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Joe Randazzo
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He is a former editor of the satirical newspaper, In addition to performing stand-up, Randazzo has been a guest host of the improv comedy show ASSSSCAT 3000 at New York City"s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. An avid user of Twitter and a critic of Internet memes, Randazzo was nominated for a 2009 ECNY Award for Outstanding Performance in the Field of Tweeting. Randazzo has appeared on National Public Radio"s This American Life, Public Broadcasting Service"s Charlie Rose, and Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company"s Morning Joe.
Randazzo is from Penacook, New Hampshire.
He earned a bachelor"s degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College, and worked for National Public Radio in Boston shortly thereafter. After moving to New York, Randazzo met Carol Kolb of while performing improv comedy at the Magnet Theater.
Randazzo left his job at Manhattan Fruitier, a fruit basket company, in March 2006 to join the editorial staff of He was a writer and section editor of "s 2007 book Our Dumb World, a parody of the standard desk atlas, and was promoted to editor in 2008. In Randazzo"s tenure, published the compilation Our Front Pages, was fictitiously sold to a Chinese conglomerate, and openly campaigned for a Pulitzer Prize.
Randazzo, who lives in Brooklyn, will have reportedly left when they moved their editorial offices to Chicago.
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