![]() “John is one of the hardest working guys in news,” Anderson Cooper told TheWrap. Or when the Patriots play Sunday night football, I watch it and that’s dumb,” the Massachusetts native said, admitting he pulled an all-nighter as recently as last week. “There is nothing worse than a Red Sox winning streak because I won’t go to sleep. He likes to fill in for “AC360” because the primetime slot gives him a chance to get a regular night’s sleep, unless a big game is on, of course. The idea of getting three extra minutes is great,” he said. “It’s not 1:30 because every minute counts at that hour. “Waking up early sucks, no matter what,” Berman said, before explaining why he sets his alarm for 1:33 a.m.Īlso Read: Top 21 Cable News Shows, Ranked: What are the Most Popular CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Programs? (Photos) He commutes from Westchester, New York, and refuses to keep an apartment in Manhattan because it wouldn’t be fair to his nine-year-old sons, even though it would add over two hours to his nightly sleep schedule. It gives me the energy to move on,” Berman said. “I don’t think I could do it if I didn’t. and takes a jog around Central Park before his next gig, “At This Hour,” kicks off at 11 a.m. On a typical day, Berman hosts “Early Start” from 4-6 a.m. He’s considered one of the brightest political minds at the network, is humorous enough that he’s been asked to partake in lighthearted end-of-year specials, and maintains a work ethic that’s almost a condition of mentioning his name.Īlso Read: Why CNN's Clarissa Ward May Be the Biggest Badass in Cable News It quickly becomes clear to anyone who visits CNN’s Manhattan headquarters that Berman is extremely popular with his colleagues. He’s also one of the network’s rising stars, who hosts two daily shows and has emerged as president Jeff Zucker’s go-to utility man.Īs to how he reach this lofty status, “I never thought about it that hard,” Berman told TheWrap. When not on the road, Attell makes regular appearances at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.CNN’s John Berman is a sports-crazed insomniac and political savant who graduated Harvard without ever taking a broadcasting class. Other television credits include FOX's "Arrested Development," NBC's "Ed," HBO, Comedy Centrals "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and his own half-hour stand-up special "Comedy Central Presents Dave Attell. He also appeared in Chris Rocks cult film "Pootie Tang. Once back in the states, he headed out on a thirty-five city theatre tour ending in Vegas, where he hosted a two-hour special for Comedy Central featuring Sean Rouse, Greg Geraldo and Dane Cook, some of the biggest comics in the country.ĭave Attell has made numerous appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Howard Stern Show, Later with Carson Daly and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. A travelogue show in which Attell goes from city to city looking for late-night fun, The New York Times called the show, "a doubly rare beast, a comedy without rancor and a travel show about the virtues of the American underdog." To Attell, the Insomniac show is more of a cross between "Girls Gone Wild and Cops.Īfter four seasons of Insomniac, Attell taped several hour-long Insomniac specials overseas in Japan, Germany, England and Brazil. In 2001, Attell used this love of booze and laughter to create and host the hit series, "Insomniac with Dave Attell" for Comedy Central. His caustic wit, rapid-fire delivery and his choice of material that can best be described as "very adult" has earned him the reputation as a "comic's comic." But if you ask Attell, hed say, "Im just trying to get some laughs and sell some drinks." Dave Attell was named one of the 25 Funniest People in America by Entertainment Weekly Magazine. ![]()
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