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Profile of Ed Helms
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24th January 1974 |
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Ed Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an actor and comedian whose time as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has made him a household name.
Helms was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated at Oberlin College in Ohio. He has had roles in shows like Tanner on Tanner, and various Comedy Central specials, as well as movies like The Bobby Dukes Story (alongside his fellow TDS correspondent, Rob Corddry) He has also made guest appearances in a number of television shows like Arrested Development. He also voices the animated Angel character on Cartoon Network's "Weighty Decisions" series (again alongside fellow TDS correspondent Rob Corddry).
In his tenure on the Daily Show, Helms has contributed a fair amount of crazy reports, and also hosting various sections of the show, such as Digital Watch, as well as a sometimes-contributor to the This Week in God segment (a segment dominated by Stephen Colbert)
In 2004, Helms and Corddry exchanged in perhaps one of the most hilarious exchanges on TDS during presidential election coverage, as Corddry moved from "Oregon" to "Minnesota" to tell Helms to "shut up, b*tch!" after taunting him, and resulted in Helms headbutting Corddry back to "Oregon"...despite the fact that according to Jon Stewart that they should have been "farther apart than that".
Another hilarious exchange was between Ed Helms and host Jon Stewart of the Daily Show; this exchange occuring during the period just after Hurricane Katrina had hit the United States.
The government's response to...
Jon Stewart: Alright, Ed. As best as you can Ed, talk about the most recent developments in this terrible disaster.
Ed Helms: Jon, today finally, a ray of hope. Eight days after Katrina came ashore, the federal government has gotten its act together, marshalling all of its resources in a desperate effort to save this beloved and now beleaguered ... president.
Jon Stewart: I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about New Orleans.
Ed Helms: Oh no, that place is fucked. But many here believe with quick action George W. Bush's reputation can still be saved!
Later on the show satirized the response of Michael Brown, the Director of FEMA, and other federal officials:
Stewart: So no one's going to be held accountable for any of this?
Ed Helms: Ah, no. In fact, if history is any indication, they'll be hard-pressed finding enough medals to pin on these guys. My sources tell me the head of FEMA may actually be dipped in bronze and turned into an award, which will then be given to other officials!
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