Toby Radloff (born 12 December December 12 is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year 1957 Year 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ]] Magazine is published) is a former file clerk who became a minor celebrity owing to his appearances in Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and became a writer Harvey Pekar Harvey Lawrence Pekar is an American underground comic book writer best known for his autobiographical American Splendor series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name’s autobiographical comic book American Splendor American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the most recent in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals. Publishers have been, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. He works at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland. Radloff currently works as a courier.[citation needed](Harvey has since retired...his actual retirement party was the final scene in the "American Splendor" film. Radloff brought the cake to the party in the film.)
Radloff has a distinctive manner of speech and quirky mannerisms. He is a self-proclaimed "Genuine Nerd Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. Therefore, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered a loner by peers or will," and is proud of it. He publicly came out as gay Homosexuality refers to sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the same sex, or to a sexual orientation. As an orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions primarily to" people of the same sex; "it also refers to an individual’ after the release of the American Splendor film in 2003.[1]
Radloff met Pekar in 1980 when Radloff was hired at the VA Hospital, and soon became a recurring character in American Splendor. Radloff starred in such stories as "Lentils and Lent" (illustrated by Sean Carroll), "Double Feature Part 1: Footloose, Starring Toby Radloff" and "Double Feature Part 2: Revenge of the Nerds," (both illustrated by Bill Knapp), "Toby Saves the Day," (illustrated by Ed Wesolowski), and "Hollywood Reporter" and "Reduction" (both illustrated by Josh Neufeld).[2]
His appearances in American Splendor eventually led Radloff to starring in a series of MTV MTV is an American cable television network based in New York City and launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs. Today, MTV still plays a limited selection of music videos, but the channel primarily broadcasts a variety of pop culture and reality television shows segments throughout the 1980s, and acting in filmmaker Wayne Alan Harold's low budget, cult horror films Killer Nerd, Bride of Killer Nerd, and Townies. He also appeared on the cable access program The Eddie Marshall Show. He became a local celebrity for his takes on nerd topics such as cheese, yo-yos, hamburgers, the Internet, world politics and being a nerd.
In the 2003 film American Splendor, the award-winning film adaptation of Pekar’s comic, Radloff is played by Judah Friedlander, and also appears as himself in the documentary sections of the film.
On August 3 August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year, 2006 2006 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, Radloff tried out to be the next "Wack Packer" on The Howard Stern Show The Howard Stern Show is an American talk radio show hosted by Howard Stern, currently broadcast on Howard 100, one of his two uncensored channels on SIRIUS XM Radio, a subscription-based satellite radio service. The show however, became known as it is today during its 20 year run at WXRK, a terrestrial radio station in New York City from 1985–20, but lost in the finals because Stern and crew felt that he was too famous.[citation needed]
Radloff and Wayne Alan Harold were among the first artists signed to the Turner Broadcasting online comedy site SuperDeluxe.com. Harold produced segments of The Wayne and Toby Show and Super Deluxe Revue, both of which featured Radloff. Radloff also supplied the title character's voice for the Lance Myers animated series The Ted Zone. SuperDeluxe was recently folded into Turner's AdultSwim.com.
Harold and Radloff are currently creating new videos exclusively for Toby Radloff TV.
Radloff currently lives in Berea, Ohio.
References
- ^ "Revenge of the nerd: American Splendor's Toby Radloff is out and proud about his sexuality and his nerddom." The Advocate (Sept. 2, 2003). Accessed Jan. 28, 2009.
- ^ "Harvey Pekar's Artists," Josh Neufeld Comix & Stories. Accessed Jan. 28, 2009.
External links
- Toby Radloff TV
- Toby Radloff at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. IMDb launched on October 17, 1990, and in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.com
- Toby Radloff Myspace Fan Page
- Toby Radloff Myspace Page
- Radloff interview at UtterTrash.net
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Dan Hopper
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:00:07 GM
This week, our thoroughly unironic crusade has its first powerful ally none other than . Toby Radloff. of American Splendor fame, who, in this SuperDeluxe short, professes his love for the Police Academy franchise and pleads via ...
