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Scott Jacobson

Scott Jacobson is an American comedy writer and winner of four Emmys for contributions to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and two Emmys for contributions to Bob's Burgers. He is currently a writer on Fox's animated show Bob's Burgers and has also written for The Academy Awards, Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse cartoons, and the Adult Swim show Squidbillies. He grew up in North Carolina, where he attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

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Scott Jacobson (born 1977) is an American comedy writer and winner of four Emmys for contributions to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart1 and two Emmys for contributions to Bob's Burgers.2 He is currently a writer on Fox's animated show Bob's Burgers and has also written for The Academy Awards, Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse cartoons, and the Adult Swim show Squidbillies.3 He grew up in North Carolina, where he attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Jacobson has also directed music videos for The National,4 Dinosaur Jr.,5 Nick Lowe,6 Superchunk,7 The Fiery Furnaces,8 Eleanor Friedberger,9 Rebecca Schiffman,10 Hospitality,11 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks,12 among others.

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  1. Serota, Maggie (2010) "The Oy of Sex", New York Press, September 22, 2010, retrieved 2010-10-17
  2. "UNC graduate Scott Jacobson wins Emmy Award for Bob's Burgers TV show on Fox | News & Observer". Archived from the original on 2017-09-12.
  3. "Scott Jacobson". IMDb.
  4. "The National's "Conversation 16" Video: Worth the Wait!". Vanity Fair. 9 March 2011.
  5. "Watch Actor James Urbaniak and Henry Rollins in the Video for Dinosaur Jr.'s "Pierce the Morning Rain"". Pitchfork. 17 January 2013.
  6. Raby, Dan (March 2012). "Marc Maron Learns How to be A 'Sensitive Man' with Nick Lowe". NPR.
  7. "Video: Superchunk: "Digging for Something"". Pitchfork. 13 September 2010.
  8. "Film at 11: The Fiery Furnaces". 29 December 2009.
  9. "Hear Eleanor Friedberger's 'My Own World'". Rolling Stone. 11 December 2013.
  10. "Rebecca Schiffman "Walking to the Subway" Official Music Video". YouTube.
  11. "Hospitality – "Going Out" Video (". 28 January 2014.
  12. "See Jack Black Behave Badly in Stephen Malkmus' 'Senator' Video". 14 October 2011.
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