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Jake Fogelnest

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Jake Fogelnest
Steinjive tells the story of MC Steinberg, a young aspiring hip-hop rapper from New Jersey.  In one day, he is fired from his job at the dollar store, forced out of his apartment, and takes bad advice from his seedy manager.  He also has the biggest show
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Jake Fogelnest has been nominated for two Emmys and a WGA Award. He served as the Executive Producer/Showrunner for Corporate on Comedy Central. Jake was a Co-Executive Producer for Marvel's Runaways. Other credits include Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp, Difficult People, Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon's Cord and Tish specials and Billy On The Street. Most recently Jake was an Executive Producer on the second season of Liza On Demand.

Jake Fogelnest also writes for the enormously successful and extremely important news affairs program, The Ron Burgundy Podcast, working closely with the broadcasting legend who is an exhausting personality. Jake has directed many music videos and is an alumni of both Funny Or Die and Upright Citizens Brigade.

In 1994, he created Squirt TV, a Manhattan public access show which became a cult hit MTV series, hosted out of Jake's teenage bedroom. Please resist the urge to look up old clips of the show on YouTube.

Yes, Jake has been a guest on Marc Maron's podcast, but he's most proud of being asked to do a "What's In My Bag?" for Amoeba Records.

Jake Fogelnest lives in Los Angeles. He has an account on Instagram.

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BornMarch 14, 1979
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BornMarch 14, 1979
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
    Runaways
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman in Corporate (2018)
    Corporate
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (2018)
    The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 2018
    Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)
    Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer

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    Writer



    • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
      The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • staff writer
      • 2021
    • The Ron Burgundy Podcast (2019)
      The Ron Burgundy Podcast
      8.7
      Podcast Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • 2019–2021
    • Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Tommy Davidson, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Megan Thee Stallion, and Sarah Cooper in Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
      Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
      5.5
      TV Special
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Travis Coles, Kimiko Glenn, and Liza Koshy in Liza on Demand (2018)
      Liza on Demand
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • The 2019 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (2019)
      The 2019 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
      7.7
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2019
    • Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
      Runaways
      6.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2018
    • The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! (2018)
      The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
      5.8
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2018
    • Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman in Corporate (2018)
      Corporate
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2018
    • The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (2018)
      The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 2018
    • Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner in Difficult People (2015)
      Difficult People
      7.1
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • story editor
      • 2015–2017
    • Britt Robertson in Girlboss (2017)
      Girlboss
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2017
    • Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)
      Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • staff writer
      • 2015
    • Natasha Lyonne and Allan McLeod in Beetlejuice 2 (2014)
      Beetlejuice 2
      3.7
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Everclear's Windows 10 Album Giveaway
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Paul Reubens and Karen Gillan in TV on the Radio: Happy Idiot (2014)
      TV on the Radio: Happy Idiot
      7.8
      Music Video
      • Writer
      • 2014

    Producer



    • Travis Coles, Kimiko Glenn, and Liza Koshy in Liza on Demand (2018)
      Liza on Demand
      5.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman in Corporate (2018)
      Corporate
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018–2019
    • The 2019 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (2019)
      The 2019 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
      7.7
      TV Special
      • consulting producer
      • 2019
    • Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
      Runaways
      6.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018
    • The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (2018)
      The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • consulting producer
      • 2018
    • Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner in Difficult People (2015)
      Difficult People
      7.1
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2016–2017
    • Britt Robertson in Girlboss (2017)
      Girlboss
      7.0
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2017
    • Mariah Carey's Holiday Sketchtacular (2015)
      Mariah Carey's Holiday Sketchtacular
      3.5
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Squirt TV
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1994

    Additional Crew



    • Billy Eichner in Billy on the Street (2011)
      Billy on the Street
      7.8
      TV Series
      • creative consultant
      • 2014–2015

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    • Alternative name
      • Benjamin Jacob Fogelnest
    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
    • Born
      • March 14, 1979
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Spouse
      • Devorah Fogelnest October 30, 2020 - present
    • Other works
      Often works at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.
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      • 1 Article

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    • Trivia
      In 2004, Fogelnest won a New York City A.I.R. Award for hosting the "Top 92 Worst Xmas Songs of All-Time" on the former WXRK where he worked as a DJ for many years before the station changed formats and became WFNY-FM.

      Upon K-Rock's format switch, Fogelnest hosted a radio show on the new Free-FM with Jackie Clarke called Jake and Jackie. The show was a combination of pop culture discussion and radio sketch comedy. Fogelnest left the show for Sirius XM radio in 2006.

      From 2006-2014, Fogelnest hosted mornings on Sirius XM's College rock/Indie rock channel, Sirius XMU. He was also heard afternoons on Sirius XM Alt Nation. Fogelnest exited Sirius XM in November 2014 to focus full-time on writing and producing for television.

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