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Elliott Kalan

Elliott Charles Kalan (born December 3, 1981) is an American comedian. He was the head writer for the Netflix era of the cult series Mystery Science Theater 3000 and a former head writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as well as a comic book writer and co-host of the podcast The Flop House.

Kalan grew up in Millburn, New Jersey and graduated from Millburn High School as part of the class of 1999. He attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he majored in screenwriting at the Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing.

Elliott Kalan began his career at The Daily Show as a production assistant in 2003 before moving up to producer, staff writer, and ultimately head writer.

Kalan was co-founder of comedy group The Hypocrites with fellow television writer Brock Mahan. He also hosted a live talk and variety stage show, The Primetime Kalan (originally The Midnight Kalan and later The New Kalan Show). The show was created by Kalan, producer Erik Marcisak, and director Joe Guercio, and written and performed by Kalan, Marcisak, and Dan McCoy. Many of Kalan's Daily Show co-workers appeared on the show, including Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, and Rob Corddry.

Kalan occasionally appears in bit parts on The Daily Show and has provided voice-over narration for "The Decider" comic-book segments. He was instrumental in putting together the "gay cowboy" montage (a comedic series of clips from classic westerns, illustrating that the gay content in Brokeback Mountain is nothing new), when Jon Stewart hosted the 78th Academy Awards. Along with the writing staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Kalan has won four Primetime Emmy Awards.

Kalan lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Danielle and their sons. He has a twin sister and a brother.

Known For

Credits

Cast Credits

HouseBroken (2021)
Guest starring as Additional Voices (3 episodes)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
Guest starring as Head Writer - Mystery Science Theater 3000 (4 episodes)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)
Guest starring as Varno
Guest starring as Mr. Whipple

Crew Credits

HouseBroken (2021)
Show crew as Supervising Producer
Episode crew as Writer (3 episodes)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1999)
Episode crew as Writer (138 episodes)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)
Show crew as Executive Producer (20 episodes)
Show crew as Consultant (6 episodes)
Show crew as Consulting Producer (6 episodes)
Episode crew as Writer (20 episodes)
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