Jake Fogelnest

SQUiRT TV

Jake started a television show, Squirt TV, from his New York City bedroom when he was 14 years old. Squirt TV made its debut in January 1994 on Manhattan public-access television cable TV. The show, which Fogelnest wrote, produced, and directed, featured his opinions on music, film and television. The one-man show quickly became a cult success in Manhattan, attracting with its quirky style, sense of humor and edgy commentary a fan base of night owls, including Beastie Boys, Janeane Garofalo, and Eric Bogosian.

Squirt TV soon moved from public-access television to MTV (a trajectory that echoed the movie Wayne's World, released in 1992). Still recorded from Fogelnest's bedroom, the show featured more celebrity guests, including Adam Sandler, Beck, and The Kids in the Hall—some of whom had appeared on Squirt TV in its original public-access television incarnation.

Television Writing

Jake Fogelnest has written for Netflix's Wet Hot American Summer, the Hulu series Difficult People, and truTV's Billy on the Street. He also served on the writing staff for VH1’s Best Week Ever and regularly contributed jokes to Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update." His current projects include Girlboss for Netflix and Corporate for Comedy Central.

Other Television

Fogelnest was a regular commentator on VH1's I Love the... and The Greatest. Other television credits include a special for Comedy Central, MTV's 12 Angry Viewers, Upright Citizens Brigade, and guest appearances on The Jon Stewart Show, Howard Stern and Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld. In 2005, Fogelnest created Ten Years Later for MTV, a fictional documentary which followed Jake's life if he "never grew out of 'Squirt TV.'" The show was co-written and directed by Tom Gianas.

Print

Jake has written for magazines such as Spin, Ray Gun, Bikini, Alternative Press, and Jane, and he's appeared in the "Say Something Funny" feature of The Onion."

Theatre

Fogelnest co-directed "Jerry Minor is a Black Man" for the Saturday Night Live alum at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and The Second City in Chicago. He served as assistant director for Sarah Silverman's one-woman show Jesus Is Magic at Joe's Pub. Fogelnest co-directed (with Amy Poehler) the two-person show "Eye Candy," starring Dannah Feinglass and Danielle Schneider, which was selected for the 2002 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival. Fogelnest's most acclaimed UCB production is "George Bush is a Motherfucker," which featured many members of Respecto Montalban, and was produced by Adam McKay.

Radio

In 2004, he won a New York City A.I.R. Award for hosting the "Top 92 Worst Xmas Songs of All-Time" on the former WXRK where he worked as a DJ before the station changed formats and became WFNY-FM.

Upon K-Rock's format switch, Fogelnest hosted a radio show on the new Free-FM with Jackie Clarke called Jake and Jackie. The show was a combination of pop culture discussion and radio sketch comedy. Jake left the show for Sirius XM radio in 2006.

From 2006-2014, Fogelnest had a show on Sirius XM's College rock/Indie rock channel, Sirius XMU. He was also heard on Sirius XM Alt Nation. Fogelnest left Sirius XM in November 2014 to focus full-time on writing for television.

Podcast/Web

In September 2012, Fogelnest launched, The Fogelnest Files on Earwolf. The show is currently on hiatus.

In 2014, Fogelnest served as a staff writer and director at Funny Or Die.

Trivia

Fogelnest is featured in the music video for Easy by indie rock band Real Estate. He plays a radio dj that is kidnapped by a Real Estate promotion team because he refused to play Real Estate's new album on air.