Vincent Favale

A native of Bath Beach, Brooklyn, Favale attended Saint Finbar School and William Grady High School before graduating from Brooklyn College.{{cite web |last1=Katinas |first1=Paula |title='Hereafter Musical' takes a joyful look at the afterlife |url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/10/23/hereafter-musical-takes-a-joyful-look-at-the-afterlife/ |website=brooklyneagle.com |date=23 October 2014 |publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |access-date=19 October 2019}} While he was a teenager, two of Favale's brothers died within three years of each other, an experience that later served as inspiration for his musical Hereafter.{{cite web |last1=Considine |first1=Bob |title=Crossing Over |url=https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2012/03/crossing_over.html |website=NJ.com |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=19 October 2019}}

In 1982, while working in the commercial traffic department at WYNY, Favale auditioned for and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman.{{cite web |last1=Josselyn |first1=Jim |title=Funny Guy; Vinnie Favale's improbable journey from one night of standup to long-standing gigs with Letterman and Colbert |url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/jersey-celebrities/funny-guy/ |website=New Jersey Monthly |access-date=15 October 2019|date=2016-10-08}} He went on to co-found and serve as vice president of programming at Comedy Central, where he developed the television series State of the Union Undressed, created and hosted The 800 Club,{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=CBS TV Studios Taps CBS Late-Night Exec Vinnie Favale As SVP Talent Development |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/cbs-tv-studios-vinnie-favale-svp-talent-development-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-1202068305/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=15 October 2019|date=2017-04-12}} and served as producer of the Real Deal.{{cite web |last1=Mccarthy |first1=John P. |title=The Real Deal |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/the-real-deal-2-1200442059/ |website=Variety |access-date=15 October 2019|date=1995-07-31}}

Favale was a producer for David Letterman during his run on CBS late night shows,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLkrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA292|title=I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else: My Life on the Street, On the Stage, and in the Movies|first=Danny|last=Aiello|date=21 July 2015|publisher=Simon and Schuster|via=Google Books|isbn=9781476751917}} supervising Late Show with David Letterman from 1996 through its finale in 2015.{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=CBS TV Studios Taps CBS Late-Night Exec Vinnie Favale As SVP Talent Development |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/cbs-tv-studios-vinnie-favale-svp-talent-development-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-1202068305/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=15 October 2019|date=2017-04-12}} Between 1998 and 2001 he also oversaw the Howard Stern Radio Show, part of CBS's late night programming. He often appeared as himself on both shows.{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Dan |title=CBS exec Vinnie Favale enjoyed a long run on the David Letterman laugh track |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/cbs-exec-enjoyed-long-run-letterman-laugh-track-article-1.2228434 |website=nydailynews.com |date=20 May 2015 |publisher=New York Daily News |access-date=15 October 2019}} In 2003, a David Letterman comedy piece that featured Favale was given a "Cheer" by TV Guide.{{cite web |title=Cheers & Jeers (August 23, 2003) |url=https://twitter.com/retronewsnow/status/1032840181668343810 |website=Twitter.com |publisher=TV Guide |access-date=15 October 2019}} In 2004, Howard Stern featured a song that Favale had written ("Restless, Restless") on his morning radio show as part of the "Restless Restless Song Contest."{{cite press release |title=Hemorrelief Awards Restless Restless Song Contest Winne |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2004/08/20/314676/62675/en/Hemorrelief-Awards-Restless-Restless-Song-Contest-Winner.html |website=globenewswire.com |date=20 August 2004 |publisher=Globe Newswire |access-date=15 October 2019}} One of the most popular submissions of Favale's song was by Robert Goulet. A "Best Of" compilation CD was eventually released on Bandcamp.{{cite web |url=https://hereaftermusical.bandcamp.com/album/the-very-best-of-restless-restless |website=Bandcamp |title=The Very Best of Restless, Restless |access-date=15 October 2019}}

One of Favale's most well known segments on The Howard Stern Show is when he brought in video love letters he made in 1984 (aka the "Debbie Tapes") when he was wooing his soon to be wife Debbie.{{cite web |title=SHOW RUNDOWN: FEBRUARY, 06, 2012 |url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2012/2/6/adrianne-curry-is-free-rundownshow-163/ |website=howardstern.com |date=6 February 2012 |publisher=Howard Stern |access-date=15 October 2019}}

In 2015 Favale was executive producer of "David Letterman: A Life in Television,"{{cite web |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |title=David Letterman farewell begins in earnest with Obama, CBS special |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/05/05/david-letterman-farewell-begins-in-earnest-with-obama-cbs-special/ |website=bostonherald.com |publisher=Boston Herald |access-date=15 October 2019|date=2015-05-05}} a prime-time tribute. Favale was the only member of Letterman's team to stay on when Stephen Colbert took over,{{cite web |last1=Josselyn |first1=Jim |title=Funny Guy; Vinnie Favale's improbable journey from one night of standup to long-standing gigs with Letterman and Colbert |url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/jersey-celebrities/funny-guy/ |website=njmonthly.com |publisher=New Jersey Monthly |access-date=15 October 2019|date=2016-10-08}} and after he helped oversee the refurbishing of the Ed Sullivan Theater prior to its launch{{cite news |last1=Koblin |first1=John |title=Stephen Colbert's Shiny New Home on Broadway Reflects Its Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/television/stephen-colberts-shiny-new-home-on-broadway-reflects-its-past.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=15 October 2019|date=2015-09-09}} he served as the overseeing supervisor for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

He eventually became the vice-president of East Coast late-night programming at CBS.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/television/stephen-colberts-shiny-new-home-on-broadway-reflects-its-past.html|title=Stephen Colbert's Shiny New Home on Broadway Reflects Its Past|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2015-09-09|last1=Koblin|first1=John}} In April 2017 he was named SVP Talent Development at CBS Television Studios with responsibilities including "identify[ing] comedic talent and develop[ing] programming for the studio."{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/cbs-tv-studios-vinnie-favale-svp-talent-development-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-1202068305/|title=CBS TV Studios Taps CBS Late-Night Exec Vinnie Favale As SVP Talent Development|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=12 April 2017}}

In June 2018 Favale added creative oversight of the new division CBS Experiences. He was the executive producer of the inaugural event, "An Evening with Sunday Morning."{{cite web |title=CBS Corporation Announces Launch of CBS Experiences (CBSX), a New Live and Experiential Events Division |url=https://www.cbscorporation.com/cbs-corporation-announces-launch-of-cbs-experiences-cbsx-a-new-live-and-experiential-events-division/ |website=CBS.com |publisher=CBS Corporation |access-date=15 October 2019}}

Later that year he was accused of using derogatory language towards those of alternate sexual orientations in the workplace, and was placed on leave,{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/04/entertainment/stephen-colbert-vinnie-favale/index.html|title=Stephen Colbert addresses workplace misconduct allegations against CBS executive|first=Chloe |last=Melas|date=4 October 2018 |publisher=CNN}} and used those same words regardless of orientation.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/entertainment/vinnie-favale-cbs/index.html|title=CBS executive placed on leave following allegations of sexual and homophobic language in the workplace|first=Chloe|last=Melas|publisher=CNN |date=3 October 2018}} Favale denied the allegations with the following statement: "Allegations that I have ever retaliated against anyone in any fashion are 100% false. I have spent my entire career working at comedy shows, where there has always been a wide latitude to make transgressive jokes while preparing the program. While we make a lot of jokes, these jokes attributed to me, whether said in rehearsals or production meetings, are being taken out of context and were not said in the way being presented here."{{cite web |last1=Melas |first1=Chloe |title=Stephen Colbert addresses workplace misconduct allegations against CBS executive |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/04/entertainment/stephen-colbert-vinnie-favale/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=20 October 2019 |date=October 4, 2018}}

Favale finished out his contract with CBS and announced in September 2019 that he was launching his own production company, Favale Media. CBS President of Entertainment Kelly Kahl stated in a joint press release: "We thank Vinnie for his many years and accomplishments at CBS and wish him and his new company all the best."{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/entertainment/vinnie-favale-cbs/index.html|title=CBS executive placed on leave following allegations of sexual and homophobic language in the workplace|first=Chloe|last=Melas|publisher=CNN |date=3 October 2018}}

Favale wrote (with Frankie Keane) and produced Hereafter, an off-Broadway musical about dealing with the loss of a loved one.{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/10/23/%E2%80%98hereafter-musical%E2%80%99-takes-joyful-look-afterlife|title='Hereafter Musical' takes a joyful look at the afterlife - Brooklyn Daily Eagle|website=www.brooklyneagle.com|date=23 October 2014 }} Favale was inspired to write the musical after the 2003 death of a New Jersey teenager, which brought back memories of dealing with the deaths of two of his brothers as a teenager.{{cite web |last1=Biese |first1=Alex |title=Local tragedy inspires 'Hereafter Musical' |url=https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/theater/2014/12/28/local-tragedy-inspires-hereafter-musical/20816889/ |website=app.com |publisher=USA Today |access-date=15 October 2019}} After raising $60,000 through a Kickstarter campaign,{{cite web |title=Hereafter Musical |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hereaftermusical/hereafter-musical |website=Kickstarter |date=22 February 2012 |access-date=19 October 2019}} Hereafter opened at the Theater 80 in 2012 to positive reviews.{{cite web |last1=Wolf |first1=Erin |title=Stern Superfan "Snickers" - A Review of the 'Hereafter Musical' |url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/59f85a_2d35b22004914f7986f5fab8b4ddb0c4.pdf |website=Nerdsburgh.com |publisher=Nerdsburgh |access-date=19 October 2019}} A second production was mounted at the Snapple Theater Center in 2014 [11] and was featured on WPIX. An Argentine production of Hereafter opened at Buenos Aires’ Metropolitan Sura in 2017.{{cite web |last1=Vena |first1=Fabián |title=Fabián Vena: entre la comedia y el musical |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/fabian-vena-entre-la-comedia-y-el-musical-nid2058097 |website=La Nacion |date=31 August 2017 |access-date=19 October 2019}} Actor and singer Danny Aiello recorded the Hereafter song "Talk To Me,"{{cite web |last1=Josselyn |first1=Jim |title=Funny Guy; Vinnie Favale's improbable journey from one night of standup to long-standing gigs with Letterman and Colbert |url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/jersey-celebrities/funny-guy/ |website=njmonthly.com |date=8 October 2016 |publisher=New Jersey Monthly |access-date=19 October 2019}} and Favale worked with Aiello on a film version of the musical before Aiello's death in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Al |title=Danny Aiello returns to film at Loews Theater |url=https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2016/08/21/danny-aiello-returns-to-film-at-loews-theater/ |website=hudsonreporter.com |date=21 August 2016 |publisher=Hudson Reporter |access-date=19 October 2019}}

Favale served as a board member for Project Rebirth,{{cite web |last1=Van Embden |first1=Edward |title=Rebirth: Hope Found in the Decade Since 9/11 |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/longbranch/rebirth-hope-found-in-the-decade-since-911-2 |website=Patch.com |date=9 September 2011 |publisher=Patch |access-date=15 October 2019}} the nonprofit organization that released Rebirth, a documentary film about the September 11 attacks that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011{{cite web |last1=Spielberg |first1=Theo |title=Project Rebirth: An Interview With Jim Whitaker |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/project-rebirth-an-interv_n_812499 |website=Huffpost.com |date=25 January 2011 |publisher=Huffington Post |access-date=15 October 2019}} and received a Peabody Award.{{cite web |title=Rebirth (Showtime) |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/rebirth |website=PeabodyAwards.com |publisher=Peabody |access-date=19 October 2019}}

Favale also wrote Web-Sightings: A Collection of Web Sites We’d Like to See, "one of the first consumer-focused books about the internet,"{{cite web |last1=Holloway |first1=Daniel |title=Late-Night Veteran Vinnie Favale Named Talent-Development Exec at CBS Television Studios |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/vinnie-favale-1202029284/ |website=Variety.com |publisher=Variety |access-date=15 October 2019|date=2017-04-12 }} published in 1996 by Pocket Books.{{cite book |title=Comedy Central's Web Sightings: A Collection of Web Sites We'd Like to See |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YPV_AAAACAAJ |access-date=15 October 2019|isbn = 9780671002992|last1 = Bell|first1 = Art|last2 = Favale|first2 = Vinnie|last3 = Kolin|first3 = David|year = 1996| publisher=Pocket Books }}

Favale has volunteered his services with two New Jersey–based grief centers: Good Grief and Common Ground. He produced fundraising videos in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for Common Ground in Manalapan, New Jersey, and was honored by Good Grief in Morristown, New Jersey, with the Hope Award in October 2012.{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Melinda |title=Good Grief Presents the Second Annual Great Pumpkin Ball |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/morristown/ev--good-grief-presents-the-second-annual-great-pumpk79818a7844 |website=Patch.com |date=19 September 2012 |publisher=Patch |access-date=19 October 2019}}

Favale was honored by Fight For Sight at their 2016 "Lights -On" Gala.{{cite web |title=Fight for Sight's 2016 Lights-On Gala |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/vinnie-favale-attend-fight-for-sights-2016-lights-on-gala-news-photo/617846460 |website=gettyimages.com |date=25 October 2016 |publisher=Getty Images |access-date=19 October 2019}}

Favale served on the board of the New Jersey, Asbury Park Music In Film Festival in 2017 and 2018.{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Chris |title=#APMFF: Music, film moguls back Asbury festival |url=https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/events/2015/12/11/music-film-moguls-asbury-park-festival/77150978/ |website=app.com |publisher=APP |access-date=19 October 2019}}

Favale served on the board of the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 2010.{{cite web |last1=Chesek |first1=Tom |title=CBS EXEC JOINS THE SHOW AT BASIE |url=https://www.redbankgreen.com/2010/04/cbs-exec-joins-the-show-at-basie/ |website=redbankgreen.com |date=9 April 2010 |publisher=Red Bank Green |access-date=19 October 2019}}

Favale was honored by Brooklyn College as Alumnus Of The Year in 2014.{{cite web |title=List of Alumni of the Year |url=http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/alumni/bcaa/awards/year.php |website=brooklyn.cuny.edu |publisher=Brooklyn College |access-date=19 October 2019}}

Favale lives in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, New Jersey, with his wife Debbie Slotin and their son Jonathan.Josselyn, Jim. [https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/jersey-celebrities/funny-guy/ "Funny Guy; Vinnie Favale’s improbable journey from one night of standup to long-standing gigs with Letterman and Colbert."], New Jersey Monthly, October 8, 2016. Accessed September 19, 2019. "Along the way, the 57-year-old Favale, who lives in Lincroft, worked for a variety of media companies, helped launch VH1 and became a regular guest on Howard Stern’s radio show."

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• {{Official website|http://www.vinniefavale.com/}}
• [http://adamcarolla.com/vinnie-favale/ Vincent Favale interview] on The Adam Carolla Show

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