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"Dan Levy: One minute is all he needs"

At 27, Dan Levy is one of the country’s fastest-rising stand-up comedians. With two movies about to pop and a daily one-minute talk show on College Humor, summer ‘08 is looking damn sunny for the bespectacled lad from Connecticut.

Dan Levy, the host of the College Humor Live comedy tour, is now the host of the web site’s first talk show, The I Have to Go in a Minute Show. Sponsored by Mountain Dew's Dewmocracy campaign, it's a daily one-minute talk show on CollegeHumor.com. The 27-year-old LA-by-way-of Stamford, CT got his start in stand-up while at Emerson College in Boston; during that time he won the title of The Country's Funniest College Comedian at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

His new short, Below the Law will screen at the Just for Laughs film festival in Montreal next month and he’s landed parts in two summer movies My Sexiest Year starring Harvey Keitel and the Anna Faris comedy The House Bunny. In the middle of it all, Levy took a break from filming to chat with Punchline Magazine about his latest gig as “talk show host.”

How would you describe The I Have to Go in a Minute Show?
It’s like a compressed version of Conan or the other late night shows. The premise is I’m trying to basically host and produce a talk show from my parents' bedroom every morning before I go to work, which is why it’s pretty rushed. I only have a minute.

And you’re doing this for the entire summer?
From June until August 1. I moved out here the end of May from LA, with Todd Strauss-Schulson, who is also writing and producing the show with me.

Did you approach College Humor about it, or did they come to you?
I have good relationship with those guys. They called me up, and said, ‘I know you wanna come out to NY and hang out.’ Would you be interested in creating and hosting your own talk show?’ Absolutely! Also, I really like the web site, I like those guys. it’s the perfect place for the show.

How long does it take to shoot each episode?
It varies. The way we do it is we shoot all of the in-studio stuff, a bunch of segments in a day. But the bits like with Stephen Colbert, those things take anywhere from 2 to 5 hours to shoot them, and it also depends on the celebrities’ availabilities.

Have there been any highlights, or is there anything you’re looking forward to, beyond getting host-advice from Stephen Colbert?
Everything has been a highlight. Living in New York City and doing a show is just really fun. We also just did a sketch with Colin Quinn, and I might be doing one with Bette Midler! For the most part, it’s really fun. It’s a lot of work, and I can’t imagine what it’s like when you’re doing a show that’s an hour as opposed to a minute, because I’m pretty wiped out.

Viewers might recognize you from some past hosting gigs, right?
I hosted a comedy game show for MTV, and from there, I hosted a terrible, terrible, horrible show with Andy Dick [for MTV] that was horrific– literally a waste of time. And you can write that!

What have you been doing since?
I’ve been doing some acting and a lot of writing, but mostly stand-up. This is the ideal thing, though: I’m hosting a show, but it’s my show. I do what I want. Plus, I think we’re getting something like 50,000 views a day.

Do you like one over the other– hosting versus stand-up?
Actually, the two are very similar, so, I’d like to host a talk show and then do stand-up on the weekends.

If Punchline Magazine checks in with you again this time next year, what will you be doing?
I’ll be a multi, multi-millionaire due to the success of my two-minute talk show.

Check out Dan' daily show at College Humor. To learn more about Dan, check out danlevyshow.com.
- punchlinemagazine.com


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After enrolling in Emerson College in Boston, Dan began performing at open mics and other strange venues—where people were more focused on their beer than what the wannabe comics were saying.
As a sophomore in college, Dan was chosen to compete at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO, where he won the title of Funniest College Comedian.
Since then Dan has been seen at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and has made TV appearances on Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend,” “Chelsea Lately,” “The Late Late Show,” and “Comedy Central Presents: Dan Levy. He has also hosted four shows on MTV including “Rock Band Battle,” “Your Face or Mine,” “The Reality Show,” and “MTV Spring Break”.
With this and the success of his 2008 College Humor series, “The I Have To Go In A Minute Show with Super Host Dan Levy,” Dan’s following has grown to sold out shows at clubs and colleges across the country.
Dan’s next big screen appearance will be in the Sony Screen Gems coming-of-age comedy “Mardi Gras,” in theaters this year. He was previously featured in the Happy Madison film “The House Bunny” (but then was cut out) and co-starred in “My Sexiest Year” with Frankie Muniz and Harvey Keitel.
Recently, Dan sold the television series “MY LDR” to MTV, which is based on a joke he performed in his stand up routine about how horrific long distance relationships can be. He also just finished production on 6 webisodes of “Dan’s Awesome Atom Shorts” for Comedy Central. He sold “Monkey Cop” to Sony TV, has optioned “Below the Law” to CBS, and is currently in negotiations for two projects at STARZ.
*Dan lives in Los Angeles where he collects sneakers and knives. He understands those are two very weird things to obsess about.