The Believer Magazine
Articles by
Dan Pasternack
Dan Pasternack is a producer and programmer as well as a scribbler and superfan who loves alliterative couplets almost as much as he loves comedy. He has overseen the development and production of literally hundreds of hours of television and digital content. Dan served as the lead development executive for the IFC cable channel, where he helped shepherd the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series Portlandia for the network. He has recently produced projects for Adult Swim and Amazon and is currently producing and hosting the award-nominated Obsessive Comedy Disorder audio documentaries for Sirius XM. He is also a professor teaching courses to third-year graduate students at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Dan has been collecting autographed comedy records for most of his life. This is his collection and these are his stories. For more, check out obsessivecomedydisorder.net.
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March 14, 2023Billy Crystal
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September 5, 2019My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Bob Newhart
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August 21, 2017My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Dick Gregory
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May 9, 2017My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Sam Kinison
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March 27, 2017My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Robert Klein
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February 10, 2017My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Our Wedding Album or The Great Society Affair by Kenny Solms & Gail Parent
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January 27, 2016My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Don Rickles
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September 9, 2015My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Jim Gaffigan
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August 11, 2015My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Bill Cosby— A Follow Up
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July 21, 2015My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: Robin Williams
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June 23, 2015My Signed Comedy LPs: One Comedy Nerd’s Obsessive Journey: The Firesign Theatre
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