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Eli Coyote Mandel

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Eli Coyote Mandel

Writer

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Eli Coyote Mandel is a comedy writer and performer whose work includes Saturday Night Live and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! His SNL writing includes Career Day, the sketch featuring Adam Driver as an intimidating oil baron. His archive appearances include Coy in Tim and Eric’s Man Milk.

Mandel grew up in O’Neals, California, and studied theatre at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He performed with Chicago improv theatres including iO, the Annoyance and CIC, and worked with the Second City as an understudy. His live comedy includes Rip Stipley’s Improvised Star Trek, combining improvisation with genre parody.

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