Jim Earl is a stage and radio comedian, comedy writer, musician and cartoonist from California.
Earl received a degree in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984, and then he began his comedy career in the stand-up comedy team of "Lank and Earl" with his high-school friend Barry Lank.
In 2001 he appeared in the film 'Pootie Tang' as the character 'Eddie', directed by Louis C.K, he later became a writer for The Daily Show, winning the 2001 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program" and a 2000 Peabody award.
Upon returning to California, Earl reunited with a former Morning Sedition host, Marc Maron, on The Marc Maron Show, which premiered on Air America Radio on February 28, 2006, and had its last show on July 14, 2006.
In December 2006, Earl went on to become head writer for the Friday ITch, a "comedy-news program for nerds", broadcast on Techweb.com.