Spike Feresten
| Spike Feresten | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Donovan Feresten, Jr. September 3, 1964 Fall River, Massachusetts |
| Spouse(s) | Erika Feresten |
Michael Donovan "Spike" Feresten Jr. is an American television writer, screenwriter, comedian and television personality, who is best known for his work on Seinfeld, David Letterman and hosting the late night Talkshow with Spike Feresten from 2006 to 2009 on Fox. He is currently the host of Esquire Network's series Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten.
Feresten was born in Fall River and raised in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he attended public schools. Feresten then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he planned to prepare for a career in music. However, according to Feresten, while there he was kicked out of his dormitory for dropping light bulbs out of his eighth story window, before seeing David Letterman perform the same stunt on his show a few weeks later. "I thought, 'God, he is getting paid. This is what network television pays you to do. Maybe I need to think twice about this music career.'" Feresten dropped out of college in order to attempt a career in television, working first as an intern at NBC in New York City, before being promoted to receptionist.
Feresten began his career writing for Saturday Night Live, where he first got the nickname "Spike" while working there as a receptionist. "It came from 'Saturday Night Live'. I was a receptionist, and I had hair licks. And one of the PAs at the time gave me the nickname. And I said, "No problem as long as you don't fire me. Call me whatever you want.". According to Feresten, he started writing for the show when Dennis Miller, who was hosting "Weekend Update", started using jokes that Feresten was passing on to him. "I think my first joke had something to do with Oliver North. I can't remember it. But I remember once it aired, it was like smoking crack."
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