James Bernard Florentine

Jim Florentine (born August 18, 1964), born James Bernard Florentine, is an American comedian, actor, author and television personality. He is best known for co-hosting That Metal Show on VH1 Classic and voicing several characters on Crank Yankers, including Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher. He hosts The Jim Florentine Show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and a podcast called Everybody Is Awful (Except You). His 2018 book Everybody is Awful (Except You!) reached No. 1 on the Book Soup nonfiction chart.

He has released six albums of stand-up comedy, two comedy specials, seven installments in the Terrorizing Telemarketers prank call compilation, and three installments of the Meet the Creeps hidden camera show. Born in Brooklyn, New York, into a large Catholic family, he is a native of central New Jersey and was inspired to do stand-up after seeing Andrew Dice Clay on a Rodney Dangerfield comedy special. He and Jim Norton met Dice backstage at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles in the late 90s, and later became his opening acts.

Florentine released Terrorizing Telemarketers Volume 1 in July 2001, and after numerous plays on The Howard Stern Show his CD ranking on Amazon rose dramatically. Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla then hired him for Crank Yankers, which debuted on Comedy Central in June 2002, where he played Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher. He was featured on the premiere of Down and Dirty with Jim Norton on HBO in October 2008, and co-hosted That Metal Show with comedian Don Jamieson and rock broadcaster Eddie Trunk.