WHERE MY LIFE BEGINS AND MY WEBSITE BUDGET ENDS.
I did a deep dive into the web to find as much of my old website(s) as possible. Everything I find will be posted on this page. Enjoy!
Here is an old bio that I originally used to apply for a radio hosting gig...then on my MySpace page...Thanks to Dr. Evil/Mike Myers for the inspiration...
The details of my life are quite inconsequential...
Very well, where do I begin?
I was born in a tiny suburb of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania called Beaver Falls. Actually, I grew up in a suburb of that suburb called Chippewa Township. We lived in the third unit of a duplex.
My father was a self employed auto parts peddler that loved baseball and apple pie with cheese on it. He would often work late in his parts store trying to invent things that already existed, like the telephone or thumb tacks.
My mother was a florist, an artist and a part time immigration attorney focusing on citizens of Armenia and West Virginia.
I graduated in the upper 10% of the lower third of my high school class and I was an active member of the "Tall Guy's That Can't Play Hoops" club as well as the Jazz Band, where I was fourteenth chair tenor tuba.
Several years ago, I walked into a comedy club and my life was forever changed. The club was also a cult and they "recruited" me to serve as their light bulb changer.
I have done stand-up comedy and writing ever since. I have written several spec scripts, like, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Office," and a killer "Too Close for Comfort." ("Monroe Gets a Job")
I also have written for several radio shows as well as two books. The first "The Book on Hosting: How Not to Suck as an Emcee" was published last August and the second "The Book on Vacuums: The Joke Sometimes Writes Itself" is due to drop in May 2010.
The details of my life are quite inconsequential...
Very well, where do I begin?
I was born in a tiny suburb of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania called Beaver Falls. Actually, I grew up in a suburb of that suburb called Chippewa Township. We lived in the third unit of a duplex.
My father was a self employed auto parts peddler that loved baseball and apple pie with cheese on it. He would often work late in his parts store trying to invent things that already existed, like the telephone or thumb tacks.
My mother was a florist, an artist and a part time immigration attorney focusing on citizens of Armenia and West Virginia.
I graduated in the upper 10% of the lower third of my high school class and I was an active member of the "Tall Guy's That Can't Play Hoops" club as well as the Jazz Band, where I was fourteenth chair tenor tuba.
Several years ago, I walked into a comedy club and my life was forever changed. The club was also a cult and they "recruited" me to serve as their light bulb changer.
I have done stand-up comedy and writing ever since. I have written several spec scripts, like, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Office," and a killer "Too Close for Comfort." ("Monroe Gets a Job")
I also have written for several radio shows as well as two books. The first "The Book on Hosting: How Not to Suck as an Emcee" was published last August and the second "The Book on Vacuums: The Joke Sometimes Writes Itself" is due to drop in May 2010.
From my very first website in 2000:
None of the links work.
Fastband.com was the online radio station I moved to New Orleans to work for. It ran from 6/99-9/00.
Dead Air LIVE was on COX Cable Channel 8 every Monday at 6:30 and re-run 15 more times during the week.
From DanRosenberg.com 2001:
DAN ROSENBERG began his comedy career in 1991 as a member of the comedy team, EriDan. His former comedy partner joined the merchant marines and left Dan alone on the stage as a solo act. Since beginning in Pittsburgh he has over 1500 performances across the country from Los Angeles to New York and recently moved back to Los Angeles after a 7-year boycott of earthquakes. Dan will be shooting the pilot for a new TV series called "SCHMUCKS!" in the fall of 2001. For a year and a half, Dan called New Orleans home. He was the host of "Dead Air LIVE" a LIVE call-in talk show that was broadcast on New Orleans Cable. His callers would call in and discuss any issue they wanted, and boy did they. Some shows, it was talk about the New Orleans Saints football team...others, tips on how to get a date (Dan is usually asking the caller!) Dan's first love is performing on stage, however, from June 1999 to September 2000, Dan was host / writer of his own show on FastBand GlobalCast, the world's first 24-hour LIVE Internet broadcast station. He got to perform daily for a global audience from the comfort of FastBand's Bourbon Street Studios. Plus, with the glass-encased studio, Dan got to see things most people pay to see. (A dollar at a time) Dan was also named Head of Comedic Operations for FastBand, Inc. and headed up the HumorVision.com web site. Unfortunately, due to lack of funding, FastBand ceased operations as an Internet company. While living in Orlando, Dan was the co-host of the television show "ORLANDO 2 NIGHT with Rikki and Dan", which aired on UPN 65. Dan has also been seen Nationally on "The Tonight Show", "MTV's Real World New Orleans", and on ABC-TV’s "America’s Funniest People."
He has also been seen (and not heard) on a few top television shows including, Ally McBeal, The Practice, and Dharma and Greg. Dan delivers his material as if each member of the audience is a close personal friend. He loves to interact with the audience, and make them a part of the show. Dan hosted the LATE LATE LATE LATE SHOW at the House of Blues for the 2000 New Orleans Comedy Festival, and is scheduled to appear for a third straight year. "Observational, quick witted and rubberfaced are just a few of this comedian's attributes. Dan is extremely likable on stage and off. One of the truly nice guys in the business." –Laugh.com "If Seinfeld and Letterman mated." –Pittsburgh Press "Thoroughly Stalled Comedian" (What the Hell does THAT mean?)
- Robert Kohler, LA Times
Well, I have been a busy boy lately! Here's what's new and what I have been working on....
"Dharma and Greg" Episode 14 "Do the Hustle" Look for me in the bar as "Sweet Lou's Buddy #1"
"Ally McBeal" Valentines Day Special. Again, I am in the bar (typecast already? They knew I lived in New Orleans!) I am in the scene with Barry Manilow!
"When Billie Beat Bobby" A movie of the week on ABC (I think!) I am a reporter in 1973. WOW What an ugly suit they had me wear!
"P.S. Your Cat is Dead" Steve Guttenberg's new movie co-written by my good pal Jeff Korn. (It helps to know a few peeps!) I play a cop. It is my third movie, and the third time I am a cop! Go figure.
Here's my site on 9.11.01:
PRESS RELEASE
September 4, 2001
9:00 AM (PT)
"3 GUYS, 1 DOG, NO JOBS!"
HOLLYWOOD - Shoebox Productions is proud to announce their newest production, "SCHMUCKS!" This new concept sitcom, is being filmed on location in Studio City beginning in October 2001. It is the first Reality Sitcom, combining the premise of most reality shows (the stars of the show will be playing themselves) and the not so average sitcom (the three stars are also comedians / actors.) The show centers around the lives of three guys living in the same apartment in the valley with no jobs, no prospects and no clue. The three actors selected are already friends, and actually spent several months living together in a crappy Studio City apartment. Sam Dunnavent, Jeff Korn, and Dan Rosenberg will be reliving some of their worst experiences in front of the entire country. Korn will serve as head writer, and Dunnavent and Rosenberg will also join him on the writing staff.
Here was what I had on the "schedule" before 9/11 happened. I didn't make it to New Orleans that following week due to there being no flights available.
JULY 2001 COMEDY STORE 7/6
MONTREAL 7/17-22
AUGUST 2001 COMEDY STORE 8/10
LAS VEGAS 8/15-18
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8/29
SEPTEMBER 2001 NEW ORLEANS COMEDY FEST 9/13-9/16
OCTOBER 2001 SHMUCKS! FILMING 10/4-7
From 2005 on DanRosenberg.com
May 18, 2005:
So if finally joined this MYSPACE thing. So many people are on it, so I figured what the hell? Not much going on in the world of me...getting ready for the Comedy Cars Seminar next week, and writing, writing, writing. So come, join me on MYSPACE...I only have 3 friends, and one of them is the guy at MYSPACE that does tech support.
May 26, 2005:
WOW! Over a week and I haven't "blogged" What will my fan think? I now have 19 friends on MYSPACE...do you want to be my friend? Visit MYSPACE and join the teens of fans! Yesterday was my first car sales seminar. It went really well and I am looking forward to doing the next one in July. Tonight is the taping for Comedy Express TV at the club. I am looking forward to a great show...3 shows really, the open mike, the 8:15 show and the taping at 10:15. I just booked a headlining spot at a casino up north. It'll be great to do a road gig again.
And here is my MySpace page from way back...
May 18, 2005:
So if finally joined this MYSPACE thing. So many people are on it, so I figured what the hell? Not much going on in the world of me...getting ready for the Comedy Cars Seminar next week, and writing, writing, writing. So come, join me on MYSPACE...I only have 3 friends, and one of them is the guy at MYSPACE that does tech support.
May 26, 2005:
WOW! Over a week and I haven't "blogged" What will my fan think? I now have 19 friends on MYSPACE...do you want to be my friend? Visit MYSPACE and join the teens of fans! Yesterday was my first car sales seminar. It went really well and I am looking forward to doing the next one in July. Tonight is the taping for Comedy Express TV at the club. I am looking forward to a great show...3 shows really, the open mike, the 8:15 show and the taping at 10:15. I just booked a headlining spot at a casino up north. It'll be great to do a road gig again.
And here is my MySpace page from way back...
