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39-465: Robert William Corddry (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2002–2006) and for his starring role in the film Hot Tub Time Machine . He is the creator and star of Adult Swim 's Childrens Hospital and has been awarded four Primetime Emmy Awards . He previously starred in the HBO series Ballers and

78-479: A Daily Show correspondent . On January 12, 2006, Corddry's wife Sandra appeared with him on a Daily Show segment; they welcomed their first child, daughter Sloane Sullivan Corddry, on July 3, 2006. On February 9, 2006 Corddry hosted an episode of The Daily Show due to the absence of Jon Stewart (jokingly because the show's regular host was " in the shop ", but in fact because of the birth of Stewart's second child). On August 15, 2006, Corddry said "I've got like

117-516: A fictional television series Wrench . Corddry has also done some voice work as Gordon the animated Devil on Cartoon Network 's Weighty Decisions (alongside fellow Daily Show correspondent Ed Helms ). He also appeared in a commercial for Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd n Eddy series and a 2001 promotional ad as an anger management therapist to the Townsville Villains of the cartoon series The Powerpuff Girls . Corddry's voice appears in

156-510: A Lot of Toilet Paper to Clean the Poop in My Butt". Detroit rapper Eminem famously utilises crude humour throughout his discography. His most notorious example of toilet humour was featured on the 2017 album Revival , where he raps "Your booty is heavy duty, like diarrhea", a line which received extensive lament from critics. The Los Angeles Times comments: "If Hannibal Lecter could have recorded

195-645: A laxative prune juice to produce "pooballs", or fighting The Great Mighty Poo, a giant opera-singing pile of feces as a boss. In a later mission, the game's protagonist also has urination as an attack, after drinking a lot of beer and getting drunk . Toilet humour is also versatile in the Metal Gear franchise. Solid Snake can protect himself from wolf attacks by having one urinate on him. In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , Solid Snake can spot soldiers relieving themselves several times and also stand under them. In Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , Raiden

234-586: A member of the sketch comedy group "The Naked Babies" (with John Ross Bowie , Brian Huskey , and Seth Morris ); and he spent two years with the sketch comedy group "Third Rail Comedy". Corddry's first notable television appearances were on Comedy Central 's Upright Citizens Brigade (1998–2000). In Spring 2002, he accepted an audition for The Daily Show . His pieces for The Daily Show frequently included references to Boston, Massachusetts , which he considers to be his hometown. On October 4, 2005, his younger brother Nate Corddry made his first appearance as

273-676: A neurotic and racist agent with the United States Department of Homeland Security , in W. as Ari Fleischer , and also in What Happens in Vegas . In 2010, he co-starred in the John Cusack film Hot Tub Time Machine and in 2013 he co-starred in Jonathan Levine 's Warm Bodies as the zombie M. Corddry hosted the 10th annual Webby Awards ceremony on June 12, 2006. He starred as

312-439: A proper send off. Stewart: You're really gonna go out on a poop joke? Corddry: I have to stay true to myself, Jon. Corddry cites Stewart as a profound influence on his comedy, crediting Stewart for teaching him how to focus on an idea in order to find the humor in it, and says that his The Daily Show pedigree earned him the clout to make Childrens Hospital . Among the projects Corddry worked on after leaving The Daily Show

351-613: A rap album, this would have been it. Brilliant, sinister, scatological and a parent's nightmare." Paul Oldfield , who performed under the name Mr. Methane, performed a stage act that included him farting the notes of music. Joseph Pujol , who performed under the name Le Pétomane (French for "fart maniac"), performed a similar stage act for the Paris music hall scene. The American comedy duo Tim & Eric have made numerous comedy sketches based around toilet humour. For example, they have made fake commercials for non-existent products such as

390-515: A recurring role on the third season of Happy Endings , playing "The Car Czar", Jane's new boss at the car dealership. He also had a recurring role on the short-lived FOX series Ben and Kate , as Buddy, the boorish owner of the bar where Kate and BJ work, also BJ's on-and-off boyfriend. As recently as October 2013, Rob appeared again as a recurring guest on The Jason Ellis Show . A talk show featured exclusively on SiriusXm Satellite Radio, Corddry accepted an invitation to host his own show airing on

429-471: A self-produced tribute to his four years on the show, going out, as Stewart said, with a " poop joke ". Stewart: That was a very fitting tribute, Rob. We're gonna miss you on the show. Corddry: Why thank you, Jon. But wherever I go and whatever I do, there'll always be a part of me here. Stewart: Wow...that's a really sweet thing to say. Corddry: No no no, I'm not kidding. It's in the second floor men's room, actually. That's what you get for not giving me

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468-523: A week and a half left, all bets are off", and then on August 21, 2006, Stewart remarked that Corddry's last day on The Daily Show would be August 24, 2006. Corddry appeared throughout the week, once filing a report from inside a toilet bowl supposedly on board an aircraft transporting John Mark Karr , and another dressed up in a 1970s fashion ; Stewart remarked, "It's his last week, and really, we're trying to come up with terrible things for him to have to do." During that last show on August 24, Corddry aired

507-512: Is a news bureau set up to support a news gathering operation in a foreign country. Cost of living correspondents have been employed by several news agencies in the light of the "cost of living" crisis in the United Kingdom from 2021 onwards. In TV news, a "live on-the-scene" reporter reports from the field during a "live shot". This has become an extremely popular format with the advent of Eyewitness News . A recent cost-saving measure

546-718: Is a part of modern culture. Toilet humour is sometimes found in song and rhyme, particularly schoolboy songs. Examples of this are found in Mozart and scatology , and variants of the German folk schoolboys' song known as the Scheiße-Lied (English: "Shit-Song") which is indexed in the German Volksliederarchiv . A children's Spanish musical duo, Enrique y Ana , made a song called "Caca Culo Pedo Pis", which literally translates to "Poop Butt Fart Pee". American musician Matt Farley

585-427: Is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation (including diarrhea and constipation ), urination and flatulence , and to a lesser extent vomiting and other bodily functions. Toilet humour is commonly an interest of toddlers and young children, for whom cultural taboos related to acknowledgement of waste excretion still have a degree of novelty. The humour comes from the rejection of such taboos, and

624-690: Is allocated stories by the newsdesk on any story in the news. A 'correspondent' can sometimes have direct executive powers, for example a 'Local Correspondent' (voluntary) of the Open Spaces Society (founded 1865) has some delegated powers to speak for the Society on path and commons matters in their area including representing the Society at Public Inquiries. A capitol correspondent is a correspondent who reports from headquarters of government. A legal or justice correspondent reports on issues involving legal or criminal justice topics, and may often report from

663-404: Is for local TV news to dispense with out-of-town reporters and replace them with syndicated correspondents, usually supplied by a centralized news reporting agency. The producers of the show schedule time with the correspondent, who then appears "live" to file a report and chat with the hosts. The reporter will go and do a number of similar reports for other stations. Many viewers may be unaware that

702-497: Is instructed in order to use a terminal, he first needs to " take a DOOMP ", which is an abbreviation for "digital-optical output mounted proxy". A trait of Wario from the eponymous spin-off franchise is a powerful flatulence attack extensively used in his Super Smash Bros. appearance. The Moose Toys franchise Little Live "Gotta Go" Pets is a toy line of interactive plush animals that "poop" when fed colourful sand. The toys make graphic noises of passing gas , panic and say

741-486: Is known for writing and performing a multitude of songs related to urine, feces, vomit and various other bodily fluids under the pseudonym The Toilet Bowl Cleaners , including one of his most popular songs, entitled "Poop in My Fingernails". Farley has another pseudonym, The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke, and Pee . Many of his songs are just a person's name alternating with the word "poop". Other songs include "I Need

780-556: The CBS comedy The Unicorn . Corddry was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts . He is the son of Robin (née Sullivan) and Steven Corddry, who was a Massachusetts Port Authority official. He is the older brother of actor Nate Corddry . Corddry and his brother are both Eagle Scouts from Troop 19, located in Weymouth. After graduating from Weymouth North High School (1989), Corddry went to

819-531: The History Channel production World War II in HD . He is the voice of World War II soldier and jazz musician Roscoe "Rockie" Blunt. Corddry wrote, directed, and starred in the web series Childrens Hospital for The WB on its online network at TheWB.com. After talks fell through with Comedy Central , Turner's Adult Swim picked up the series and began airing new episodes August 22, 2010. On March 29, 2010, he

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858-500: The Holiday Inn in both 2010 and 2011. He appeared in three episodes of Community playing a lawyer, Alan Connor, an old acquaintance of Jeff Winger, who was also a lawyer. In August 2011, Corddry appeared on episode 29 of the podcast Back to Work , distributed by the 5by5 podcast network, where he was interviewed by Merlin Mann about his writing and acting career. In 2012, Corddry began

897-593: The University of Massachusetts Amherst (1989–93). According to an interview in the UMass Amherst alumni magazine, Corddry initially planned to major in journalism but changed his major to English. By his second year, he focused much of his attention on Drama classes and plays including Torch Song Trilogy , Ten Little Indians , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , Romeo and Juliet , and Reckless . While at UMass, Corddry pledged

936-414: The "Outhouse Wall of Fame", the term "Chic Sale" became a rural slang synonym for privies, an appropriation of Mr. Sale's name that he personally considered unfortunate. More recently, one of the most popular books about defecation, diarrhea and accidents in toilets is by straight-talking physician Jane Wilson-Howarth , a guide that began as Shitting Pretty and then was relaunched as How to Shit around

975-524: The "Poop Tube" (a device that lets people release liquefied faecal matter into a urinal while standing up), the "fla'Hat" (a hat that is connected to the wearer's anus which expands when storing flatulence), and "D-Pants" (an undergarment invented by "Diah Riha-Jones" that captures "uncontrollable diarrhea"). In the series South Park , the Canadian comedy duo Terrance and Phillip are noted for toilet humor and often make comedic use of their flatulence e.g. in

1014-571: The 1990s. Tanner the dog eats brown bean-like beads and then poops them out when its tail is pressed. Barbie can then pick up the plastic poop with a scooper that comes with the playsets. Infant dolls, typically targeted towards little girls, have existed for decades that urinate and defecate (into diapers or potties) as a play feature. Variants include "Magic Potty Baby" (a 1990s Tyco brand doll) and "Baby Alive" (and Amazon knock-off counterfeit variants) that pee, poop and release glitter from their rear ends. The trend of scatological dolls for girls

1053-493: The HBO Max series Bookie. In 2009, Corddry was nominated for a Streamy Award Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series for Children's Hospital ; in 2011, it won Best Sketch/Alternative Comedy in the first annual Comedy Awards. Correspondent In Britain, the term 'correspondent' usually refers to someone with a specific specialist area, such as health correspondent. A 'reporter' is usually someone without such expertise who

1092-697: The Theta chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. In January 1994, Corddry moved to New York City. His early paying jobs included working as a security guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and handing out menus for a Mexican restaurant. He eventually landed acting jobs, including a year-long tour with the National Shakespeare Company . He trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, performing regularly as

1131-543: The World . The children's book series Captain Underpants makes copious use of toilet humor. "Doctor Diaper", "The Bionic Booger Boy", and "Professor Pippy Pee-Pee Poopypants" are among the villains in the series. A game notorious for its juvenile humour, Conker's Bad Fur Day contains a plentiful amount of scatological jokes. One of the landmark areas is a "Poo Mountain" and some of its missions involve getting cows to drink

1170-553: The main character in the Fox mid-season comedy The Winner from March 4, 2007 until the series' cancellation. He described the show to Stuff Magazine as "sort of like a fucked-up Wonder Years ." Corddry has appeared in a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode entitled "The Seder" as a sex offender who moves into Larry David 's neighborhood. He also appeared in two episodes of Fox's Arrested Development as Moses Taylor, an actor who plays "Frank Wrench", an obsessively by-the-books detective on

1209-428: The reporter does not work directly for the news show. This is also a popular way to report the weather. For example, AccuWeather does not just supply data, they also supply on-air meteorologists from television studios at their headquarters. [REDACTED] Media related to Correspondents at Wikimedia Commons Toilet humour Toilet humour , potty humour or scatological humour (compare scatology ),

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1248-402: The song ‘Unclefucker’. English actor Adrian Edmondson , who appeared in many shows utilising toilet humour, is quoted as saying, "Toilet humour is like jazz: everybody has an idea what it is, and most people don't like it. But the people who do like it are fervent about it and like it until they die." In 1929 comedian Charles "Chic" Sale published a small book, The Specialist , which

1287-476: The soon to be launched "Jason Ellis Channel". From 2015 to 2019, he starred in the HBO comedy-drama series Ballers . He was the subject the episode #16, titled Rob, of Heavyweight (podcast) by Jonathan Goldstein. On December 3, 2019, it was revealed that Corddry would be a host of the revived Top Gear America , which debuted on Motor Trend in January 2021. Corddry has also appeared in 2 episodes of

1326-419: The vicinity of a courthouse. A red carpet correspondent is an entertainment reporter who reports from the red carpet of an entertainment or media event, such as a premiere , award ceremony or festival . A foreign correspondent is any individual who reports from primarily foreign locations. A war correspondent is a foreign correspondent who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. A foreign bureau

1365-425: The words "uh-oh! Gotta go!" and have scatological names including "turdle" (turtle). The internet critic Doug Walker called the toys "disgusting" and found them immature and inappropriate. Parenting blogs praised the toy line for its crude humour approach to potty training . Mattel fashion doll Barbie has a plastic golden retriever , named Tanner, which has been an available toy in different variations since

1404-803: Was The Winner , a 2007 TV series. Corddry has since made appearances on the show, both as a guest and as a correspondent. Corddry played the title character in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004) and Mac, Ben Stiller 's character's best friend in The Heartbreak Kid . He has also made appearances in Old School (2003, credited as Robert Corddry), Blades of Glory , Semi-Pro , I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry , Failure to Launch and The Ten . He also appeared in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay as Ron Fox,

1443-509: Was a co-guest host of WWE Raw with fellow cast member Clark Duke from Hot Tub Time Machine . Corddry played an important role in proliferating Justin Halpern 's Twitter account Shit My Dad Says . An early enthusiast of the quotes made by Halpern's father, Rob tweeted a link to Shit My Dad Says which "jump-started" the phenomenon, helping expose Halpern's Twitter feed to a larger audience. Corddry also has starred in three commercials for

1482-411: Was a large "underground" success. Its entire premise centered on sales of outhouses, touting the advantages of one kind or another, and labeling them in "technical" terms such as "one-holers", "two-holers", etc. Over a million copies were sold. In 1931 his monologue "I'm a Specialist" was made into a hit record (Victor 22859) by recording artist Frank Crumit (music by Nels Bitterman). As memorialized in

1521-462: Was mocked on the 1970s British comedy TV series Are You Being Served? in the episode "A Change Is as Good as a Rest"; salesman Mr. Lucas fills Ms. Brahms's peeing dollies with fizzy carbonated lemonade ; another gag features character Mrs. Slocombe displaying two doll variants to a customer: the one manufactured in Britain is blonde-haired and says "I want to go to the potty" when a string on its back

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