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Neal Brennan (born October 19, 1973) is an American writer, stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer. He is known for co-creating and co-writing the Comedy Central series ''Chappelle's Show'' with Dave Chappelle. By the end of the second season, it was ranked most popular of Comedy Central shows. It premiered in January 2003 and continued into 2005, when Chappelle left before the third season. == Early life == Brennan grew up in Villanova, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, and spent part of his childhood from 1978 to 1986 in Wilmette, Illinois. He was born into an Irish Catholic family and is the youngest of 10 children.〔〔 According to Brennan, his father's side of the family was funny, as were his five older brothers.〔〔 Brennan said that he realized he was funny and liked comedy at about 8 or 9 years of age; he was already performing planned material for his classmates in a style that emulated comics Richard Lewis, Jerry Seinfeld and David Brenner. He also watched a large amount of comedy on TV during his high school years, often staying up late to watch ''Late Night with David Letterman'' and ''The Arsenio Hall Show''.〔 Brennan's older brother, comedian and writer Kevin Brennan, started doing stand-up comedy while Neal was still in high school.〔 Neal would attend his brother's performances at The Improv in New York City on weekends.〔 There he got to hang around with comedians such as Ray Romano, Dave Attel, Mike Royce and David Juskow.〔〔 Brennan said in an interview with Independent Film Channel (IFC) that, after watching his brother do stand-up, he realized it was possible to make a living in comedy.〔 Brennan moved to New York to attend film school at NYU, but he dropped out after a year.〔〔 He got a job as a doorman at the now-defunct Boston Comedy Club in Greenwich Village where he met Dave Chappelle, a frequent performer at the venue.〔 The two became friends and Brennan would often pitch jokes to Chappelle.〔〔 Brennan also shared an apartment with comedian Jay Mohr while living in New York.〔 After six months of working as a doorman at the Boston Comedy Club, in 1992 Brennan first performed stand-up at 18 years of age. He later recounted: "I got no laughs;" he didn't perform stand-up again until 1997.〔 Brennan also wrote for ''The Source'' magazine in 1992. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neal Brennan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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