Scott Gairdner

Scott Gairdner (born 1987) is an American comedy writer, director, and podcaster, known for having created the Comedy Central animated series Moonbeam City, for promoting the cult phenomenon of The Room, alongside filmmaker Michael Rousselet, and for co-creating and co-hosting the theme park podcast Podcast: The Ride since 2017.[1] He created Tiny Fuppets.[2][3]

He is married to Erin Pade, now Erin Gairdner.[4]

Career

After studying film production at Loyola Marymount University, Gairdner began his career by uploading comedy videos onto his YouTube channel, which he started in 2006,[5] including the "Sex Offender Shuffle."[6] For two years (2010–2012) he worked at Funny or Die as a staff writer and director.[5]

In 2012, he was hired to work for the TBS show Conan as a writer and director. During his time working for Conan, he shot dozens of sketches for the show.[5]

He created and serves as the executive producer of Moonbeam City, an animated series on Comedy Central that debuted on September 16, 2015.[7] Gairdner credits the videos he posted on his YouTube channel for gaining the attention of Funny or Die, and later, Conan, which in turn served as the "springboard" that led to him being able to create Moonbeam City.[8]

In 2017, as part of promoting the latest installment in his Clip Cup series, Gairdner helped launch the fictitious OTT platform Vioobu, which managed to dupe several publications, as well as viewers, due to its expansive library of content.[9][10]

Since 2017, Gairdner has co-hosted a theme park podcast, Podcast: The Ride, alongside fellow comedians and theme park fans Mike Carlson and Jason Sheridan.

References
  1. Debruge, Peter (2017-03-13). "Film Review: 'The Disaster Artist'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  2. "Tiny Fuppets: The Most Bizarre 'Muppet Babies' Knockoff Ever (VIDEO)". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  3. Kramer, Mark. "Want to Try Podcast: The Ride? Start Here". Vulture. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. "Scott Gairdner on Instagram: "13 years ago, I went on my last first date. @erin_gairdner, you're beyond the best ❤️"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  5. "Bio". Scottgairdner.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  6. Vulture: 'Conan' writer Scott Gairdner responded to a weird Reddit question about one of his videos with hilarious lies
  7. Kurland, Daniel (15 September 2015). "Scott Gairdner Welcomes You to 'Moonbeam City'". Splitsider. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  8. Miller, Liz Shannon (16 September 2015). "'Moonbeam City' Creator Scott Gairdner Reached For the Stars, and Got Rob Lowe". Indiewire. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  9. "Vioobu Launches". Vulture.
  10. "Vioobu Official website". Vioobu.
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