Bryan Bishop

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Bryan Bishop
Born (1978-09-13) September 13, 1978 (age 45)
Other namesBald Bryan
OccupationProduction/Sound Effects
SpouseChristie Clough Bishop [1]
Website bryanbishop.com

Bryan Bishop, frequently referred to on podcasts as Bald Bryan, [2] is an American radio personality and New York Times Best Selling author, best known for his career on The Adam Carolla Show podcast and its previous radio version.

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Early life

Bishop was born in 1978 and grew up in San Carlos, California. He attended Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California where he was a classmate of Tom Brady. They both graduated in 1995. He majored in creative writing at the University of Southern California, where he was a founding member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity's Delta Rho chapter. [3]

Game show appearances

Broadcasting career

In May 2002, Bishop began working with Adam Carolla on the radio show Loveline as a call screener. He was fired on June 2, 2005, after blogging inside details of the show. [4]

Bishop also worked on Adam Carolla's Too Late with Adam Carolla TV show.[ citation needed ]

On January 2, 2006, Bishop began working on The Adam Carolla Show as a call screener. On May 4, 2006, Bishop filled in for Mike Lynch, the show's sound effects person, while Lynch was getting married. [5] When Lynch was promoted to writer, Bishop became the show's permanent sound effects person and the call screener position was filled by Kyle Baugher. LAist described Bryan as "a sound-effects wizard, and ultra quick-witted third-man". [1]

Role on The Adam Carolla Show

Bishop occasionally participates in both conversations and performances on the show. One of Bishop's hallmarks is providing prerecorded verbalized and audio commentary by triggering humorous and relevant sound effects. Examples of Bishop's sound effects include the "correct answer" and "incorrect answer" bells/buzzers from Family Feud , or sentences spoken by others on the show, out of context. Bishop's sound effects are often referred to as "drops" on the show.

Bishop is notable on the show for excelling in geek culture-themed competition segments, such as "Totally Topical Tivo Trivia", "Blah, Blah, Blog", "Gay Walking", "Nerd Walking", and "The Rotten Tomatoes Game". Bishop occasionally participates in improvisational elements of the show.

Support for Bishop's fight with cancer and his $100,000 win on Who Wants to be a Millionaire are occasionally discussed on the show.[ citation needed ]

In January 2023, Carolla announced that Bishop and co-host Gina Grad would not be returning as regulars to the podcast, but would be future guests on the program.

Other broadcasts

Bishop also co-hosts a movie podcast called The Film Vault with former Loveline engineer Anderson Cowan, as well as The Bryan and Gina Show with Gina Grad for LA Mag.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Bryan married Christie Clough, an advertising executive, in 2009. [1] Their daughter Tessa was born in 2016. [6]

Brain tumor

On Adam Carolla's podcast in May 2009 [7] Bishop stated he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor (a low-grade glioma located in the brainstem). [1] Keith Black, the chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, referred Bishop to a specialized team who pursued treatment involving radiation and chemotherapy. [1] Bryan has continued regular MRIs and treatment through the years. He had a brain surgery/biopsy in July 2023, as discussed on his LAMag Podcast. [8]

On October 21, 2009, Bishop appeared on Carolla's podcast and reported that his most recent MRI showed that the tumor had shrunk significantly and that treatment was ongoing. [7] Bishop detailed undergoing therapy using the angiogenesis inhibiting drug, Avastin. Bishop announced on the same podcast that, because he is undergoing radiation treatments which might result in him becoming sterile, he has made deposits at a sperm bank as a precaution in advance of his pending nuptials.[ citation needed ] Bishop and his wife had a healthy daughter in 2016 through natural conception.

Carolla hosted a fundraiser "Laughs for Bald Bryan" in November 2009, which included performances by Jimmy Kimmel, Larry Miller, Greg Fitzsimmons, and others.[ citation needed ]

When Bishop filled in for Carolla on the July 8, 2011, edition of the podcast, he and co-host Alison Rosen discussed his diagnosis and treatment. [9] In discussing the diagnosis, Bishop said his doctors had initially given him "6 months to a year" to live. Bishop also discussed his current treatment regimen.

He has written a book about the experience: Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me, which was published by Thomas Dunne Books in April 2014 and became a New York Times best seller. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bacon, Caleb (September 10, 2009). "'Bald' Bryan Bishop's 'Inconvenient' Brain Tumor". LAist . Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  2. ↑ http://baldbryan.blogspot.com/ [ bare URL ]
  3. ↑ Bryan's myspace page
  4. ↑ "Top 5 Movies With The Character's Name In The Title". The Film Vault . 2 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Adam With Billy Moses, David Allen Grier, Satan, Johnathan Cheechoo « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog Archived December 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BKI0_OtAclx/?igshid=MzRIODBiNWFIZA== [ bare URL ]
  7. 1 2 Adam Carolla Podcast, 5/13/09
  8. ↑ https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-bryan-and-gina-show-lamag/bryan-s-brain-surgery-saga-la-mag/ [ bare URL ]
  9. ↑ July 8, 2011 - Todd Glass Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ New York Times Bestseller List E-book Nonfiction, May 18, 2014
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