BIO
Rich Talarico is a Peabody® Award winning and four-time Emmy® nominated writer and producer best known for his work on Comedy Central’s Key & Peele. Rich also wrote and produced on shows like MADtv, Review, Saturday Night Live, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Rich is an alum of Chicago’s Second City and has appeared on The Sketch Pad for HBO and in featured roles on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, MADtv, the feature film High Fidelity and numerous TV commercials including A&W Root Beer’s classic ad, “Mr. Dumass.”
While in Chicago, Rich played on Improv Olympic, (iO) house teams, co-created shows like, Trio, Close Quarters, Dasariski, and Strap Heads. Rich performed with early casts of Chicago’s longest-running improv show: The Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement and Hootenanny.
Rich’s feature script, The Widow Daredevil, was named an official selection of the 2020 Beverly Hills Film Festival. Currently, Rich is volunteering with the Writers Guild Foundation and guest-teaching and performing at Third Coast Comedy Club, Nashville, TN.
My computer is ghosting my flash drive.
Lazarus was the first zombie.
Watching final episode of The Offer. Suspense is killing me, will they make this film or not!? @paramountplus #ParamountPlus
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Rich Talarico writer | Key & Peele
This 3 min video features just a few of the highlights of Rich Talarico’s
writing for the Emmy-winning Key & Peele show.
Geek Eyewear - The Receptionist
“The Receptionist” – Directed and Edited by Rich Talarico
“The Flame” Lyric Video
Shot, Directed and Edited by Rich Talarico
The Bank Manager (Demo)
Series Demo by Rich Talarico
Confessions of a Time Waster
Confessions of a Time-Waster
Written & Performed By Craig Cackowski. Directed By Rich Talarico.
Sylmar the Genie (NSFW)
Owen finds a magic lamp and releases a Genie granting three wishes.