996 to 1998.
19 Facts About Scott Aukerman
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Scott Aukerman is the co-creator of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and co-founder of the Earwolf podcast network.
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Scott Aukerman was born on July 2,1970, in Savannah, Georgia to Burt and Linda Scott Aukerman.
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Scott Aukerman's father was a pilot for the US National Guard who fought in the Vietnam War and was stationed in Savannah.
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Scott Aukerman attended Cypress High School and the Orange County School of the Arts, studying acting and musical theater and writing plays in his spare time.
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Scott Aukerman was raised in a religiously observant household, attending a Baptist church three times a week until college.
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Scott Aukerman hosted a public-access television show called Centurion Highlights, based on the school's mascot.
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Scott Aukerman appeared sporadically on the show, most notably as the model Theo Brixton in the Taint Magazine sketch.
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In 2010, Scott Aukerman wrote a feature film script for friend Zach Galifianakis for Fox, and he and Patton Oswalt co-wrote a television pilot for Fox, which the network ultimately passed on.
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Later that year, Scott Aukerman joined a "writers lab", writing film scripts for Imagine Entertainment.
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On May 1,2009, Scott Aukerman started to host Comedy Death-Ray Radio, a comedy-themed broadcast based upon the live show, on Los Angeles radio station Indie 103.1.
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Scott Aukerman directed and produced this episode, which won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program.
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In 2015, Scott Aukerman won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program again, this time for the Brad Pitt episode.
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Aukerman and Scott bonded over their love of both comedy and music, and have since launched multiple music-based comedy podcasts about various bands and artists.
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The podcast ultimately led to Aukerman and Scott interviewing the band themselves, as well as being invited to see them live.
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The podcast returned in 2023 for two episodes, where Aukerman and Scott reviewed the compilation Songs of Surrender as well as the band's Las Vegas live show U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere.
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Aukerman and Scott have occasionally produced one-off editions of the podcast.
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Scott Aukerman is a stated longtime fan of comic books and has authored and co-authored several titles, including Astonishing Spider-Man, X-Men and Secret Wars issues.
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Scott Aukerman previously collected DVDs, and is an avid filmgoer and fan of cinema venues.