B.J. Averell
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| Born |
Brian Jeffrey Averell November 26, 1979 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Other names | B.J. Averell, Jesus Weezer (Weezer Cruise 2) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Television |
The Amazing Race 9 (Winner) |
Brian Jeffrey "B.J." Averell (born November 26 in Camden, New Jersey) is an actor and reality show contestant who won The Amazing Race 9 with teammate Tyler MacNiven. He is currently a CBS Technology Reporter and Periscope Livestreamer broadcasting from all the major Content Conventions such as NAB and others.
A native of Collingswood, New Jersey, Averell graduated from Collingswood High School in 1998, and attended Harvard University. In 2000, he ran for Undergraduate Council president. Considered a wild-card, Averell was twice cited with campaign violations before being forced to shut down his campaign.
At Harvard, Averell was a member of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the improv group On Thin Ice. He also wrote daily comic strip "The Neil World" for The Harvard Crimson. With fellow Harvard student B.J. Novak, he co-produced and hosted "The B.J. Show," which one year featured Bob Saget reprising his television roles in a few skits and ending the show with his own standup routine. He would eventually graduate with a degree in religion, and move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment.
On November 24, 1999, Averell showed up late for a 6:15 p.m. flight from Logan International Airport in Boston to Philadelphia aboard a Delta Connection commuter flight, and was denied access to the small jet because his assigned seat had been given away. Averell slipped past the attendant at the gate, blended in with other passengers crossing the tarmac and proceeded to find refuge in a rest room and settled onto a toilet seat. "Once I got on, I figured maybe through some stroke of fate no one would have to use the bathroom," Averell said. He was given away by another passenger and arrested before the flight departed. He was charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing. He later told a news photographer he was surprised at how easy it was to stow away.
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