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Jim Florentine is an American comedian best known for his characters "Special Ed" and "Bobby Fletcher" created for a series of prank phone calls featured on the Comedy Central television show Crank Yankers.
He was featured on the series premiere of “Down and Dirty with Jim Norton," a stand-up comedy series that aired on HBO on October 3, 2008, at 12:00-12:30 a.m. ET/PT. The series spotlights new and established talent, including Artie Lange, Bill Burr (“Chappelle Show”), Patrice O’Neal (“Scary Movie 4”) and Andrew Dice Clay. Lemmy Kilminster, leader of the heavy metal band Motörhead, serves as musical director.
He is also co-hosting "That Metal Show" on VH1 Classic with Eddie Trunk and Don Jamieson. The second season will premiere on March 7th.
Florentine has been seen on The Apprentice, Comedy Central's “Mother Load,” HBO's "Inside the NFL,"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Howard Stern Show, Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, MTV Music Video Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call
