Okay, we cheated: CollegeHumor’s Streeter Seidell isn’t that anonymous. After all, he’s just about to start the 3rd season of the MTV show Pranked with his friend and coworker Amir Blumenfeld, based on their Prank Wars series that began on Vimeo. Then there’s the fact that for a lot of college kids out there, Streeter and the rest of the Hardly Working actors on Ricky Van Veen‘s site are more recognizable than SNL actors. (Seriously, try to get a college freshman to name-check Jason Sudeikis…it’s impossible.)
But Streeter, who joined up with CollegeHumor.com in 2005 after a late night session reading the site while enrolled in Fordham, still has problems with name-recognition. “People ask about fifty percent of the time if it’s my real name,” the actor/writer/comedian told us during a recent phone call, “When making reservations or ordering food, I’ve just started calling myself Steve. Now Steve is developing his own personality.” More »