Craig Kilborn
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| Born | August 24, 1962 Hastings, Minnesota |
| Medium | stand-up, television |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Comedy |
Craig Kilborn (born August 24, 1962) is an American comedian and former talk show host. He was the original host of The Daily Show, a former anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter, and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS's The Late Late Show.
One of the taller television personalities, he stands at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Kilborn was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised thirty minutes from Minneapolis-St. Paul in Hastings, Minnesota, the son of Shirley, a homemaker, and Hiram Kilborn, an insurance executive.[1] He played basketball at Hastings High School, earning All-State & All-Conference honors and a basketball scholarship to Montana State University.
[edit] Career
Kilborn was the Savannah Spirits's play-by-play radio announcer in 1986-1987. At that time, he was chronically broke according to Charley Rosen. [2]
After several small jobs, Kilborn became an ESPN SportsCenter anchor from 1993 to 1996. Kilborn was primarily the anchor of the late broadcast of SportsCenter, gaining a large fan following. He made a return appearance to SportsCenter on August 8, 2004 when he co-hosted SportsCenter with Dan Patrick during ESPN's 25th Anniversary Celebration. The character of Casey McCall on ABC's Sports Night was said to be modeled on Kilborn's SportsCenter career.
In 1996, Kilborn became host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. In a 1997 interview with Esquire, Kilborn described Daily Show creator and executive producer Lizz Winstead as an "emotional bitch" who over-reacts to him.[3] Kilborn apologized publicly and insisted that the remarks were "said in jest," but was suspended for a week. A source suggested to the New York Post that there might've been more to the suspension than the comment in Esquire, saying, "the network has been angry because of inappropriate sexual comments he makes to female staff members, especially junior staffers. There's a real problem." Winstead later quit the show.[4]
Kilborn hosted The Daily Show for two seasons before leaving the show to host a new CBS talk show The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants, to run after The Late Show with David Letterman. His last Daily Show episode aired on December 17, 1998. On January 11, 1999 Jon Stewart replaced Kilborn as host.
Kilborn hosted The Late Late Show for five years, changing the format to appeal to a younger audience. In August 2004 he elected not to extend his contract, stating "I simply want to try something new. I can now focus on writing and producing different television projects I haven't had time for."[5] Kilborn made his motion picture acting debut with a small role in Old School and has since appeared in four other motion pictures: The Shaggy Dog, The Benchwarmers, Full of It, and Cursed.
[edit] Broadcast career highlights
- 1986 - 1988: Play-by-play commentator for the Savannah, Georgia, Spirits of the Continental Basketball Association.
- 1990 - 1993: Sports Director at KCBA television in the Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz market of California.
- 1993 - 1996: Anchor of SportsCenter
- 1996 - 1998: Host of The Daily Show
- 1999 - 2004: Host of The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Some of Kilborn's more popular segments on the Late Late Show included Five Questions (a bit he originally used to end interviews on The Daily Show), To Blank with Love, Recreation of a Press photo and Yambo the brain teasing game of skill and intelligence. Some of the more popular clips during his headlines segment were the 'Bring Your Stuff' guy ("if you want me I'm here but you got to bring ya stuff, cause I'm ready for you"), and the "I thought it was funny" girl.
One of his most popular recurring characters include Sebastian the Asexual Icon, an androgynous character loosely based on Morrissey, the former lead singer of The Smiths.
He also provided the voice of Captain Kirk for various commercials on G4TV.
[edit] References
- ^ Craig Kilborn Biography (1962-)
- ^ FOX Sports on MSN - NBA - Focused O'Neal, Tinsley can carry Pacers
- ^ IMDB (1997-12-16). News for Craig Kilborn. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ David Lee Simmons (2003-04-01). Fear of Self-Loathing in Los Angeles. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
- ^ Lia Haberman (2004-08-13). Craig Kilborn Signs Off. Archived from the original on 2006-05-29.
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| Preceded by None |
Host of The Daily Show 1996 – 1998 |
Succeeded by Jon Stewart |
| Preceded by Tom Snyder |
Host of The Late Late Show 1999 – 2003 |
Succeeded by Craig Ferguson |
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