Chris Franjola is a writer-comedian who can currently be heard on his wildly successful podcast Cover to Cover with Chris Franjola and Heather McDonald’s Juicy Scoop. Cover to Cover has just reached one million downloads and has over 3500 5-star reviews on iTunes and was just voted Pop Sugar’s 25 Funniest Podcasts.
Chris can also be seen as a contributing panelist on Lights Out with David Spade on Comedy Central and Fox’s comedy game show, Punchline. He was a writer and a regular performer on E!’s hit show Chelsea Lately for eight years. Together with the talented writing staff, Chris wrote over 1500 episodes while performing on the show more than anyone else besides Chelsea Handler and Chuy. During his time on the show, he created some of the show’s most memorable characters like Gay Caveman, Bieber Man, Johnny Depp, Seventeen Magazine Players and many more.
He also starred on the critically acclaimed scripted comedy series After Lately, which aired for three seasons on E!. He was the host of the Sons of Anarchy after show Anarchy Afterword, airing live on FX. Last year Chris released his first comedy album The Shallow End which received rave reviews and stayed in iTunes Top 10 Comedy Albums for 5 weeks.
Chris has also appeared on The Josh Wolf Show on CMT and Funniest Fails on Fox. When he isn’t busy writing and acting, he’s performing stand-up on the road, headlining venues all over the country. Before Chelsea Lately, Chris wrote for other shows, including Family Guy, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the original Chelsea Handler Show.