Education
Born and raised in Chappaqua, New York, Stangel attended Syracuse University, where he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1993.
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The success of the show led to writing work for Saturday Night Live, Fox Television, and the United States of America Network. The comedy shorts they created to air between shows for the United States of America Network helped land the Stangel brothers staff writing jobs with Late Show with David Letterman, in 1997. The Stangel brothers are the longest-serving head writers in the 16-year history of the show.
In March 2011, Stangel was named to Time.com"s Twitter 140, a list of the world"s most influential Tweeters.
In 2015, Justin and Eric Stangel were added to the staff of Opie with Jim Norton on Sirius XM. On March 15, 2016 Opie announced that the Stangel Brothers officially resigned from their role with the show.
Achievements
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As co-head writer for The Late Show, Stangel was part of a team that has won two Primetime Emmy Awards (in 2001 and 2002), received twenty-one total Emmy nominations, and was nominated for Writers Guild of America awards four times. Stangel was a winner of one of SI.com"s 2010 Sports Media Awards, receiving a top pick in the Sports Media Tweets of The Year category.
