J. Keith van Straaten

Infobox Actor
name = J. Keith van Straaten

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caption = J. Keith van Straaten with a teleprompter
birthdate = birth date and age|1971|6|16
notable role = Host of "Beat The Geeks" (2001 - 2002)
Host of "Yahoo! Answers On The Street" (2007)
yearsactive = 2001 - present

J. Keith van Straaten (born June 16, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, host, and writer.

On TV, he hosted the first season of the game show "Beat the Geeks" in 2001. In 2006, he began appearing as a panelist on VH1's "Best Week Ever". He frequently appears as a commentator on E! Entertainment Television on shows such as "25 Most Memorable Swimsuit Moments" and "Wildest Spring Break Moments".

Van Straaten has worked with Yahoo! on a number of projects. During the 2007 and 2008 Academy Award season, he authored a blog on Yahoo! Movies covering events and information up to and including the awards show. He also wrote their 2007 Summer and Holiday Movie Guides. The 28 short "Yahoo! Answers" [http://answersonthestreet.yahoo.com "On The Street"] segments are also hosted by van Straaten.

He briefly hosted a weekend internet radio show in 2007, the "Game Show Radio Game Show".

Van Straaten has appeared in television commercials for McDonald's, Nike, and a recent commercial for Cheez-It. He hosted the pilot for the USA edition of Balls of Steel (TV series).

Currently he produces and hosts a live-on-stage revival of What's My Line? at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York, New York, following its run at ACME Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

ee also

Keith (given name)

External links

* [http://www.jkeith.net/ Official Website and Blog]
* [http://www.whatsmyline.org What's My Line? - Live On Stage official site]
* [http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/blogs Yahoo! Movies Oscar Blog]