Guy Branum (born November 12, 1975) is an American comedian, writer,
and actor best known as the head writer of, and a sketch performer on,
X-Play on the G4 network and as a regular panelist on Chelsea Lately
on the E! network. He currently hosts the podcast Pop Rocket on the
Maximum Fun network, and he is the host of TruTV's Talk Show the Game
Show.Branum was born and raised in Yuba City, California to a
Protestant father and Jewish mother. He attended the University of
California, Berkeley from 1994-1998 where he was a history and
political science major. He wrote a column for the Daily Californian,
one of which brought the United States Secret Service to his apartment
in November 1997 before the Big Game between Berkeley and Stanford
University, in which the Associated Press misquoted parts of his
article, suggesting that he made suggestions that Berkeley students
murder Stanford freshman Chelsea Clinton.He then moved to Minnesota,
where he attended the University of Minnesota Law School, and was on
the school's Quiz Bowl team that placed third at CBI nationals in
1999. During his time in law school he publicly came out of the
closet. After graduating he returned to California.After being
recommended by co-hostess Laura Swisher, Branum was hired as a writer
for Unscrewed with Martin Sargent while it was still on TechTV in San
Francisco. On Unscrewed, he regularly appeared as a sweater model and
as The Ambassador of Gay. He was also a writer and producer on
G4tv.com, and head writer on the G4 channel program X-Play. He also
contributed to the comedy podcast Weezy and the Swish. In December
2007, Branum became a writer and an onscreen comedy performer on
Chelsea Lately. He made his feature film debut in January 2011 in No
Strings Attached. In 2012 Branum became a writer for the show Totally
Biased with W. Kamau Bell, performing a recurring segment "No more Mr.
Nice Gay." He appeared on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing. In
2017, Branum performed at the inaugural Portland Queer Comedy
Festival.
and actor best known as the head writer of, and a sketch performer on,
X-Play on the G4 network and as a regular panelist on Chelsea Lately
on the E! network. He currently hosts the podcast Pop Rocket on the
Maximum Fun network, and he is the host of TruTV's Talk Show the Game
Show.Branum was born and raised in Yuba City, California to a
Protestant father and Jewish mother. He attended the University of
California, Berkeley from 1994-1998 where he was a history and
political science major. He wrote a column for the Daily Californian,
one of which brought the United States Secret Service to his apartment
in November 1997 before the Big Game between Berkeley and Stanford
University, in which the Associated Press misquoted parts of his
article, suggesting that he made suggestions that Berkeley students
murder Stanford freshman Chelsea Clinton.He then moved to Minnesota,
where he attended the University of Minnesota Law School, and was on
the school's Quiz Bowl team that placed third at CBI nationals in
1999. During his time in law school he publicly came out of the
closet. After graduating he returned to California.After being
recommended by co-hostess Laura Swisher, Branum was hired as a writer
for Unscrewed with Martin Sargent while it was still on TechTV in San
Francisco. On Unscrewed, he regularly appeared as a sweater model and
as The Ambassador of Gay. He was also a writer and producer on
G4tv.com, and head writer on the G4 channel program X-Play. He also
contributed to the comedy podcast Weezy and the Swish. In December
2007, Branum became a writer and an onscreen comedy performer on
Chelsea Lately. He made his feature film debut in January 2011 in No
Strings Attached. In 2012 Branum became a writer for the show Totally
Biased with W. Kamau Bell, performing a recurring segment "No more Mr.
Nice Gay." He appeared on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing. In
2017, Branum performed at the inaugural Portland Queer Comedy
Festival.
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