CollegeHumor.com Seidell was hired to work for
CollegeHumor.com in 2004 as one of the original line-up of staff for the site. He was in charge of editing the site's front page. He also wrote for the
Hardly Working series. Seidell's characters are now under the name
Streeter Theeter.
The CollegeHumor Show The
Hardly Working series was adapted into a TV sitcom format by
MTV. It portrays the usual
Hardly Working style of comedy, in which the staff acts out fictionalized versions of themselves in their usual office in New York. The show premiered on February 9, 2009. The show was not picked up for a second season.
Saturday Night Live Seidell was hired as a writer by
Saturday Night Live in 2014 and promoted to supervising writer in 2017, and then head writer in early
2022. His writing partner on SNL is
Mikey Day. Sketches of note include the "Close Encounter" series with
Kate McKinnon, the "
Poolboy" series with
Pete Davidson, "
Haunted Elevator (ft. David S. Pumpkins)" with
Tom Hanks, "Beavis and Butt-Head" with
Ryan Gosling, and the "Washington's Dream" series with
Nate Bargatze.
Disney Seidell and Day have two projects in development for
Disney with one already released. A sixth film in the
Home Alone franchise titled
Home Sweet Home Alone was released exclusively on
Disney+ on November 12, 2021. A live-action
Inspector Gadget film is in pre-production, as well as a
SpaceCamp remake produced by
Walt Disney Pictures.
Other appearances and projects In the short film
The Old Man and the Seymour, Seidell plays Seymour Plunkett, an orphan who gets adopted by his hormonal deficient uncle (Amir Blumenfeld) after his dad dies. Seidell is featured on the
History Channel show
I Love the 1880s, where he, along with many other comedians, provides humorous commentary to historical facts and trivia. Seidell wrote
White Whine: A Study of First World Problems. Published on October 1, 2013, the book consists of chapters detailing various luxuries, and why the people who complain about them in a certain way are considered White Whiners, each ending with a few social networking posts by said Whiners. Seidell launched his podcast,
The Talk of Shame Show on May 15, 2014. The podcast has a guest every week to discuss shameful stories of their past, and also includes a fan submitted story. The show has had several other
CollegeHumor writers on it, such as
Jake Hurwitz,
Amir Blumenfeld, and
Dan Gurewitch. Seidell has also written for the
New York Times,
Mental Floss,
Metro NY and ''
Men's Fitness. He also co-wrote the book, The CollegeHumor Guide to College: Selling Kidneys for Beer Money, Sleeping with Your Professors, Majoring in Communications, and Other Really Good Ideas
, along with the other CollegeHumor'' writers and editors. He has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy awards, all in the "Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series" category. He has also won
Writers Guild of America awards in 2017 and 2018. ==References==