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Bill Corbett

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Bill Corbett
Born (1960-03-30) March 30, 1960 (age 64)
EducationYale University (BA, MFA)
Occupation(s)Actor, puppeteer, writer
Spouse
Virginia Corbett
(m. 2003)
Children2

William Daniel Corbett (born March 30, 1960) is an American writer and performer for television, film and theatre. He was a writer and performer on the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K), for which he voiced the robot Crow T. Robot during the show's later seasons on the Sci Fi Channel and played the character Observer and other minor roles. In 2001, Corbett co-wrote the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Adventures of Edward the Less with several other former MST3K writers. Corbett also co-wrote the 2008 film Meet Dave starring Eddie Murphy.

From 2002 to 2006, Corbett was a member of The Film Crew, a movie-riffing comedic team comprising former MST3K costars Michael J. Nelson and Kevin Murphy. Since 2006, Corbett has also recorded audio commentary tracks with Nelson and Murphy for Nelson's RiffTrax service and contributes regular humor posts to the RiffTrax blog. In 2014, Corbett and Rifftrax colleague Len Peralta created the comic book Super Powered Revenge Christmas.[1]

Corbett attended Xaverian High School, going on to earn a B.A. from Yale College and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.[2]

Bill Corbett hosted the podcast Bill Corbett's Funhouse from October 2018, until it's ending in January 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ Bill Corbett; Len Peralta. "Super Powered Revenge Christmas". Amazon.com. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Overview for Bill Corbett". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2014-12-01.