Brooks Wheelan
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Brooks Wheelan (born August 21, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian and a former cast member of Saturday Night Live. Wheelan was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and his hometown is Manchester, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 2009 with a biomedical engineering degree.[2]
Life and career
Wheelan was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Chris and Jim Wheelan.[3] In September 2013, Wheelan joined the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player.[4][5] Prior to this, Wheelan worked as a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles.[5] He started out performing stand-up comedy in his late teens in Iowa, before eventually moving to Los Angeles to study improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and work as a contributing writer at CollegeHumor.
SNL Weekend Update
Wheelan was a recurring guest on SNL's Weekend Update, where he used his stand-up stories as public service announcements against irresponsible behavior. On the Bruce Willis/Katy Perry episode, the commentary centered on getting tattoos that have no meaning, with Wheelan showing off three tattoos he got in his youth: a tribal stamp on his left arm meant to look like the one Anthony Kiedis from The Red Hot Chili Peppers has, a nautical star on his right arm, and a weird oceanscape he got on his side (which came from a doodle he drew in his freshman year of high school, and, to him, doesn't make sense because he grew up in Iowa, which isn't a coastal state). On the Anna Kendrick/Pharrell Williams episode, the commentary centered on the dangers of drinking alcohol, and the story of how his friends put butter down his pants while he was blacked out drunk and Wheelan worrying that he was dying of an undiscovered sexually-transmitted disease.
On July 14, 2014, Wheelen announced that he was no longer a cast member of Saturday Night Live via Twitter, stating: "Fired from New York, It's Saturday Night."[6]
References
- Jump up ^ Klingseis, Katherine (October 13, 2013). "Comedian pokes fun at his tattoos, Iowa upbringing on ‘Saturday Night Live’". DesMoinesRegister.com. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- Jump up ^ Ta, Linh (September 28, 2013). "Manchester native named to new 'SNL' cast". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- Jump up ^ http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130918/NEWS/309180055/Native-Iowan-among-new-cast-season-SNL-?nclick_check=1
- Jump up ^ "Standup Brooks Wheelan Hired to Write for 'SNL'". Splitsider. 26 August 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Carter, Bill (September 15, 2013). "New Course for ‘Update,’ and All of ‘SNL’". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- Jump up ^ Barsanti, Sam. "Saturday Night Live has fired Brooks Wheelan". A.V. Club date=July 14, 2014.
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