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Pat Cassels

Pat Cassels is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, comedian, and essayist known for his work on TBS’s late night series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, where he wrote for seven seasons. Full Frontal was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Award, the Writers Guild Award, the Television Critics Association Award, the GLAAD Media Award, an MTV Movie & TV Award, and 11 Primetime Emmys. It was called a best show of the year by The New York Times, A.V. Club, The Ringer, and Variety.

Pat was a founding cast member and head writer of the comedy studio CollegeHumor, which in 2023 became Dropout. His credits there include Hardly Working, Jake & Amir, CollegeHumor Originals, and host of the improvised series Hello, My Name Is.

He is a contributor to The New Yorker and a columnist for Atlas Obscura, and has written for The New York Times, Slate, Oxford American and Los Angeles Review of Books.

In 2026 Pat wrote for the Amazon Prime series Good Sports, starring Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson. Other television credits include the sci-fi series Bad Internet starring Jean Smart and Brit Lower, Troopers starring Aubrey Plaza, The Britishes, and Adam Ruins Everything (TruTV).

He received the Writers Guild Award in 2020 and 2022, and has been nominated for the Emmy seven times, winning once.

Before writing full time, Pat washed dishes in the Catskills, worked in a public park, and sold cheese for Hickory Farms. He also worked at the Renaissance Faire. Yes, he wore pantaloons.

He was murdered once, but he’s alright now.