- Frank Santopadre was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens, New York, a fan of Mad magazine, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Top 40 radio and Adam West's "Batman." He was also an obsessive reader of screen credits, which made a career in entertainment seem strangely inevitable.
He's written talk shows, specials, award shows, animated series and even bubblegum cards and he co-hosted 639 episodes of "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast!", providing him with an opportunity to interview many of the showbiz heroes who (unknowingly) changed his life. He resides in New York City with his wife, author Genevieve Sterbenz and two thoroughly unimpressed cats.
- IMDb mini biography by: m. dobkins
- Wrote Bazooka Joe comics, Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids stickers and Hollywood Zombies trading cards for the Topps company.
- Interviewed celebrity guests for NYC's New School, 92nd Street Y and Writers Guild East, including Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton, Lewis Black and Garry Shandling.
- Wrote the 56th Annual Writers Guild of America East Awards for host Bill Murray, a last-minute replacement for original host Richard Belzer. As a gag, Murray took to the podium and matter-of-factly read (as opposed to performing) jokes originally written for Belzer.
- Served as editor-in-chief for the much-loved but now-defunct Jest, a National Lampoon-type, NYC-based humor magazine.
- While in high school, wrote a note to legendary film director Frank Capra and received a personal letter (a prized possession to this day) in return.
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