Fran Gillespie

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Fran Gillespie

Fran Gillespie is a former writer and writing supervisor for Saturday Night Live. She was named as writing supervisor in 2017, and overall wrote for the show from 2015 until 2021. Originally from Chicago, Gillespie moved to New York City to attend NYU. She earned a degree in English and Spanish. In 2004 (while still at NYU), she began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Since then, she…

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Other PeopleOther People · 2016
Other People
6.42016
MovieComedyDrama
David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina CarpenterA Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter · 2024
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
6.82024
MovieMusicComedy
Pop icon Sabrina Carpenter jingles all the bells in her first-ever variety music special full of holiday hits, unexpected duets and comedic cameos.
CladdaghCladdagh
Claddagh
10.0
MovieHorrorComedy
Two sisters have put off deciding until the last possible minute if their mom would have wanted to be buried wearing her favorite necklace, or if she wanted them to keep it for themselves. Irene, sick of making all the decisions, tries to push her sister into making this one. But Shannon is feeling paralyzed by the thought of what her mother would have wanted, and what her future self might want. The pressure mounts as their strange funeral director hovers and presses for a decision. Irene leaves Shannon to decide for herself. Shannon makes the wrong call, and must live out the worst case scenario of her choice.
Lane Woods Finds LoveLane Woods Finds Love · 2017
Lane Woods Finds Love
2017
MovieDramaComedy
Fresh out of a long term, serious breakup, Lane Woods chooses to work through (read as: distract himself from) his feelings by making a documentary about his attempts to get back out there and find a new love. With the help of his younger brother, Colin, Lane films himself as he goes on countless dates, hoping to catch those first sparks of love on film, instead he ends up documenting something much closer to reality.
Brooklyn Nine-NineBrooklyn Nine-Nine · 2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
8.22013
SeriesComedyCrime
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Big MouthBig Mouth · 2017
Big Mouth
7.62017
SeriesComedyAnimation
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
The Good PlaceThe Good Place · 2016
The Good Place
8.02016
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
Comedy Bang! Bang!Comedy Bang! Bang! · 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
6.32012
SeriesComedyTalk
Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

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