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Peter Gwinn is an Americancomedy writer andimproviser fromEvanston, Illinois. He attendedCarleton College in Northfield, MN. He was a member ofThe Second City Touring Company from 1997 to 2000.[1] He has taught at both theI.O. andUpright Citizens Brigade theaters and is the founder of the musical improv group Baby Wants Candy.[2] He is the author of the 2003 book,Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble Improv Games.[3] Gwinn was a staff writer for the TV political satireThe Colbert Report until 2012-06-14. He has made several on-screen appearances, as Jimmy the director,[4] as a singer in a "Formula 401" sperm commercial[5] and as a barbecue attendee.[6] He has also written and appeared on the 2013 TV seriesAlpha House, produced byAmazon Studios.[7]
Colbert announced in the final segment of his 2012-06-14 show that Gwinn was leaving the staff, giving no reason, but playing a clip package that ended with a stuffed effigy of Gwinn being thrown off the roof of the studio building, bouncing off a car into the street, and being run over by a minivan which backed up over the doll, twice, then drove away.
Gwinn currently writes forWait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!
Gwinn was born inEvanston,Illinois on January He had one sibling, a brother.
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