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{{short description|American cartoonist}}

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'''Jim Earl''' is a stage and radio [[comedian]], comedy writer, musician and [[cartoonist]] from [[California]].

Earl received a degree in [[Art History]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1984, and then he began his comedy career in the stand-up comedy team of "Lank and Earl" with his high-school friend [[Barry Lank]]. In 2001 he appeared in the film '[[Pootie Tang]]' as the character 'Eddie', directed by [[Louis C.K.|Louis C.K]], he later became a writer for ''[[The Daily Show]]'', winning the 2001 [[Emmy]] Award for "Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program" and a 2000 [[Peabody Award|Peabody]] award. After leaving the show, he wrote and performed for a number of [[Air America Radio]]'s radio shows: ''[[The Randi Rhodes Show]]'', ''Unfiltered with Lizz Winstead'', ''[[The Rachel Maddow Show (radio program)|The Rachel Maddow Radio Show]]'', and ''[[Morning Sedition]]'', where he performed his regular bits: "War on Brains", "Rapture Watch", "Morning Remembrance", "Sammy the Stem Cell", "Todd Brad: Policy Analyst", and "The 5 W's Plus 3 of Journalism." His comedy for the former show is now available for download on his own site, [http://www.jimearl.com jimearl.com]. Upon returning to California, Earl reunited with a former ''Morning Sedition'' host, [[Marc Maron]], on ''[[The Marc Maron Show]]'', which premiered on Air America Radio on February 28, 2006, and had its last show on July 14, 2006.

In December 2006, Earl went on to become head writer for the Friday ITch, a "comedy-news program for nerds", broadcast on [http://www.techweb.com Techweb.com]. In 2007, Jim also became a staff writer for "[[Talkshow with Spike Feresten]]" on Fox TV.

Jim is currently a featured performer on both Marc Maron's podcast, ''[[WTF with Marc Maron|WTF]]'', and [[David Feldman (comedian)|David Feldman]]'s podcast [https://web.archive.org/web/20100223042312/http://www.davidfeldmancomedy.com/audio ''David Feldman Show''], where he regularly performs with his band, [https://www.myspace.com/theclutterfamily The Clutter Family]. Their eponymous debut was released in April 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Clutter-Family-The/dp/B003O9I0Y2|title = Clutter Family| website=Amazon |year = 2010}}</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.jimearl.com Jim Earl's personal web site, jimearl.com]

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