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Pat Cassels

Pat Cassels is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, comedy writer, and essayist known for his work on the TBS series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, where he wrote for seven seasons. Full Frontal was nominated for 11 Primetime Emmys, the Critics’ Choice Award, the Writers Guild Award, the Television Critics Association Award, the GLAAD Media Award, and an MTV Movie & TV Award. It was called a best show of the year by The New York Times, A.V. Club, The Ringer, and Variety.

Pat was a founding cast member and head writer of the comedy studio CollegeHumor (re-branded as Dropout in 2023). His credits at CollegeHumor include Hardly Working, Jake and Amir, CollegeHumor Originals, and Hello, My Name Is.

He is a contributor to The New Yorker and a columnist for Atlas Obscura, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Oxford American, and Los Angeles Review of Books.

In 2026 Pat wrote for the Amazon Prime series Good Sports starring Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson. Other television credits include Adam Ruins Everything, Bad Internet featuring Jean Smart and Britt Lower, Troopers starring Aubrey Plaza, and The Britishes.

He received the Writers Guild Award in 2020 and 2022, and has been nominated for the Emmy seven times, winning once.

Before writing full time Pat washed dishes in the Catskills and sold cheese for Hickory Farms. He also worked at the Renaissance Faire. Yes, he wore pantaloons.

He was murdered once, but he’s okay now.