Eric Martin
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A graduate of
UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, Eric’s thesis was on performance elements at the Disneyland parks. He subsequently became a
Walt Disney Imagineer for three years, and currently produces live entertainment for
Universal Studios Hollywood.
In 2010, Eric began studying at the
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, and started recording a show called
This American Wife, which he imagined as a public radio parody podcast. The program instantly shot to the top of the podcast charts, and was featured on the iTunes main podcast page. Since then, the show has received over 2 million downloads, and has featured original comedy and interviews with
The Thrilling Adventure Hour,
Superego, and cast members from
Mystery Science Theater 3000. A web series version produced with
Fremantle Media premiered in 2013 and was featured on the main page of
nerdist.com as one of the funniest web videos of the week.
Eric also loves narrative and storytelling. His story “Going Down,” was featured on the Best Of episode of
RISK! He also co-produced a monthly storytelling show
True Tales of Lust and Love with author
Anna David. The show performed at The Mint and M Bar in Los Angeles, was a popular podcast, and culminated in February 2014 with a book anthology from
Soft Skull press.
In his spare time (which is admittedly not much), Eric loves to read great books, and watch terrible, terrible movies.