Respecto Montalban
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Respecto Montalban was an improvisational and sketch comedy
troupe associated with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
in New York City
from 1998 until September 2005.
Respecto Montalban came together in July 1998 during the Del Close Improv Marathon, when seven members members from different "Harold" teams joined together to do a gospel-inspired improv show. The name of the group is an homage
to the actor Ricardo Montalban
, although they were primarily referred to as "Respecto."
" but later chose the "Evente" as its signature form.
They won acclaim for improvised shows like "Fat City: Population YOU!" and "Good versus Elvis" They were cited in The Village Voice
s Best of NYC issue for 2004.http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/bestof/2004/detail.php?id=4450 Billed as "the Upright Citizens Brigade's official touring company," they appeared at such comedy gatherings as the Chicago Improv Festival and San Francisco's Sketchfest.
The group also produced four sketch comedy shows: "Burn Millionaire Burn", "Doin' Blow with George W.", "When Amish Attack", and "George Bush Is a MotherFucker", which was conceived and guest-directed by Adam McKay
. This show sold out a month in advance.
and Dannah Feinglass
. For about a year, the group performed without them and with Jack McBrayer
. Rob Riggle
was hired as a featured player for the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live in 2004 and could only perform with Respecto when SNL wasn't taping any new episodes. Eventually, Owen Burke went to Los Angeles, and Scheer and Huebel soon followed. The group often called in improvisers Amy Rhodes and Chris Gethard
to fill in. Eventually, it was impossible to continue the performances and they were forced to dissolve.
, Dannah Feinglass
, Jackie Clarke, Owen Burke, Paul Scheer
, Rob Huebel
and Rob Riggle
. The group's popularity at the UCBT was a springboard to comedy careers for its members: Rob Riggle, a Marine
who served in both Kosovo
and Afghanistan
, has been a cast member on Saturday Night Live
and a correspondent on The Daily Show
. He has made guest appearances on numerous comedy programs such as Human Giant
, Arrested Development and The Office. Rob Huebel has had guest spots on Curb Your Enthusiasm
and Arrested Development, and was a producer for Michael Moore
's The Awful Truth, but is perhaps best known as the Inconsiderate Cell Phone Man from in-cinema advertising.http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2005/11/is_that_inconsi.html. In addition, he is a core member in MTV
's Human Giant
along with Scheer and Aziz Ansari
.
Paul Scheer appeared weekly on VH1's Best Week Ever
, and can be seen in School for Scoundrels
and was a guest on the Jeff Goldblum
TV drama Raines
. He starred with Respecto castmate Rob Huebel on Human Giant
, a sketch comedy series on MTV and is currently one of the stars of the new FX comedy The League
. Dannah Feinglass
was a cast member on MADtv
and had a popular celebrity interview show on TBS
called Movie Junky, in which she frequently conducted interviews in costume. Feinglass currently does voice-over work on several cartoon shows. For example, she can be heard voicing the titular character on the PBS series WordGirl
. She also writes and acts in the Amy Poehler
animated series The Mighty B!
on Nickelodeon
. Owen Burke is most recognizable for his appearance as the "Dancing Guy" in Nextel ads, and has appeared in many programs on Comedy Central
and VH1
. He is currently writing The UCB Theater's Guide to Improvisation.
Jackie Clarke is a frequent DJ/co-host on several radio shows on K-ROCK 92.3 WFNY-FM
, as well as appearing as a regular commentator on several VH1
commentary programs, and most recently she wrote for popular comedy shows such as The Big Gay Sketch Show
on Logo
and Free Radio
on VH1
. Chad Carter is a television writer who has written for the animated CBS show Creature Comforts
and the ABC reality show My Kind of Town
. Danielle Schneider has made appearances on Best Week Ever, MTV's Beach House, and UPN's Love Inc., and co-starred in the 2010 Matt Walsh/Ian Roberts
half-hour comedy series Players
on Spike TV
.
Most of the group also appeared in the 2005 SXSW Award-winning comedy film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, an improvised film about the world of paintball
featuring The Daily Show
s Rob Corddry
. Most of the group also held guest writing spots and made appearances on the Comedy Central
debate show parody Crossballs
in 2004.
in "MySpace", an improv comedy show based on audience members' MySpace
profiles. The show has been featured on Good Morning America
and was voted the Best Improv in LA by Los Angeles Magazine.
Many of the members perform still perform together at the UCB Theater in NYC.
Paul Scheer
and Rob Huebel
now appear along with Aziz Ansari
on MTV's Human Giant
. Most of the other Respecto members have also made guest appearances on the show.
Most of the members reunited for a show in summer 2008's Del Close marathon show at the East Coast Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
.
On Friday August 14, 2009 during the 11th Annual Del Close Marathon, Owen Burke, Chad Carter, Jackie Clarke, Rob Huebel
, Rob Riggle
& Paul Scheer
will reunited once again as Respecto Montalban for one show only at FIT in New York City.
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
troupe associated with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated UCB Training Center with locations in Chelsea, New York, the EEast Village, New York and Hollywood, California.....
in New York City
New York City
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from 1998 until September 2005.
Respecto Montalban came together in July 1998 during the Del Close Improv Marathon, when seven members members from different "Harold" teams joined together to do a gospel-inspired improv show. The name of the group is an homage
Homage
Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic....
to the actor Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Montalbán
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning six decades and many notable roles...
, although they were primarily referred to as "Respecto."
Performances
The team performed the longform improvisation structure the "HaroldHarold (improvisation)
Harold is a form of longform improv. Developed by Del Close and brought to fruition through Close's collaboration with Charna Halpern, the Harold has become the signature form of Chicago's I.O. and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los Angeles...
" but later chose the "Evente" as its signature form.
They won acclaim for improvised shows like "Fat City: Population YOU!" and "Good versus Elvis" They were cited in The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
s Best of NYC issue for 2004.http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/bestof/2004/detail.php?id=4450 Billed as "the Upright Citizens Brigade's official touring company," they appeared at such comedy gatherings as the Chicago Improv Festival and San Francisco's Sketchfest.
The group also produced four sketch comedy shows: "Burn Millionaire Burn", "Doin' Blow with George W.", "When Amish Attack", and "George Bush Is a MotherFucker", which was conceived and guest-directed by Adam McKay
Adam McKay
Adam McKay is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. He is most famous for his partnership with comedian Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys....
. This show sold out a month in advance.
Break-Up
Through their years of existence, the group slowly dissolved as more members moved to Los Angeles to pursue their actor/comedian careers. Many started TV shows, but mostly could be seen on various VH1 commentary shows. The first two to leave were Danielle SchneiderDanielle Schneider
-Career:Schneider appeared regularly as a panelist on Best Week Ever and various other VH1 commentary programs. She has played a Paris Hilton-like debutante on Fox's My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, she starred in Trio's The Pop Culture Round-Up: White Noise, Comedy Central's Contest Searchlight with...
and Dannah Feinglass
Dannah Feinglass
Dannah Phirman is an actress, writer and comedienne. She was a member of Respecto Montalban, a long-running improv team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in both New York City and Los Angeles....
. For about a year, the group performed without them and with Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer is an American actor and comedian. He gained national exposure for his characters on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"...
. Rob Riggle
Rob Riggle
Robert Allen "Rob" Riggle, Jr. is an American actor, comedian and United States Marine Corps officer. He is best known for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 2006–2008, as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2004–2005, and for his comedic roles in films such...
was hired as a featured player for the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live in 2004 and could only perform with Respecto when SNL wasn't taping any new episodes. Eventually, Owen Burke went to Los Angeles, and Scheer and Huebel soon followed. The group often called in improvisers Amy Rhodes and Chris Gethard
Chris Gethard
Chris Gethard is an American actor, comedian and writer who lives in Queens, New York. He was most recently the star of the Comedy Central series Big Lake....
to fill in. Eventually, it was impossible to continue the performances and they were forced to dissolve.
Members
The original members of the group included Chad Carter, Danielle SchneiderDanielle Schneider
-Career:Schneider appeared regularly as a panelist on Best Week Ever and various other VH1 commentary programs. She has played a Paris Hilton-like debutante on Fox's My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, she starred in Trio's The Pop Culture Round-Up: White Noise, Comedy Central's Contest Searchlight with...
, Dannah Feinglass
Dannah Feinglass
Dannah Phirman is an actress, writer and comedienne. She was a member of Respecto Montalban, a long-running improv team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in both New York City and Los Angeles....
, Jackie Clarke, Owen Burke, Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He co-created and starred in MTV's sketch comedy series Human Giant and currently co-stars as Andre on the FX comedy The League. He also currently stars as Trent Hauser on the Adult Swim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: which he created...
, Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital.-Early life:...
and Rob Riggle
Rob Riggle
Robert Allen "Rob" Riggle, Jr. is an American actor, comedian and United States Marine Corps officer. He is best known for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 2006–2008, as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2004–2005, and for his comedic roles in films such...
. The group's popularity at the UCBT was a springboard to comedy careers for its members: Rob Riggle, a Marine
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
who served in both Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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, has been a cast member on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
and a correspondent on The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
. He has made guest appearances on numerous comedy programs such as Human Giant
Human Giant
Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.The show has completed two seasons. The status of a third season is unknown...
, Arrested Development and The Office. Rob Huebel has had guest spots on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself...
and Arrested Development, and was a producer for Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
's The Awful Truth, but is perhaps best known as the Inconsiderate Cell Phone Man from in-cinema advertising.http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2005/11/is_that_inconsi.html. In addition, he is a core member in MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Human Giant
Human Giant
Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.The show has completed two seasons. The status of a third season is unknown...
along with Scheer and Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari is an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He currently stars as Tom Haverford on the NBC show Parks and Recreation....
.
Paul Scheer appeared weekly on VH1's Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009...
, and can be seen in School for Scoundrels
School for Scoundrels (2006 film)
School for Scoundrels is a 2006 American comedy film, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, and directed by Todd Phillips. The film is based on the 1960 British film of the same name...
and was a guest on the Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum
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TV drama Raines
Raines
Raines is a crime drama television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007 on NBC in the United States. The show premiered as a mid-season replacement, as well as airing on CH in Canada, TV3 in Ireland, ITV3 in the UK and on Network Ten in Australia.The series focused on Michael...
. He starred with Respecto castmate Rob Huebel on Human Giant
Human Giant
Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.The show has completed two seasons. The status of a third season is unknown...
, a sketch comedy series on MTV and is currently one of the stars of the new FX comedy The League
The League
The League is an American sitcom that premiered on FX on October 29, 2009. The series, set in Chicago, is a semi-improvised comedy about a fantasy football league, its members, and their everyday lives.-Synopsis:...
. Dannah Feinglass
Dannah Feinglass
Dannah Phirman is an actress, writer and comedienne. She was a member of Respecto Montalban, a long-running improv team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in both New York City and Los Angeles....
was a cast member on MADtv
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
and had a popular celebrity interview show on TBS
Turner Broadcasting System
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called Movie Junky, in which she frequently conducted interviews in costume. Feinglass currently does voice-over work on several cartoon shows. For example, she can be heard voicing the titular character on the PBS series WordGirl
WordGirl
WordGirl is an American children’s animated television series for children aged 6-12, produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids...
. She also writes and acts in the Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler
Amy Meredith Poehler is an American comedian, actress and voice actress. She was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she starred in the film Mean Girls with Tina Fey, with whom she worked again in Baby Mama in 2008. She is...
animated series The Mighty B!
The Mighty B!
The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge...
on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
. Owen Burke is most recognizable for his appearance as the "Dancing Guy" in Nextel ads, and has appeared in many programs on Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
and VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
. He is currently writing The UCB Theater's Guide to Improvisation.
Jackie Clarke is a frequent DJ/co-host on several radio shows on K-ROCK 92.3 WFNY-FM
WFNY-FM
WXRK , known on-air as "92.3 Now", is a radio station in New York City. Owned by CBS Radio, WXRK broadcasts a Contemporary Hit Radio format with a rhythmic lean...
, as well as appearing as a regular commentator on several VH1
VH1
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commentary programs, and most recently she wrote for popular comedy shows such as The Big Gay Sketch Show
The Big Gay Sketch Show
The Big Gay Sketch Show is an LGBT-themed sketch comedy program that debuted on Logo on April 24, 2007. The series is produced by Rosie O'Donnell and directed by Amanda Bearse. The program was originally titled "The Big Gay Show" but was renamed during production. As the name indicates, the show...
on Logo
Logo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
and Free Radio
Free Radio
Free Radio is a television show, created by Lance Krall and Rory Rosegarten. The show originated on VH1, but has also played on Comedy Central, and Super Channel . It stars Lance Krall, prominent for his role on The Joe Schmo Show, and Anna Vocino, who also starred with Krall on The Lance Krall...
on VH1
VH1
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. Chad Carter is a television writer who has written for the animated CBS show Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts was originally a 1989 British humorous animated short film about how animals feel about living in a zoo, featuring the voices of the British public "spoken" by the animals. It was created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations...
and the ABC reality show My Kind of Town
My Kind of Town
My Kind of Town is an American television game show that premiered on August 14, 2005 on ABC. Part variety show, part game show, the series brings 200 people from a small town in the United States to New York City to compete for prizes and participate in games and assorted gags...
. Danielle Schneider has made appearances on Best Week Ever, MTV's Beach House, and UPN's Love Inc., and co-starred in the 2010 Matt Walsh/Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts (actor)
Ian Michael Roberts is an American actor, comedian and writer best known as a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe.-Life and career:...
half-hour comedy series Players
Players (2010 TV series)
Players is an American comedy series which premiered on the Spike network on March 2, 2010. The series is a partially-scripted/mostly-improvised comedy about two brothers who run a sports bar together. After airing 3 episodes, Players was removed from the Spike schedule and put on hiatus. The...
on Spike TV
Spike TV
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.
Most of the group also appeared in the 2005 SXSW Award-winning comedy film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, an improvised film about the world of paintball
Paintball
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featuring The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
s Rob Corddry
Rob Corddry
Robert William "Rob" Corddry is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a former correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and for his starring role in the comedy film Hot Tub Time Machine...
. Most of the group also held guest writing spots and made appearances on the Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
debate show parody Crossballs
Crossballs
Crossballs: The Debate Show was a Comedy Central television show which poked fun at cable news networks' political debate shows, especially CNN's Crossfire and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. In each episode, comedians posing as experts on a particular subject would debate two real...
in 2004.
Post-Respecto
In October 2006, many of the remaining members of the group relocated to Los Angeles and started performing at the West Coast Upright Citizens Brigade TheatreUpright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated UCB Training Center with locations in Chelsea, New York, the EEast Village, New York and Hollywood, California.....
in "MySpace", an improv comedy show based on audience members' MySpace
MySpace
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profiles. The show has been featured on Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
and was voted the Best Improv in LA by Los Angeles Magazine.
Many of the members perform still perform together at the UCB Theater in NYC.
Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He co-created and starred in MTV's sketch comedy series Human Giant and currently co-stars as Andre on the FX comedy The League. He also currently stars as Trent Hauser on the Adult Swim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: which he created...
and Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital.-Early life:...
now appear along with Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari is an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He currently stars as Tom Haverford on the NBC show Parks and Recreation....
on MTV's Human Giant
Human Giant
Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.The show has completed two seasons. The status of a third season is unknown...
. Most of the other Respecto members have also made guest appearances on the show.
Most of the members reunited for a show in summer 2008's Del Close marathon show at the East Coast Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated UCB Training Center with locations in Chelsea, New York, the EEast Village, New York and Hollywood, California.....
.
On Friday August 14, 2009 during the 11th Annual Del Close Marathon, Owen Burke, Chad Carter, Jackie Clarke, Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital.-Early life:...
, Rob Riggle
Rob Riggle
Robert Allen "Rob" Riggle, Jr. is an American actor, comedian and United States Marine Corps officer. He is best known for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 2006–2008, as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2004–2005, and for his comedic roles in films such...
& Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He co-created and starred in MTV's sketch comedy series Human Giant and currently co-stars as Andre on the FX comedy The League. He also currently stars as Trent Hauser on the Adult Swim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: which he created...
will reunited once again as Respecto Montalban for one show only at FIT in New York City.