Mike Drucker

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Mike Drucker
Born (1984-03-15) 15 March 1984 (age 40)
Alma materNew York University
GenreComedy
Notable works Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Bill Nye Saves the World
Notable awards Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy/Variety in 2020

Mike Drucker is an American stand-up comedian, writer and producer known for his work on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) and Bill Nye Saves the World (2017).

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Filmography

Drucker was a head comedy writer for Bill Nye Saves the World and writer for Adam Ruins Everything . [1] He also wrote for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in New York City. Drucker was a contributing writer to The Onion and Saturday Night Live . [2] He has been published in McSweeney's [3] and Black20 . [4] He also worked on script adaptation for the English-language release of the video game Kid Icarus: Uprising .[ citation needed ] During his time as an intern on Saturday Night Live , his nerdy mannerisms were noticed by writers and he was subsequently parodied by Zach Braff in a Bronx Beat sketch. [5]

Awards

In 2007, he was one of three winners of Disney's "So You Think You're Funny" stand-up competition, a joint-venture by Disney and MySpace to promote the movie Ratatouille . [6] [ better source needed ]

Drucker was nominated for" Outstanding Writing for Non-Fiction program" in 2017 for Bill Nye Saves the World. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing - Variety Series" for two years running (2018 and 2019) for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. He has received eight Emmy nominations. [7]

Drucker won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy/Variety in 2020, with Full Frontal. He had previously been nominated for the Award several times. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mike Drucker". Writers Guild of America, East. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Mike Drucker". Comedy Central Stand Up. Archived from the original on August 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ Mike Drucker. "A Robot Performs Stand-Up Comedy to a Lackluster Response". McSweeney's. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ Mike Drucker. "Manly Phrases You Should Say Before You Die". Black20. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Zach Braff/Maroon 5 Recap". Saturday Night Live. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013.
  6. ↑ "So You Think You're Funny". MySpace. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Mike Drucker". Television Academy. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Trilby Beresford,Allison Crist,Kirsten Chuba,Hilary; Beresford, Trilby; Crist, Allison; Chuba, Kirsten; Lewis, Hilary (February 1, 2020). "WGA Awards: 'Parasite' and 'Jojo Rabbit' Among Film Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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