Steve Hofstetter
Encyclopedia
Steve Hofstetter is an author
, columnist
and comedian
, who started with material particularly pertaining to college
life, and has since become a social commentator. He also hosted Four Quotas, which aired twice per week on Sirius Satellite Radio
http://www.stevehofstetter.com/quotas/ and is the current host of The National Lampoon Radio Sports Minute (Or So) which airs in over 180 different markets. A print version of the Sports Minute runs in many papers, including the Rocky Mountain News http://www.minuteorso.com/.
Named one of Two Drink Minimum magazine's best new faces of 2004 and a nominee for the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities Comedian of the Year, Hofstetter tours over 100 college campuses and dozens of clubs each year.
Hofstetter has written for outfits like Maxim, ESPN
and Sports Illustrated
for Kids. He was a weekly columnist for Sports Illustrated
,http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/steve_hofstetter/archive/index.html where his "Stand Up Guy" ran every Monday morning in Scorecard.
Hofstetter has made a number of television appearances, including ESPN's Quite Frankly http://us.dd.imdb.com/name/nm2322257/, Showtime's White Boyz in the Hood http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907079/, VH1's Countdown, ABC's Barbara Walters Specialhttp://www.comixny.com/event.aspx?eid=181 and, most notably, CBS' Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson http://www.montclairtimes.com/NC/0/543.html. He's also been featured by local news programs in Boston, Atlanta, Louisville, Tulsa, Miami, and many other markets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwGg9S-Uug. He's a frequent guest on radio stations all over the country, especially sports stations http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1016912015.
Hofstetter is known for his online popularity, with over half a million friends on community websites like Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/comedy and Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=101808&hiq=hofstetter%2Csteve.
borough of Queens
, living at various times in Briarwood
, Forest Hills
and Rego Park
.
Hofstetter graduated from the School of General Studies at Columbia University
in the City of New York in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/cgi-any/newspages.dll/pages?sitename=OWLNT&record=239&htmlfile=newspages3_AdFeature.htm. At Columbia, he wrote for the Columbia Spectator http://www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2002/05/01/Opinion/Parting.Shots-2039092.shtml, and is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity http://www.nyphi.com.
Hofstetter married his wife Sara in December, 2010 http://www.jdate.com/jmag/2011/01/reaching-out-across-the-aisle/.
, CNN
, USA Today
, and dozens of local newspapers http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/cgi-any/newspages.dll/pages?record=51&bid=&nfid=&htmlfile=newspages3_Alumni.htm.
Hofstetter has also written for Maxim
, http://maximmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=5242 and ESPN Magazine's "The Jump,"http://espn.go.com/magazine/jump_020816_strike.html, and NHL.com. The New York Times featured Hofstetter in a half page article about how he infuses sports into his comedy, and he is now a frequent guest of many sports radio stations, especially ESPN
affiliates http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1016912015.
Hofstetter's latest foray into sports is "National Lampoon's Balls," a book Hofstetter wrote in the summer of 2007.
Hofstetter is believed to be the first comedian to try the new model, and early returns reaffirm Radiohead's success.http://www.last100.com/2007/12/14/comedian-hofstetter-experiments-with-pay-what-you-want-and-provides-numbers/.
announced the April 4 release of "Cure for the Cable Guy," a 45-minute CD/DVD that featured a cover with a Larry the Cable Guy Doll hanging by a coax cable. The disc earned Stuff Magazine's "Album cover of the month." Later that week, Larry the Cable Guy's new movie debuted, and was universally panned. Several movie reviewers discussed Hofstetter's album, including the Orlando Sentinel's Roger Moore http://deseretnews.com/movies/view/1,1257,425000817,00.html. Moore's review was picked up by dozens of papers across the country, including the Chicago Tribune http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-060324-movies-review-larry,0,648696.story?coll=mmx-movies_top_heds, Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_3639437, and Columbus Dispatch http://www.mix971.net/events/calendar.php?story=dispatch/2006/03/25/20060325-B4-02.html. Hofstetter did countless radio interviews about the album, including one with Philadelphia's popular Kidd Chris
show, where Hofstetter spoke with Larry the Cable Guys' alter ego, Dan Whitney. Whitney ended the interview with his popular catch phrase, "Git-R-Done."
The album's cover was compared to the Sex Pistols
' "Pink Floyd Sucks" t-shirts. Allmusic's Bret Love wrote, "Hofstetter effectively rebels against the mainstream by positioning himself as the antithesis of the world's most popular comedian. What could be more punk rock than that?" http://shop.vh1.com/Cure-for-the-Cable-Guy-Standup-Comedy_stcVVproductId4269323VVcatId424044VVviewprod.htm
In July, an article in the New Yorker quoted Whitney as saying Hofstetter had been hurtful, and Whitney's manager criticizing Hofstetter for "trying to make a buck." In response, Hofstetter posted a video on YouTube
explaining his stance on the Cable Guy and his comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVzeT6KofYM.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
and comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, who started with material particularly pertaining to college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
life, and has since become a social commentator. He also hosted Four Quotas, which aired twice per week on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
http://www.stevehofstetter.com/quotas/ and is the current host of The National Lampoon Radio Sports Minute (Or So) which airs in over 180 different markets. A print version of the Sports Minute runs in many papers, including the Rocky Mountain News http://www.minuteorso.com/.
Named one of Two Drink Minimum magazine's best new faces of 2004 and a nominee for the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities Comedian of the Year, Hofstetter tours over 100 college campuses and dozens of clubs each year.
Hofstetter has written for outfits like Maxim, ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
and Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
for Kids. He was a weekly columnist for Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
,http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/steve_hofstetter/archive/index.html where his "Stand Up Guy" ran every Monday morning in Scorecard.
Hofstetter has made a number of television appearances, including ESPN's Quite Frankly http://us.dd.imdb.com/name/nm2322257/, Showtime's White Boyz in the Hood http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907079/, VH1's Countdown, ABC's Barbara Walters Specialhttp://www.comixny.com/event.aspx?eid=181 and, most notably, CBS' Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson http://www.montclairtimes.com/NC/0/543.html. He's also been featured by local news programs in Boston, Atlanta, Louisville, Tulsa, Miami, and many other markets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwGg9S-Uug. He's a frequent guest on radio stations all over the country, especially sports stations http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1016912015.
Hofstetter is known for his online popularity, with over half a million friends on community websites like Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
http://www.myspace.com/comedy and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=101808&hiq=hofstetter%2Csteve.
Personal
Hofstetter grew up in the New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
borough of Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, living at various times in Briarwood
Briarwood, Queens
Briarwood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located northwest of Jamaica and roughly bounded by Queens Boulevard, Parsons Boulevard, Union Turnpike, and Hillside Avenue. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 8. It is serviced by the IND Queens Boulevard...
, Forest Hills
Forest Hills, Queens
Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.-Neighborhood:The neighborhood is home to upper-middle class residents, of whom the wealthier residents often live in the neighborhood's Forest Hills Gardens area...
and Rego Park
Rego Park, Queens
Rego Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.-Geography:Rego Park is bordered to the north by Elmhurst and Corona, the east and south by Forest Hills and the west by Middle Village.-History:...
.
Hofstetter graduated from the School of General Studies at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in the City of New York in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/cgi-any/newspages.dll/pages?sitename=OWLNT&record=239&htmlfile=newspages3_AdFeature.htm. At Columbia, he wrote for the Columbia Spectator http://www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2002/05/01/Opinion/Parting.Shots-2039092.shtml, and is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon , commonly nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social college fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901, at Richmond College , and its national headquarters remains in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded on three principles: Virtue,...
fraternity http://www.nyphi.com.
Hofstetter married his wife Sara in December, 2010 http://www.jdate.com/jmag/2011/01/reaching-out-across-the-aisle/.
Sports and Comedy
Though a comedian by trade, Hofstetter is also a sports writer. At Sports Illustrated since January 2006, Hofstetter is also the co-creator of "Hofstetter's Jerk of the Week," a satirical sports website that chronicled the misdeeds of athletes. Now defunct, the site earned much publicity, including from Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, and dozens of local newspapers http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/cgi-any/newspages.dll/pages?record=51&bid=&nfid=&htmlfile=newspages3_Alumni.htm.
Hofstetter has also written for Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
, http://maximmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=5242 and ESPN Magazine's "The Jump,"http://espn.go.com/magazine/jump_020816_strike.html, and NHL.com. The New York Times featured Hofstetter in a half page article about how he infuses sports into his comedy, and he is now a frequent guest of many sports radio stations, especially ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
affiliates http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1016912015.
Hofstetter's latest foray into sports is "National Lampoon's Balls," a book Hofstetter wrote in the summer of 2007.
Pay-What-You-Want
In December 2007, Hofstetter announced his new album, "Dark Side of the Room." While the album has a shelf date of March, 2008, listeners are allowed to download it directly from his website with "Pay-What-You-Want" à la Radiohead.http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=ENTERTAINMENT&ID=60999Hofstetter is believed to be the first comedian to try the new model, and early returns reaffirm Radiohead's success.http://www.last100.com/2007/12/14/comedian-hofstetter-experiments-with-pay-what-you-want-and-provides-numbers/.
Hofstetter vs. The Cable Guy
In March, 2006, Hofstetter and Razor & TieRazor & Tie
Razor & Tie is a New York-based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution , a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct...
announced the April 4 release of "Cure for the Cable Guy," a 45-minute CD/DVD that featured a cover with a Larry the Cable Guy Doll hanging by a coax cable. The disc earned Stuff Magazine's "Album cover of the month." Later that week, Larry the Cable Guy's new movie debuted, and was universally panned. Several movie reviewers discussed Hofstetter's album, including the Orlando Sentinel's Roger Moore http://deseretnews.com/movies/view/1,1257,425000817,00.html. Moore's review was picked up by dozens of papers across the country, including the Chicago Tribune http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-060324-movies-review-larry,0,648696.story?coll=mmx-movies_top_heds, Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_3639437, and Columbus Dispatch http://www.mix971.net/events/calendar.php?story=dispatch/2006/03/25/20060325-B4-02.html. Hofstetter did countless radio interviews about the album, including one with Philadelphia's popular Kidd Chris
Kidd Chris
Chris Foley, most commonly known by his nickname KiddChris, is an American shock jock. He hosted a radio show airing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 2005 until 2008....
show, where Hofstetter spoke with Larry the Cable Guys' alter ego, Dan Whitney. Whitney ended the interview with his popular catch phrase, "Git-R-Done."
The album's cover was compared to the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
' "Pink Floyd Sucks" t-shirts. Allmusic's Bret Love wrote, "Hofstetter effectively rebels against the mainstream by positioning himself as the antithesis of the world's most popular comedian. What could be more punk rock than that?" http://shop.vh1.com/Cure-for-the-Cable-Guy-Standup-Comedy_stcVVproductId4269323VVcatId424044VVviewprod.htm
In July, an article in the New Yorker quoted Whitney as saying Hofstetter had been hurtful, and Whitney's manager criticizing Hofstetter for "trying to make a buck." In response, Hofstetter posted a video on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
explaining his stance on the Cable Guy and his comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVzeT6KofYM.
Books
- Student Body Shots: A Sarcastic Look at the Best 4-6 Years of Your Life
- Student Body Shots - Another Round: More Sarcasm On The Best Four To Six Years Of Your Life
- National Lampoon's Balls! An In Your Face Look at Sports (2007, National LampoonNational Lampoon IncNational Lampoon, Incorporated is a company formed in 2002 in order to use the brand name "National Lampoon" in comedy and entertainment. In the words of its prospectus, the role of the company is to "develop, produce, provide creative services and distribute National Lampoon branded comedic...
)
CD releases
- Pick Your Battles (2011, Next Round)
- Steve Hofstetter's Day Off (2009, Next Round)
- The Dark Side of the Room (2008, Next Round)
- Cure for the Cable Guy (2006, Razor & TieRazor & TieRazor & Tie is a New York-based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution , a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct...
) - Tastes Like Bliss (2004, unofficial release)