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Helen Keaney

Helen Keaney
began her career in New York City where she honed her comedy skills at The
Boston Comedy Club and The Comic Strip. She caught the attention of television
executives, landing a job co-hosting Short Attention Span Theater on Comedy
Central.



On the
second day of a vacation to Los Angeles she met Michael Davies ("Who Wants
to be a Millionaire"), who cast her and Mark Steines ("Entertainment
Tonight") as co-hosts of "The Big Day," based on the British
show "The Big Breakfast." The talent executives at Disney promptly
gave her lots of money for a sitcom holding deal, which forced her to sit home
and do nothing for a year. After being paroled, Helen landed guest spots on
NBC's "The John Larroquette Show," HBO's "Not Necessarily the
News" with Dennis Miller, and USA's "Lost on Earth."



 

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She did the
voice for the spunky female lead on the popular game "Pandemonium,"
so geeks everywhere are familiar with her work. Her stand-up appearances
include A&E's "An Evening at the Improv," Lifetime's "Girl's
Night Out," VH-1's "Stand-up Spotlight," NBC's "Friday
Night," and Comedy Central's "Make Me Laugh."



 

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Helen is
always selling something to the American people via national commercials for
such wonderful products as Clorox, Tylenol, Gateway, Degree Deodorant, Dr.
Scholls, Starkist, Thermacare, and Verizon. Corporate America contributes to
her mortgage by employing her as a host/MC and comedian for such venerable
companies as Merck, Nextel, Tenneco, Bayer, Ortho-McNeil, and Canon.



 



Recent
television hosting gigs include TBS's "Movies For Guys Who Like
Movies," GSN's "Lover's Lounge", Discovery Health's "Sex
Drive", Style Network's "You're Invited" and she can currently
be in the Feature film Tooth Fairy 2 with Larry and Cable Guy and on Nick Mom
Night out.

with Catherine Maloney & Tim Moffitt

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