T. Sean Shannon
T. Sean Shannon is from Houston, Texas. His brother Charles Shannon was also a stand-up comedian, and writer.
As a writer for Saturday Night Live he won an Emmy Award in 2002 and a WGA Award in 2001. He is the writer and creator of the sketch Bear City, which deals with a city completely inhabited by anthropomorphic bears due to a meteor crash. In July 2008, Shannon revealed that he had written a Bear City movie.
He was also the subject of controversy and political unrest at SNL, thanks to a joke he told in The Aristocrats, Penn Jillette mentions this incident in the commentary for the film, but does not mention the show, instead stating that T. Sean works for a popular network comedy show.
He directed and co-wrote the feature film Harold that was released in July 2008.
