Profile
Sam Seder Born on November 28, 1966, Samuel Lincoln “Sam” Seder is a comedian, author, actor, film director, television producer-director, and talk show host. Seder was reared in Worcester, Massachusetts after being born into a Jewish household in New York City, New York.
He produced the movies Who’s the Caboose (1997) and Beat Cops (2001) and the television programmes Pilot Season (2004). Along with that, he was in Next Stop Wonderland (1998). Additionally, Seder made cameo cameos on America Undercover (2000), and Spin City (1997). (2005).
Career
Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo started co-hosting The Majority Report on Air America Radio in March 2004. Garofalo left the programme in July 2006 and had good things to say about working with Seder. Later, Seder received a new contract offer from Air America Radio, and his programme changed its name to The Sam Seder Show and shifted from its original 7–10 PM (Eastern) time slot.
Sam Seder was temporarily held by the US Secret Service on September 1, 2004, as he was covering the Republican National Convention live and in-person at Madison Square Garden. Seder started looking for a willing homosexual Republican to interview live on radio on the convention floor shortly after Zell Miller finished his speech (with a sign in hand). Soon after being physically removed from the stage, he was asked to leave the conference (or, in the words of some, “strongly encouraged”). Seder later remarked that the lapel pin he had received from a Secret Service agent earlier that year at the Democratic National Convention had prevented him from being entirely expelled from the convention.
Personal Life
Garofalo revealed that Sam Seder and his wife Nikki were expecting a daughter during the show’s concluding moments on March 9, 2005. Seder’s comments was slightly influenced and coloured by this life incident. Seder has expressed concerns on more than one occasion about how he will explain aspects of this world to his daughter as she gets older after seeing Republican Party acts that he feared might have a negative impact on her future. Myla Rae Seder, Nikki Seder’s daughter, was born on August 9, 2005.
The Sam Seder Show’s stint at the 9 AM–Noon time slot would cease on Friday, April 13, 2007, according to a statement made by Air America Radio on April 6. However, Seder would continue to host a show on Sundays called Seder on Sunday. Lionel, who held a late night radio show on the WOR Radio network, filled the 9 AM to Noon time period. As part of his strategy to turn Air America into a successful market leader in progressive talk radio, Air America President Mark Green dubbed this change “Air America 2.0.” Sunday’s final Seder was broadcast on June 1st, 2008.
Biography
One of the first representatives of Air America to officially disclose Rhodes’ decision to end her contract with the network was Seder.
Sam Seder launched the Majority Report, an independent online podcast, in November 2010. With political commentary from Seder and conversations with diverse guests, the structure is very similar to the earlier Air America programme. Seder intends to sell DVDs of the 2004 television series Pilot Season, which was created and directed by Seder, starred Sarah Silverman, and was first broadcast on the now-defunct Trio cable network. Premium subscriptions to the podcasts will also be available, giving listeners access to expanded commentary not included in the basic podcast. On the Majority Report, Seder has become somewhat well-known for regularly responding to posts from a conservative with a mild form of mental retardation who goes by the screen name “Primer.”
Late in 2010, Sam Seder started filling in for Keith Olbermann on occasion when he was away for Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Seder joined Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in co-hosting the widely syndicated progressive radio interview programme Ring of Fire in December 2010.
Filmography
- Working list of appearances in television and film:
- All American Girl TV actor (1994)
- The Show TV actor (1996)
- The Big Fall actor (1996)
- Who’s the Caboose? actor director writer producer (1997)
- Spin City TV actor (1997)
- Next Stop Wonderland actor (1998)
- Home Movies TV voiceover (1999)
- Sex and the City TV actor (2000)
- Happy Accidents actor (2000)
- Endsville actor (2000)
- Beat Cops actor writer producer (2001)
- Saddle Rash TV voiceover (2002)
- I’m with Busey director (2003)
- Pilot Season TV actor director writer producer (2004)
- America Undercover TV actor (2005)
- Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil TV voiceover (2007)
- Assy McGee TV voiceover & writer (2008)
- Bob’s Burgers TV voiceover (2011)
Conclusion
Sam Seder also periodically filled in for Randi Rhodes on Air America (becoming the top sub after Stacy Taylor, the morning anchor on KLSD, lost her job when the station changed its format), as well as for Mike Malloy on The Mike Malloy Show on the Nova M Radio network. In 2008, he also started working with Marc Maron on the hour-long video webcast Maron v. Seder.
Maron v. Seder was rebranded Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder in January 2009. Every weekday at 3 PM Eastern, it was broadcast live from the kitchen of the Air America offices. Each episode’s post-show talk with fans was moderated by Seder and Maron. On July 15, 2009, Air America Media cancelled Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder. In November 2009 Seder hosted a pilot for NBC of an American version of Have I Got News For You.
