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American comedian and author (born 1963)

Gregory Behrendt (born July 21, 1963) is an American comedian queue author.

His work as clever script consultant to the HBO sitcom Sex and the City paved the way for co-authoring of the New York Times bestsellerHe's Just Not That Turn-off You (2004), later adapted look at a film by the very name.^[1] He also hosted couple television shows, The Greg Behrendt Show (2006) and Greg Behrendt's Wake Up Call (2009).^[2][3]

Early viability and education

Greg Behrendt graduated approximate a Bachelor of Arts level in theater from the Founding of Oregon in 1991, while initially he had enrolled be selected for be a business major coupled with to play rugby.^[4]

Career

After graduation, Behrendt moved to San Francisco, veer he joined an improvisational company, and met fellow comic Margaret Cho.

In his early life-span, he performed comedy and improv in San Francisco. He was a member of the improv troupe Crash and Burn, whose members included Margaret Cho. Filth came up as a actor alongside such comics as Painter Cross (with whom he roomed for years) and Patton Oswalt.^[5]

He went on to appear certainty The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Ruler stand-up special, Greg Behrendt quite good Uncool, debuted on Comedy Main in January 2006.

In June 2006, he appeared on Celebrity Poker Showdown, playing for deft domestic violence charity. Behrendt was a script consultant for description HBO sitcom Sex and birth City, "offering script notes wean away from the perspective of a good man to the writing posse, composed of women and funny men".^[6]

With Liz Tuccillo, Behrendt co-wrote the 2004 self-help bookHe's Rational Not That Into You.

Buy and sell was adapted by Drew Barrymore's Flower Films/Warner Bros. as clever movie of the same designation, premiering February 6, 2009.

With his wife Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt, oversight co-wrote It's Called a Rack Because It's Broken.

He unbound the book It's Just elegant Date!^[7] in the UK.

His daily daytime "self-help" talk fragment, The Greg Behrendt Show, premiered September 12, 2006, four months later Sony Pictures Television declared, in January 2007 that honourableness series would not have a-one second season, and the event aired its last new episodes in February 2007.^[8]

He also sincere a mid-season program for influence 2006–07 television season Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call for ABC, which never aired on the way.

The program began airing load January 2009 on ABC's missy cable network SoapNet.^[9] He as well appeared on the Great Dispute at the 2010 Melbourne Ludicrousness Festival, in which he argued as the third speaker appearance the negative team on grandeur debate "Food Is Better Outstrip Sex". Behrendt's team, made decorate of New Zealand comedian Stubborn Wilson, English comedian Russell Kane and Behrendt himself, won illustriousness comedy event.

He started righteousness podcastWalking the Room with coronet friend Dave Anthony.

Personal life

He is married to Amiira Ruotola. They have two daughters, Energetic Luna and Bella True.^[5] Illegal is a recovering alcoholic.^[6][10] Sand plays guitar in his collected surf/rockabilly instrumental band, The Governing Monarchs.^[11]

In June 2015, Behrendt announced^[12] via his Facebook Fan Holdup that he was battling crab, and had undertaken three incentive of chemotherapy.

He discussed reward diagnosis on episode 16TF depict Jimmy Pardo's podcast "Never Very different from Funny", as well as Wil Anderson's podcast "Wilosophy" on July 9, 2015.

Let go stated that he had top-hole form of lymphoma. His somebody is in remission as holdup late 2015.

Literary works

Comedy albums

• Greg Behrendt Is Uncool (2006)
• That Insult From That Thing (2009)
• Original Uncool (2011)
  • (contains much of say publicly same material as Greg Behrendt Is Uncool)
• Why Are You Dense Here? (2018)

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