Scott David Aukerman (born July 2,[1] 1970[2]) is an American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host.

Aukerman was raised in a religiously observant household, attending a Baptist church three times a week until college.

[5] After a brief period studying at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and touring the country as a musical theater actor, in 1995, at the request of his friends, Aukerman and Porter started performing at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles under the moniker "The Fun Bunch", a name meant to parody improvisation groups at the time.

Aukerman appeared sporadically on the show, most notably as the model Theo Brixton in the Taint Magazine sketch.

[8] That year, Aukerman took on the role as head writer for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards and executive produced and co-wrote a pilot for Comedy Central, The New Andy Dick Show.

Later that year, Aukerman joined a "writers lab", writing film scripts for Imagine Entertainment.

The CD featured Aukerman, comedians David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Paul F. Tompkins, and other CDR regulars.

A short film made for the show, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, eventually moved to internet site Funny Or Die, becoming one of its most successful series.

The show continued to air on Fridays at 12 noon Pacific but moved to being distributed by the Earwolf podcasting network in 2010.

[16] Aukerman hosts, with frequent guest collaborators Paul F. Tompkins, Lauren Lapkus, Neil Campbell, Mike Hanford, James Adomian, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, Andy Daly, and the late Harris Wittels among others, serving as guests and characters.

Show, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, was put up on internet site Funny Or Die and received several hundreds of thousands of hits in just a few days.

[22] This was followed by Ferns interviews with talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel, Mad Men star Jon Hamm, Natalie Portman, Bradley Cooper, Charlize Theron, Conan O'Brien, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Sean Penn, Bruce Willis, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, "Oscar Buzz Edition" (featuring Jennifer Lawrence, Christoph Waltz, Naomi Watts, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Sally Field and Bradley Cooper), a collaboration video with The Lonely Island and James Franco, and a "Happy Holidays Edition" featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Tobey Maguire and Arcade Fire.

[23] Aukerman directed the Theron, O'Brien, Penn, Willis, Ferrell, "Oscar Buzz," Bieber, Franco & "Happy Holidays Edition" episodes.

Aukerman directed and produced this episode, which won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program.

In 2015, Aukerman won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program again, this time for the Brad Pitt episode.

Three episodes were released in 2018: A "Slowin' It Down" with Phoebe Robinson and Andy Daly, and a two-part recap of the Experience + Innocence Tour.

[36][37] This podcast also led to Aukerman and Scott interviewing members of the band, such as Michael Stipe and Mike Mills,[38] as well as a guest appearance from Peter Buck at a live episode for Clusterfest.

[40] The podcast's intention was to cover the music of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, focusing on the band's self-titled debut and Freaky Styley in the first episode.

[41] They eventually reprised the R U Talkin' RHCP format for two episodes in 2022, covering Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen.

The first episode of the show, released on September 12, covered Springsteen's 1973 debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.[34] Aukerman and Scott have also occasionally produced one-off editions of the podcast.

During early episodes of U Talkin' U2 To Me?, Aukerman and Scott began a running joke of singing the Staind song "It's Been Awhile" whenever they said the titular phrase – often pairing it with the opening line of Barenaked Ladies' "One Week".

This came to fruition in May 2014, with Glass joining the pair in the studio to listen to the band's 2001 album Break the Cycle.

The episode was dedicated to the music of Huey Lewis and the News, to promote the band's album Weather.

"[48] His influence on contemporary comedy, by way of highlighting emerging talent, has earned him the title of "the alternative Lorne Michaels.

[50] Aukerman is a stated longtime fan of comic books and has authored and co-authored several titles, including Astonishing Spider-Man, X-Men and Secret Wars issues.