A little, then a lot, about me
I'm a comedy writer and performer based in Los Angeles. While I don't often stand fully dressed on a rocky beach inches away from the Pacific Ocean, in this particular instance I did.
If you know me from anything, it’s probably as the writer of “Everyone’s Upstairs Neighbors” or the co-creator of the Thingstarter TV series that aired on Seeso (RIP).
Lately, I’ve been writing and developing TV comedies with Andrew Ford. (Reach out if you’d like to read them!) Occasionally I’ll write a humor piece for McSweeney’s. And I'm often busy with various entertainment work-for-hire, including branded content, creative development, and advertising.
That’s the short version; longer version below.
Above Average
I was the head writer at Broadway Video's internet comedy outlet Above Average, where I wrote tons of sketches, including the aforementioned "Everyone's Upstairs Neighbors”, and others like “First Person To Run A Marathon Without Talking About It" and “America’s Smallest Brewery.” I also wrote a couple web series there, including the very dumb Kings of PowerPoint.
The Bilderbergers
I was also one-third of the former sketch comedy group The Bilderbergers. We created and wrote the Thingstarter TV series, and before that, the original Thingstarter web series for Above Average. We also did a fun animated series called The Idiot’s Guide to Smart People. Before that, we made a bunch of sketch videos for our own YouTube channel, including Amazon Yesterday Shipping and If Guns Were Sold On Infomercials.
Improvised Seinfeld
As a cast member of Improvised Seinfeld, I’ve performed all over the country making up new episodes of Seinfeld on the spot. The show evolved from the scripted Seinfeld-inspired stage show "The Leaning Susan" which I helped write and ran at UCB NY for about a year.
UCB Theatre NY
Speaking of UCB NY, I also spent over four years as a writer on Maude Night at the old theater in Chelsea. I also co-wrote "This Is Not A Sketch Show: A Sketch Show", which ran for about a year and was selected as a Critics' Pick by Time Out NY.
My former life as a tech journalist
And before all that, I spent around a decade as a tech journalist at CNET where I mostly reviewed home theater equipment. I even had the pleasure (?) of inadvertently finding myself at the center of a minor journalism scandal. It was terrible at the time, but at least now it’s just a terrible thing that happened a long time ago.
Press & reviews
Some of the articles and reviews about projects I've worked on are collected over on this page.
Reach out and say hi!
It’s generally nice to hear from anyone interested in my stuff, so don’t think twice and send me a message. Unless you’re going to be a jerk, in which case, don’t.
Contact
bluesky: @mattmoskovciak.com
email: mattmoskovciak@gmail.com