Toby Radloff (born 12 December 1957) 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 (100 km) 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 was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic 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 the late 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. He works at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cleveland. Radloff currently works as a courier.[citation needed]
Radloff has a distinctive manner of speech and quirky mannerisms. He is a self-proclaimed "Genuine Nerd Nerd is a term that refers to a person who avidly pursues intellectual activities, technical or scientific endeavors, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests, rather than engaging in more social or conventional activities. It often carries a derogatory connotation or stereotype. The nerd may be awkward, shy and unattractive. Therefore, a," and is proud of it. He publicly came out as gay Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex/gender. As a sexual 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’s sense of 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 Josh Neufeld is an alternative cartoonist known for his fact-based comics on subjects like Hurricane Katrina, international travel and finance, as well as his collaborations with writers like Harvey Pekar and David Greenberger).[2]
His appearances in American Splendor eventually led Radloff to starring in a series of MTV MTV is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs segments throughout the 1980s, and acting in the 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 American Splendor is a 2003 biopic about Harvey Pekar, the author of the American Splendor comic book series. The film is also in part an adaptation of the comics, which dramatize Pekar's life. The film was written and directed by documentarians Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who share writing credit with Pekar and his wife, Joyce, 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, 2006, 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, broadcasting on his two uncensored channels on satellite radio service Sirius XM since January 2006. The show developed while on terrestrial radio, when Stern became a morning disc jockey at WCCC in Hartford in 1979, two years into his professional radio career. Stern, but lost in the finals because Stern and crew felt that he was too famous.[3][4]
In 2007, Toby appeared in various segments of Wayne Alan Harold's "Super Deluxe Revue" for Turner Broadcasting Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner in the mid-1970s online comedy site SuperDeluxe.com. 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.
In early 2010, Harold and "Genuine Nerd" Toby Radloff launched the web series "Nerd's Eye View."
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.
- ^ Panasci, Thomas; Kaplan, Jason (2006-08-03). "The Next Wack Packer". HowardStern.com. http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?month=August&day=3&year=2006. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- ^ Mercer, Mark (2006-08-03). "Thursday, August 3, 2006". Marksfriggin. http://www.marksfriggin.com/news06/7-31.htm#thu. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
External links
- Toby Radloff videos at Lurid.com
- Official Toby Radloff Fan Page
- 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 Page
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| NAME | Radloff, Toby |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Film actor An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity. The ancient Greek word for an "actor," ὑποκριτής (hypokrites), means literally "one who interprets"; in this sense, an actor is one who interprets a dramatic character |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957-12-12 |
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Examiner.com The showing will be at 7:00pm today and will be introduced by Pekar's longtime friend and Splendor co-star Toby Radloff . Admission is only $5 and all ...
