Ted Jessup was born in Geneva, Switzerland, where his father was serving with the Central Intelligence Agency as station chief.
12 Facts About Ted Jessup
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Ted Jessup grew up in Europe and attended international schools.
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Ted Jessup has been a producer and writer for National Geographic Television, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Seth MacFarlane, VH1, MTV and The Al Franken Show among others.
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Ted Jessup has written comedy for numerous award-winning shows including The Peoples Choice, Guys Choice and Video Game Awards.
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Ted Jessup co-created the cult favorites VH1's Rock Candy and Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion.
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Ted Jessup was an executive producer and head writer for Nickelodeon's Space Cases.
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Ted Jessup executive produced the critically acclaimed feature film, Throwing Down, which won best American film at the 1995 Hamptons' Film Festival.
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Ted Jessup won a CableACE Award for directing The Other Europe for the Travel Channel, starring Billy Kimball.
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Ted Jessup has appeared in numerous sketches on The Late Late Show.
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Ted Jessup appears regularly as a commentator on TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest.
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Ted Jessup is a regular contributor and one of the original editors of The Old Yorker, the Internet humor journal.
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Ted Jessup is a nephew of Philip Jessup the noted diplomat, jurist and scholar.