Vernon Chatman

Vernon Chatman
250px Vernon in the late 2000s, staring off into space.
Pseudonym	Towelie, Clarence
Birth name	Vernon Chatman
Born	(1972-10-31) October 31, 1972 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, Television, Film, Music, Books
Nationality	American (Multiracial-American)
Years active	1996–present
Genres	Satire, Political satire, Observational comedy, Black comedy, Cringe comedy, Alternative comedy, Surreal humor, Absurdist humor, Meta humour, Transgressive
Subject(s)	Everyday life, Self-deprecation, Politics, Philosophy, Race relations, Sociology, Spirituality, Religion, Pessimism, Sexuality, Post-modernism, Metamodernism
Influences	Lenny Bruce, Trey Parker, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, George Carlin, Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Kenneth Anger, Luis Buñuel, Louis C.K., David Cronenberg, Matt Stone, Psychedelic drugs
Influenced	P.F.F.R fans, Adult Swim fans
Spouse	Unknown
Notable works and roles	Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, Delocated, The Heart, She Holler, Doggy Fizzle Televizzle

Vernon Chatman (born October 31, 1972) is an American television producer, writer, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City. He is known for creating the animated series Xavier: Renegade Angel. He also voiced Towelie in South Park.

Life and career

Vernon Chatman was a student of the San Francisco State University, where he graduated in 1994. Chatman is mixed race, half African-American and half Euro-American.

In 1996 Chatman began his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually a comedy writer, producer, musician and television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as The Chris Rock Show (for which he won an Emmy), Late Night with Conan O'Brien, That's My Bush! and The Downer Channel. Before Wonder Showzen, he and PFFR collaborator John Lee created the Snoop Dogg comedy series Doggy Fizzle Televizzle for MTV.

Along with long-time friend John Lee (also of PFFR), he is the co-creator of the MTV2 series Wonder Showzen as well as the Adult Swim shows Xavier: Renegade Angel and The Heart, She Holler. The two met as undergraduates at San Francisco State University. One of his most high-profile voice-acting roles is as the voice of Towelie, the marijuana-smoking talking towel on South Park, where he also serves as a staff writer. In 2012, he became a producer on the third season of the FX series Louie.

Voices on South Park

• Towelie (2001-2010)
• Tiger Woods
• C.D.C. Man #5
• Dominic Cobb
• Matt Hasselbeck Insheeption

Discography

Main article: PFFR

• Rock, Rocker, Rocketh (2001, self released)
• Injustice Center (2003, Invasion Planete France)
• United We Doth (2004, Birdman)

Selected filmography

1990s

• Comics Come Home 3, Stand-up (1997)
• Premium Blend, Stand-up (1998)
• The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show, Writer (1997-1998)
• The Chris Rock Show, Writer (1998-1999)
• Armagedd'NSync (TV Special), Writer (1999)
• Teen Choice Awards 1999, Segment Producer (1999)
• 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, Consultant (1999)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Writer (1999-2000)

2000s

• Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2 (TV Movie), Writer (2001)
• Late Friday, Actor (as Lars Wishner), (2001)
• South Park, Episode Consultant, Consultant Writer (2001-2007), Producer (2007-present)
• That's My Bush!, Writer (2001)
• The Downer Channel, Writer (2001)
• Jackass: The Movie, Concepts creator (2002)
• Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Writer [All Episodes] (2002-2003)
• 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Consultant (2003)
• Team America: World Police, Special Thanks To... (2004)
• Wonder Showzen, Writer / Producer / Voice Actor (2005-2006)
• Journey on Rio, Writer, Episode Consultant, Consultant Writer (2005-2007)< Producer (2007-present), Writer
• Xavier: Renegade Angel, Creator / Writer / Voice Actor (2007-2009)
• Louis CK: Chewed Up, Special Thanks To... (2008)
• How's Your News?, Producer (2009)
• Delocated, Producer (2009-2013)

2010s

• Louie, Producer (2012-present)
• The Heart, She Holler, Creator / Writer / Producer (2011-present)
• China, IL, Consulting producer (2011-present)
• Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater, Special Thanks To... (2011)
• Adventure Time, Thanks To... (2013) (Season 5, Episode 15: A Glitch is a Glitch)

Side projects

2000s

• Final Flesh (2009)

2010s

• The External World, Co-written alongside David O'Reilly (2010)
• The Original Black Swan, Collaboration with Todd Barry (2011)

Bibliography

Book	Year	Notes
Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for Online Homework Cheating Industry	April 23, 2013	ISBN 978-1934734919

Awards and Nominations

Emmy Awards

Chatman has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning four.

• 2013 – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) for "Raising the Bar"
• 2009 – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) for "Margaritaville"
• 2008 – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) for "Imaginationland"
• 1999 – Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program for "The Chris Rock Show"

Nominations

• 2011  - Outstanding Animated Program for "Crack Baby Athletic Association
• 2010  - Outstanding Animated Program for "200/201"
• 2000  - Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for "The Chris Rock Show"

Writers Guild of America Awards

Chatman has won two WGA Awards.

• 2013 - Comedy Series - Series for "Louie"
• 2000 - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"

External links

• Vernon Chatman at the Internet Movie Database