Official website: http://www.timharrod.com/
Late Night with Conan O’Brien sketch writer 2005-present
Birthdate/Location: May 25, 1968 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts [1]
Sibling: Tim has one brother, Donald, who is two years older than him. [1]
He lived in southern Michigan and in Madison, Wisconsin before his days at Late Night. [2]
Writing Awards:
- Won a Writers Guild Award in 2006 for Writing in a Comedy/Variety Series as a member of the writing team for Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Tim is probably most well-known for his work as a writer at The Onion. “When he first saw The Onion in 1995, Harrod was living with his parents in southern Michigan, and his brother had given him a subscription. ‘It didn't take me many issues to decide that this was possibly the best thing coming out of American comedy,’ he recalls. Harrod began submitting headline ideas, which led to writing stories. Two years later he moved to Madison and joined the staff full time.” [2]
Wrote for The Late Show with David Letterman and Star Wars Insider. [3]
Much of the following is from Tim’s website.
ONION, INC. (1996-2003)
Staff Writer, satirical newspaper The Onion (Madison, WI). Conceived & wrote humorous fictional news stories & editorials.
Contributing writer, "Our Dumb Century", satirical book published by Crown. It was a New York Times #1 bestseller, paperback nonfiction and won the 1999 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Adapted "Our Dumb Century" into audiobook form & performed several roles for the audiobook.
Contributing writer, "The Onion's Finest News Reporting, Vol. 1." (2000), a New York Times Bestseller, paperback nonfiction. Performed on audiobook version of "Finest News Reporting".
Contributing writer, two-page humor feature "Front Page, 2034," with Onion writing staff. Jan. 1, 2000 issue of Newsweek.
Contributing writer, four-page humor feature "Great Moments In Playboy History," with Onion writing staff. May 1999 issue of Playboy.
PRINT & INTERNET
Contributor to Stay Free Magazine
Contributor to the book "101 Damnations: The Humorists' Tour of Personal Hells" (2002), with a “list of things Tim simply hates.” Guest contributor, "Tough Call: Hard-Hitting Phone Pranks" (2000) by Mike Loew. Participated in group phone prank for published collection.
Editor, "Want To Go Out For A Bite? Marv Albert's Favorite Pick-Up Line And Other Jokes From The Headlines". Compiled jokes from the Internet & mass media for paperback book published by Andrews & McMeel, 1998. Columnist, MacNET! Magazine, 1996. Wrote 400-word monthly humor column.
Contributer, "Cyberhound's 1997 Web Guide", Gale Publishing. Evaluated & reviewed websites.
TELEVISION (1991-94)
Writer/Producer/Talent for nationally aired PBS series CLUB CONNECT. Developed, scripted, and performed comedy sketches, celebrity interviews. Nominated for Michigan Emmy, Light feature category, 1992. Segment Producer on Emmy-winning episode, City for Youth: Club Connect Special, 1992.
Writer/Performer of sketch comedy for Red Wing Hockey on PASS cable network.
Script/ Gag writer: UVDO, WKBD (Fox 50) (1991)
RADIO
Guest on The Karen Grant Radio Show (October, 2002)
FILM
Himself (staff member of The Onion), in the movie The Aristocrats (2005)
Principal Character, Killzone (1996), Cash Cow Films, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Extra, Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987), King's Road Productions.
SKETCH COMEDY (May 1990 - Summer 1993)
Writing, scripting and performance of original sketch material for The Tim and Arthur Show with partner Tim Pryor. Middled at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle (Royal Oak, MI); Mainstreet Comedy Showcase (Ann Arbor, MI). Headlined at U-M's Laughtrack and other settings. Opened for Thom Sharp, Soupy Sales, and Don Rickles at 14,000- seat Pine Knob Music Theater.
IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY (Summer 1987 - Summer 1988; 1992-93)
250+ shows in Ann Arbor, Michigan's and West Bloomfield, Michigan's ComedySportz franchises. Competed, captained teams, and refereed. Very successful in unscripted scenes & games.
STAND-UP COMEDY (1987-1996)
Opened/middled shows in "A" clubs, headlined at University of Michigan's Student Union. Performed at Fox theatre for WKBD- F0X 50's 25th anniversary special, 1990.
National Lampoon/Edge gel contest regional finalist, 1989
COMMUNITY THEATER (October/November, 1997)
Acted in "Frankenstein," Ypsilanti Players, Ypsilanti, Michigan, as the Creature. "The eloquent Harrod emotes such an aura of menace and poignance... that the fact he looks more like a pro wrestler ceases to matter at all" --Christopher Potter, Ann Arbor News
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