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'''Benjamin Percival '''"'''Benjy'''"''' Bronk''' (born {{birth date|mf=yes| |
'''Benjamin Percival '''"'''Benjy'''"''' Bronk''' (born {{birth date|mf=yes|1967|09|04}}) is an American [[comedian]] and writer for ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''. |
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Benjy Bronk | |
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| Born | Benjamin Percival Bronk September 4, 1967 |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Benjamin Percival "Benjy" Bronk (born September 4, 1967) is an American comedian and writer for The Howard Stern Show.
Joining Stern
In 1998, Benjy began working on The Howard Stern Show as an intern, conducting pre-interviews of show guests and gathering articles for Robin Quiver's news. By 2001, Benjy took over Jackie Martling's former role of writing on-the-spot jokes and funny lines for Stern as the show transpires. (On rare occasions, Bronk also writes jokes for cast member Artie Lange, who was a more official yet figurative replacement for Martling).[1] Benjy sits in the studio between Lange and Fred Norris. Benjy is perhaps best known on the show for his state of "schtick coma", in which Bronk will continuously do something he believes to be humorous, with little regard for the reaction of those around him. This is also sometimes dubbed the "Benjy vortex". Benjy is a past "FM-ey" winner for a phone call in which he pretended to be Bill Clinton, fooling an elderly black woman into having phone sex.
- Bronk appeared on The Anna Nicole Show after her appearance on the Stern Show. According to Anna, they "had a drink, and the next thing I knew, my head was in Benjy's lap and I loved it."
- On December 10, 2008, Bronk started a fast in support of Bubba the Love Sponge being re-signed by their mutual employer Sirius Satellite Radio. Bubba, a personality on Howard 101, was in the midsts of contentious contract negotiations. Bronk said he would only drink water until Bubba was re-signed by Sirius. He broke his fast soon after it began, as was discovered during intense interrogation by Stern. Bronk confessed to breaking his fast by eating an entire tomato and some seaweed, and claimed that Bubba sanctioned his binge.
- On April 17, 2007 Bronk interrupted a live CNBC newscast urging people to vote for Sanjaya. He was then dragged off camera by two CNBC cameramen, while still yelling.[2]
- On May 7, 2007 Benjy won the Stern show's "Battle of the Blobs" competition, losing 64 lbs over the course of the competition, dropping from 267 lb (121 kg; 19.1 st) to 203 lb (92 kg; 14.5 st), almost a 24% weight loss.[3] Since then, Howard revealed he gained most of it back.
- Bronk often insists he is 4 years younger than his actual age. On September 3, 2009, reporter Steve Langford of Howard100 News revealed that his research had uncovered numerous pieces of compelling evidence showing his birthday to be September 4, 1967, including a voter registration card that Bronk filled out in 1985.[4] In spite of this evidence, Bronk still insisted that he was actually born on September 24, 1971.
- Bronk is the target of much on-air criticism from Stern and the show's staff for his frequent late arrivals to the studio. Stern has on several occasions threatened to fire Bronk for the tardiness, often with encouragement from the show's staff, guests, and callers. On September 16, 2010, when Bronk was late again, Stern angrily lectured him for the entire first hour of his broadcast, finally removing him for life from The Wrap-Up Show (though he was later reinstated) and ordering staff to permanently ban him from the building the next time he arrives after 5:30 AM.
The Benjy Bronk Show
On December 19, 2005, WXRK General Manager Tom Chiusano, fulfilled an agreement with Stern to let Benjy run the show for part of the day, dubbing it "The Benjy Bronk Show", during which Benjy interviewed several people, including original Beatles drummer Pete Best, Howard Stern Wack Packer Daniel Carver, and a person imitating a 12-year-old black girl. Benjy also interviewed Fran Baskerville, the singing psychic who claims to have predicted the September 11, 2001 attacks. The show could be heard on frequency 92.3 FM until Chiusano prematurely called an end to the show before its scheduled 10 AM finish.
Political Beliefs
Benjy declared to be a Libertarian on the November 8, 2006 "Howard Stern Wrap-up Show". In the November 7, 2006 elections, he claimed to have voted for every Libertarian on the ballot and manually wrote in votes for himself or colleague Doug Goodstein wherever Libertarian candidates were not an option. Benjy received two write-in votes in the 2005 election for New York City Civil Court Judgeship, as well as one vote for the office of Manhattan Borough President.[5][6]
Paris Hilton's "Best Friend"
Bronk submitted himself for the contest of becoming Paris Hilton's new "best friend", in her reality tv-show. On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 two days after joining, Bronk, under the username "BenjyBenjy" was ranked in first place with over 18,000 votes, after having the poll mentioned two times on the show. When voting closed in May 2008, Benjy was solidly in first place with over 400,000 votes.[7] However, Bronk decided not to appear on the television show because it would have required him to miss nearly two months of work. Stern said that Benjy's contribution to the show was too important for him to go missing for that amount of time, which prompted his decision.
References
- ^ dreidel_hustler (2008-03-19). "Heeb HQ Benjy Bronk: The Heeb Interview". Heeb Media, LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-19. [dead link]
- ^ Kaplan, Jason (2007-05-07). "The Rundown". Retrieved 2007-04-18.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Rundown". 2007-04-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Mark Mercer (2009-09-03). "For the week of 08/31/2009 to 09/04/2009". Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- ^ Statement and Return Report for Certification. General Election 2006 - Representative in Congress 14th Congressional District.
- ^ Statement and Return Report for Certification. General Election 2006 - Judge of the Civil Court District - 9th Municipal Court District - New York.
- ^ MTV's ParisBFF.com
External links
- Benjy Bronk at IMDb
- Benjy Bronk's profile on Paris Hilton's New Best friend
- Howard Stern Wikia A Howard Stern Wikia Project – "You Take That Back"