Michael Donovan "Spike" Feresten Jr. (born September 3, 1964) is an
American television writer, screenwriter, comedian and television
personality, who is best known for his work on Seinfeld, writing for
David Letterman, and hosting the late night Talkshow with Spike
Feresten from 2006 to 2009 on Fox. He is currently the host of Esquire
Network's series Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten and the podcast
Spike's Car Radio.Feresten was born in Fall River and raised in West
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he attended public schools. Feresten
then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he planned to
prepare for a career in music. However, according to Feresten, while
there he was kicked out of his dormitory for dropping light bulbs out
of his eighth story window, before seeing David Letterman perform the
same stunt on his show a few weeks later. "I thought, 'God, he is
getting paid. This is what network television pays you to do. Maybe I
need to think twice about this music career.'" Feresten dropped out of
college in order to attempt a career in television, working first as
an intern at NBC in New York City, before being promoted to
receptionist.Feresten began his career writing for Saturday Night
Live, where he first got the nickname "Spike" while working there as a
receptionist. "It came from 'Saturday Night Live'. I was a
receptionist, and I had hair licks. And one of the PAs at the time
gave me the nickname. And I said, "No problem as long as you don't
fire me. Call me whatever you want.". According to Feresten, he
started writing for the show when Dennis Miller, who was hosting
"Weekend Update", started using jokes that Feresten was passing on to
him. "I think my first joke had something to do with Oliver North. I
can't remember it. But I remember once it aired, it was like smoking
crack."He moved from there to the writing staff of Late Night with
David Letterman and then later the Late Show with David Letterman.
Describing the process of working for Letterman:
American television writer, screenwriter, comedian and television
personality, who is best known for his work on Seinfeld, writing for
David Letterman, and hosting the late night Talkshow with Spike
Feresten from 2006 to 2009 on Fox. He is currently the host of Esquire
Network's series Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten and the podcast
Spike's Car Radio.Feresten was born in Fall River and raised in West
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he attended public schools. Feresten
then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he planned to
prepare for a career in music. However, according to Feresten, while
there he was kicked out of his dormitory for dropping light bulbs out
of his eighth story window, before seeing David Letterman perform the
same stunt on his show a few weeks later. "I thought, 'God, he is
getting paid. This is what network television pays you to do. Maybe I
need to think twice about this music career.'" Feresten dropped out of
college in order to attempt a career in television, working first as
an intern at NBC in New York City, before being promoted to
receptionist.Feresten began his career writing for Saturday Night
Live, where he first got the nickname "Spike" while working there as a
receptionist. "It came from 'Saturday Night Live'. I was a
receptionist, and I had hair licks. And one of the PAs at the time
gave me the nickname. And I said, "No problem as long as you don't
fire me. Call me whatever you want.". According to Feresten, he
started writing for the show when Dennis Miller, who was hosting
"Weekend Update", started using jokes that Feresten was passing on to
him. "I think my first joke had something to do with Oliver North. I
can't remember it. But I remember once it aired, it was like smoking
crack."He moved from there to the writing staff of Late Night with
David Letterman and then later the Late Show with David Letterman.
Describing the process of working for Letterman:
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