Brett Erlich

Brett Erlich is a writer, associate producer, and co-host of "Infomania", a comedic news show formerly executive produced by Madeline Smithberg, airing at the top of every hour on Al Gore's Current TV.

Previously, from July 1, 2006 - July 9, 2007, Brett wrote, associate produced, and co-hosted Google Current.

Brett's segments on infoMania and Google Current include Viral Video Film School, Guilty Pleasures, Men Menning, Everybody's Doin' It, Spam I Got, Ostensibly on the Scene, World Leader Flickr Sites, Retroactive Interview, and FearCast.

Brett was born in the San Fernando Valley, and attended Stanford University, graduating in 2004. While there, Brett co-founded the Stanford Shakespeare Society, a student-run company devoted to the production and performance of Shakespearean and Shakespeare-influenced drama.

Brett also lent voice talent as John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich in the First Dem Debate episode of SuperNews!.

Brett's cousin is Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher).

On camera, Brett once famously bet all of his comedic writing ability on a game of Guitar Hero 2 (PS2) to a coworker (the song was "Carry On Wayward Son", as made famous by Kansas). After he lost, he destroyed the tape and claimed the bet was a "practice" that "didn't even count". He now denies it ever happened.

External links

* [http://www.current.tv Current TV]
* [http://www.current.tv/infomania infoMania Website]
* [http://www.current.tv/google Google Current]
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* [http://www.shakespeare.stanford.edu Stanford Shakespeare Society]