CHANDLER DEAN

Chandler Dean is a comedy writer/performer from Houston, Texas, now based in Brooklyn.

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He is the creator, host, and executive producer of Abolish Everything! on Nebula, a fast-paced low-stakes comedy debate show that tapes in front of a live audience every month at Caveat. 

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He is a Senior Director at the speechwriting firm West Wing Writers, where he leads the firm's humor practice. He also hosts/produces SpeakEasy​ (a speechwriting comedy show) and Some Fun Lines (a satire mic and showcase). He is the author of the speechwriting advice column How to Write Every Speech You'll Ever Need to Give in Your Life. And he performs on Harold Night—UCBNY's flagship improv show—with the house team FKA Deb.

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His writing has been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Reductress, and Hard Drive. His YouTube channel, ChandlerDeanVideos, has accumulated over 22,000 subscribers and 6 million views.  And he's written jokes for the President of the United States.

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Previously, Chandler was a Monologue Writer for the Crooked Media podcast Lovett or Leave It. He has also been a Production Intern at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a Writers Room Intern at Late Night with Seth Meyers, and a Field Intern at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. At Late Night, he wrote 100+ setups for monologue jokes that made air, and at Full Frontal, he pitched the Shark Tank joke in this field piece.