Seth Herzog
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{{Short description|American comedian}}
{{Infobox comedian
| name = Seth Herzog
| image = Seth Herzog.jpg
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| alt = Man in Hawaiian shirt talking into a microphone
| caption = Seth Herzog
| pseudonym = The Zog
| birth_name = Seth G. Herzog
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|11|04}}
| birth_place = Englewood, New Jersey U.S.
| nationality = American
| active = 2001-present
| spouse = Hitha Prabhakar Herzog
| notable_work =
| website = {{URL|sethherzog.biz}}
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Seth G. Herzog (aka The Zog{{cite news|last1=Aronsky|first1=Rory L.|title=Zog's Place|url=https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/zogs-place/|work=Film Threat|date=2 November 2003}}{{cite news|last1=Zimmer|first1=Elizabeth|title=Zog's Bog|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/04/29/zogs-bog/|work=The Village Voice|date=29 April 2003}}) is an American comedian.{{cite news|last1=Goldberg|first1=Alex|title=Chosen Comedy: Seth Herzog|url=https://heebmagazine.com/chosen-comedy-seth-herzog/4952|work=Heeb|date=22 December 2009}} Herzog is active in New York City performing comedy and is a warm-up comedian for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He was the subject of the short film Zog's Place. He has also had small roles in such films as Safe Men, The Ten and The Baxter. Herzog has acted in numerous commercials, and on such T.V. shows as Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Chappelle's Show, and VH1's Best Week Ever.
Early life and education
Herzog was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and lived in nearby Tenafly until the age of four.[https://www.thesweetestpod.com/about About the Pod], The Sweetest Pod. Accessed November 19, 2023. "Seth was born in New Jersey (Englewood) and lived in Tenafly until he was 4 (save for a year in Holland, where his family tour windmills, sampled cheeses & started to speak Dutch). He and his family then moved to Princeton, where he was brought up & remained until he went off to college (and where his father and sister currently still live)." He grew up in Princeton, New Jersey.{{cite news|last1=Murphy|first1=Danielle|title=Meet the Wonder "Woman" of Comedy, Seth Herzog|url=https://www.whatshouldwedo.com/blog/seth-herzog-comedian/|work=What Should We Do|date=8 June 2018|language=en}}
In 1988, Herzog graduated from Princeton High School in New Jersey.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} In 1992, he graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee with a degree in history and theater.
Career
In the New York comedy scene, Herzog has performed in such venues as Chetty Red's, Rififi, and the Red Room. Since 2004, Herzog has hosted a weekly comedy show every Tuesday night called "Sweet" that began a long-time residency at the Lower East Side bar, The Slipper Room, then moving to other downtown venues.{{cite news|last1=Angelo|first1=Megan|title=Seth Herzog's Comedy Show, 'Sweet,' in the East Village|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/arts/television/seth-herzogs-comedy-show-sweet-in-the-east-village.html|work=The New York Times|date=7 September 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Perler|first1=Elie Z.|title=Born on the Lower East Side, Seth Herzog's 'Sweet' Comedy Show Moves Out|url=https://www.boweryboogie.com/2019/01/born-on-the-lower-east-side-seth-herzogs-sweet-comedy-show-moves-out/|work=Bowery Boogie|date=28 January 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517132736/https://boweryboogie.com/2019/01/born-on-the-lower-east-side-seth-herzogs-sweet-comedy-show-moves-out/|archive-date=17 May 2022}} A regular feature of the show is a called "What's On My Mom's Mind,"{{cite news|last1=Glazer|first1=Eliot|title=Inside With: Seth Herzog|url=http://theapiary.squarespace.com/the-apiary/2007/8/27/inside-with-seth-herzog-by-eliot-glazer.html|work=The Apiary|date=27 August 2007}} during which he interviews his mother, Kera Greene.{{cite news|last1=Lowenstein|first1=Kate|title=Features: Parents Keep it in the family|url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/28050/keep-it-in-the-family/3.html|work=Time Out New York|issue=652, Mar 27–Apr 2, 2008|date=27 March 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202145042/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/28050/keep-it-in-the-family/3.html|archivedate=2 December 2008}}
From 2004 to 2013, Herzog appeared on the VH-1 show Best Week Ever.
In 2005, Herzog introduced movies on IFC.
In 2008, Herzog contributed his voice to the animated comedy webseries Amazing the Lion hosted by the Independent Comedy Network.{{cite web|title=Amazing the Lion Episodes 1-5 Credits|url=https://upset-triangle.com/blog/2008/09/amazing-lion-episodes-1-5-credits.html|date=2008}}
Herzog is perhaps best known for his "Wonder Woman" routine, during which he wears a Wonder Woman costume and does a dance while lip-synching to the Wonder Woman theme song.
In April 2008, Herzog toured Iraq performing for the U.S. troops.{{cite news|last1=Herzog|first1=Seth|title=Hurry Up, and Kuwait!|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hurry-up-and-kuwait_b_97431|work=HuffPost|date=18 April 2008|language=en}}
In 2013 and 2014, Herzog co-hosted Duck Quacks Don't Echo on the National Geographic channel with Michael Ian Black and Tom Papa.{{cite web|title=Duck Quacks Don't Echo|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/duck-quacks-dont-echo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230113138/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/duck-quacks-dont-echo/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2013|work=National Geographic|date=2014}}
Later in 2014, he was the overdub and localized version host of Science of Stupid.{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Gerri|title=Decoding the 'Science of Stupid'|url=https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/decoding-the-science-of-stupid|work= Mother Nature Network|date=10 June 2014}}
Since 2009, Herzog has been the warm-up comic for and a cast member on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon having previously done the same for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He has appeared in sketches on both shows.
Personal life
In 2014, Herzog married journalist and writer Hitha Herzog (née Prabhakar).{{cite news|last1=Herzog|first1=Hitha|title=Hindu by Birth. Hind-Jew by Marriage.|url=https://www.mashupamericans.com/relationships/hindu-by-birth-hind-jew-by-marriage/|work=The Mash-Up Americans|date=21 October 2015}}
Honors and awards
Selected filmography
- 2006: Kappa Mikey TV series (1 episode: voice in "Big Trouble in Little Tokyo")
- 2007: The Ten as Naked Guy
- 2008: Role Models as Bell-Ringing Winged Creature
- 2008: Mayne Street TV series (2 episodes: Man on Toilet in "Poker", Satellite Tech in "New Years"
- 2009: The Winning Season as Mascot
- 2009: Lost Cities: Jersey City TV movie as self
- 2010: 30 Rock TV series (1 episode: Swingles Man in "Gentleman's Intermission"
- 2011: Puppy Love short as Dad
- 2011: Zog's Place as L.L.
- 2011: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TV series (6 episodes)
- 2014: Duck Quacks Don't Echo, TV series as Panelist
- 2014: Science of Stupid, U.S. dub edition TV series as Host
- 2014: They Came Together as Chez Brasserie Piano Player
- 2014: The Return of Saturn short
- 2014-2018: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV series (8 episodes)
- 2015: Mismanagement TV series (1 episode: Vinny in "Pilot")
- 2017: Inside You as Harold
- 2018: The Special Without Brett Davis TV series (1 episode: "Search For Mr. Jokes"
- 2018: Boy Band as Lance; also producer
- 2019: Broad City TV series (1 episode: Craig in "Shenanigans")
- 2019: Addi short
- 2019: Gander TV series as Disaster Mattress Man 2
References
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External links
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American stand-up comedians
Category:American male comedians
Category:21st-century American comedians
Category:Comedians from Bergen County, New Jersey
Category:Comedians from Mercer County, New Jersey
Category:Male actors from Englewood, New Jersey
Category:People from Princeton, New Jersey
Category:People from Tenafly, New Jersey