Jim Florentine

Infobox Comedian
name = Jim Florentine


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medium = Stand up comedy, film, television, Radio
nationality = American
active = 1989-present
genre = Stand-up comedy
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website = [http://www.JimFlorentine.com JimFlorentine.com]
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emmyawards = Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly: HBO's "Inside the NFL" (Feature Producers)
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britishcomedyawards = Jim Florentine (August 18, 1964) is best known for his characters "Special Ed" and "Bobby Fletcher" created for a series of prank phone calls featured on the Comedy Central television show " [Crank Yankers."

He will be featured on the series premiere of “Down and Dirty with Jim Norton," a stand-up comedy series that will air on HBO on October 3rd at 12:00-12:30 a.m. ET/PT. The series spotlights new and established talent, including Artie Lange, Bill Burr (“Chappelle’s Show”), Patrice O’Neal (“Scary Movie 4”) and Andrew Dice Clay. Lemmy Kilminster, leader of the heavy metal band Motorhead, serves as musical director.

He is also co-hosting "That Metal Show" on VH1 Classic with Eddie Trunk and Don Jamieson. It will air at the end of October.

Florentine has been seen on The Apprentice, Comedy Central's “Mother Load,” HBO's "Inside the NFL," Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Howard Stern Show, Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, MTV Music Video Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn on Comedy Central, VH1's "The List," and Louie Anderson's "Comedy Showcase." He also voiced the redneck radio host "Bobbie Ray" in the video game "".

He has a series of prank call CDs known as "Terrorizing Telemarketers" Volumes 1-4. [ [http://www.jimflorentine.com/review.htm Reviews ] ] The CDs feature a series of recorded telephone conversations, often with Florentine receiving calls from telemarketers, wherein he turns the tables on often aggressive salespeople by being deliberately difficult and creating awkward situations.

On more than one occasion, Florentine has had police show up at his home because the victims of his pranks, believing the fictitious and often heinous scenarios he presents (including allusions to murder and conducting home abortions), traced the calls and contacted authorities.

Florentine has recently come out with a series on comedycentral.com's "Motherload" called "Meet the Creeps." This show is very similar and hugely based on his two DVDs of the same name available exclusively through his website www.jimflorentine.com.

Personal life

Discography

Albums

*Terrorizing Telemarketers I (CD)
*Terrorizing Telemarketers II (CD)
*Terrorizing Telemarketers III (CD)
*Terrorizing Telemarketers IV (CD)
*Jim Florentine LIVE: GET THE KIDS OUT OF THE ROOM (CD)
*Anger is a Gift (CD)

DVDs

*meet the creeps volume 1 (DVD)
*meet the creeps volume 2 (DVD)

Facts

* He shared an apartment with fellow comic Jim Norton up until 2000.Fact|date=July 2008
* Occasionally performs with The Killers of Comedy Tour.Fact|date=July 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.jimflorentine.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.wickedinfo.com/content/view/84/61/ Interview with WickedInfo.com]
* [http://tomgreen.com/ondemand/player.php?video=40 Jim Florentine on Tom Green Live]
* [http://www.jesterjournal.com/IntFlorentine.htm Interview with JesterJournal.com]