Brian Sack (born 1968) is an American writer and actor. From 2011–2014 he was the host of The B.S. of A. with Brian Sack, a sketch comedy show on TheBlaze television network.[1]
He is the author of three books. In the Event of My Untimely Demise (HarperCollins, 2008)[2] consisted of tongue-in-cheek advice for his new sons. His second book, The B.S. of A.: A Primer in Politics for the Incredibly Disenchanted (Simon & Schuster, 2011),[3] inspired the television show he hosted. His third book, The United States vs. Santa Claus: The Untold Story of the Actual War on Christmas (Simon & Schuster, 2013),[4] was a satire co-authored with B.S. of A. show runner Jack Helmuth.
Sack served as a contributing author to the New York Times bestseller Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government (Threshold, 2009)[5] as well as Cowards: What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say (Threshold, 2009).[6]
He has written humor for Radar, The Independent, CRACKED, Glamour and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. His work appears in two Best of McSweeney's compilations, Created In Darkness By Troubled Americans (Vintage, 2005)[7] and Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something[8] (McSweeney's, 2019).
As a voice talent Sack has appeared in numerous commercials and audiobooks as well as the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
Sack and musician John Mayer collaborated on a comedy short titled The Paul Reddy Show. The half-hour comedy appears on Mayer's Heavier Things DualDisc. Sack's clueless "Paul Reddy" character was based on PBS mainstay Charlie Rose and peppers Mayer with outlandish and often absurd questions.[9]
Bibliography
editFiction
- The United States vs. Santa Claus: The Untold Story of the Actual War on Christmas (2013), Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1476764764
Nonfiction
- The B.S. of A.: A Primer in Politics for the Incredibly Disenchanted (2011), Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-1671-2
- In the Event of My Untimely Demise: 20 Things My Son Needs To Know (2008), HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-137430-2
References
edit- ^ "With the Season Finale Hours Away, Brian Sack and Head Writer Jack Helmuth Talk the B.S. Of A". 28 June 2012.
- ^ Sack, Brian (2008). In the Event of My Untimely Demise: 20 Things My Son Needs to Know. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-137430-2.
- ^ Sack, Brian (2011). The B.S. of A.: A Primer in Politics for the Incredibly Disenchanted. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-1671-2.
- ^ Sack, Brian (2013). The United States vs. Santa Claus: The Untold Story of the Actual War on Christmas. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1476764764.
- ^ Beck, Glenn (2009). Arguing With Idiots. Threshold Editions. ISBN 978-1-4165-9501-4.
- ^ Beck, Glenn (2012). Cowards: What Politicians, Radicals, and the Media Refuse to Say. Threshold. ISBN 978-1451693478.
- ^ Eggers, Dave (2005). Created In Darkness By Troubled Americans. Vintage. ISBN 978-1-4000-7685-7.
- ^ Keep scrolling till you feel something : twenty-one years of humor from McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Riley, Sam,, Monks, Christopher, 1969-. San Francisco. 2019. ISBN 978-1-944211-72-1. OCLC 1115008774.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "The Paul Reddy Show". YouTube. 24 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.