Dino Stamatopoulos
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Dino Stamatopoulous in an episode of Mr. Show. |
Dino Stamatopoulos is a
television comedy writer,
actor and
producer who has worked on
Mr. Show,
TV Funhouse,
Mad TV,
Moral Orel, and
Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Dino is of Greek and Irish descent.
He was nominated for an
Emmy in
1998 for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program" and in
1999 for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics". He also worked on
Tom Goes to the Mayor with Mr. Show alumnus
Bob Odenkirk. His current project is
Moral Orel.
According to Bob Odenkirk's wife's book,
Mr. Show: What Happened? The Complete Story and Episode Guide by Naomi Odenkirk, a brief story of Dino's comedy beginnings:
- In high school, Dino wrote for his school variety show and was astounded he could get laughs.- He did a duo act with Andy Dick, of sitcom and Mtv fame. One bit where Andy played the dummy for Dino as a ventriloquist. The Dummy speaks very slowly, because you find out later, he's overdosing on sleeping pills. Another where they did a 'Who's On First' bit, where Dino would mess up, and Andy would actually punch him. Andy: "That bit was so dark and twisted that some nights it went over very well, some nights it freaked everybody out."- Dino had written a spec script for a
Simpsons episode, just out of love for the show, and Andy convinced him to submit to
The Ben Stiller Show, which got him hired. He worked with Bob Odenkirk there.-After Stiller got cancelled, he moved to New York and joined the writing staff of
Late Night with Conan O'Brien, also with Bob Odenkirk.-Dino is credited with creating the word "Krunk", the all-purpouse cuss word you can say on TV. Most remember this from a Madonna interview parody.
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Interview with Dino from public radio program
The Sound of Young America
