Blaine Capatch
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Blaine Capatch is an American
stand-up comedian and writer who is best known for hosting Season 2 of the Comedy Central
game show Beat the Geeks
.
Capatch was born in York, Pennsylvania
to Jean and Harold Capatch. He grew up in the small town of Dallastown, Pennsylvania
where his father owned and operated a barber shop. He is a 1983 graduate of Dallastown Area High School
. After high school he briefly served in the US Navy and later attended York College of Pennsylvania
. He began his stand-up career in Baltimore, Maryland at the Comedy Factory Outlet comedy club.
Capatch and then-comedy partner Patton Oswalt
worked as sketch writers in the early years of MADtv
.
He hosted a comedic quiz show on the Comedy Channel from 2001-2002, called Beat the Geeks
. The program reached 130 episodes, and saw international broadcast in Canada and New Zealand after its original run.
Since 2002, he has hosted the live burlesque/Mexican wrestling show Lucha VaVOOM in Los Angeles, California.
Since 2005, he has been a live announcer for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls
, one of the only all-girl banked track roller derby
leagues in the country.
In 2007, Capatch appeared in the "Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubador".
United States
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stand-up comedian and writer who is best known for hosting Season 2 of the Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
game show Beat the Geeks
Beat the Geeks
Beat the Geeks is an American comedy game show that aired on Comedy Central from 2001 to 2002. The show was rerun on The Comedy Network in Canada and reruns currently air on G4techTV Canada and Prime in New Zealand....
.
Capatch was born in York, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania
York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...
to Jean and Harold Capatch. He grew up in the small town of Dallastown, Pennsylvania
Dallastown, Pennsylvania
Dallastown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,049 at the 2010 census.-History:Dallastown was named after George M. Dallas of Philadelphia during the presidential campaign of 1844...
where his father owned and operated a barber shop. He is a 1983 graduate of Dallastown Area High School
Dallastown Area High School
Dallastown Area High School is an American High School with approximately 1,900 students located in Dallastown Area School District in Dallastown, Pennsylvania in York County, Pennsylvania...
. After high school he briefly served in the US Navy and later attended York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania is a private, coeducational, 4-year college located in southcentral Pennsylvania. The school offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences, and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students...
. He began his stand-up career in Baltimore, Maryland at the Comedy Factory Outlet comedy club.
Capatch and then-comedy partner Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice actor. He is best known for portraying Spencer Olchin in the popular sitcom The King of Queens, voicing Remy from the film Ratatouille and Thrasher from the Cartoon Network original series Robotomy.-Early life:Oswalt was born...
worked as sketch writers in the early years of MADtv
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
.
He hosted a comedic quiz show on the Comedy Channel from 2001-2002, called Beat the Geeks
Beat the Geeks
Beat the Geeks is an American comedy game show that aired on Comedy Central from 2001 to 2002. The show was rerun on The Comedy Network in Canada and reruns currently air on G4techTV Canada and Prime in New Zealand....
. The program reached 130 episodes, and saw international broadcast in Canada and New Zealand after its original run.
Since 2002, he has hosted the live burlesque/Mexican wrestling show Lucha VaVOOM in Los Angeles, California.
Since 2005, he has been a live announcer for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls
Los Angeles Derby Dolls
The L. A. Derby Dolls is Los Angeles' original women's quad-skate banked track roller derby league. It was founded in October 2003 by Rebecca Ninburg and Wendy Templeton . The league is composed of more than 120 women divided into five teams who skate on a banked track.LADD plays real, unscripted...
, one of the only all-girl banked track roller derby
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
leagues in the country.
In 2007, Capatch appeared in the "Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubador".