Bob Harris | |
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Born | October 13, 1963 |
Residence | Los Angeles, CA |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | Numerable game show appearances, books, and radio commentary |
Bob Harris (born October 15, 1963) is an American radio commentator, writer, comedian, and former Jeopardy! champion.
Early in his career, Harris was a stand-up comedian who appeared in numerous comedy clubs, and he has spoken at over 200 colleges.
Harris has written for the TV shows Bones and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, appeared frequently as a debunker of urban legends on the TLC Network program Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed, and provided voiceover work on an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and throughout the This Modern World animated web series and the Torchwood web series Web of Lies. In addition, Harris has contributed to several comic book projects published by Dark Horse Comics, narrated an audiobook on Kosovo by Noam Chomsky, and contributed to National Lampoon, the Chicago Tribune, Paul Krassner's magazine The Realist, and numerous other publications.
From 1998–2002, his daily political commentaries aired on an average of 75 radio stations across the U.S., winning awards from the Los Angeles Press Club and the Associated Press. He was also the morning drive-time host on the Working Assets attempt at explicitly liberal talk radio, RadioForChange.com, and wrote online political columns for Mother Jones magazine.