Biography

Doug "Doog" Bresler (born Douglas Carlton Bresler on May 4, 1979 in Santa Monica, CA) is a producer, director, animator, musician, and podcast personality based in Los Angeles, CA. He is best known for founding the animation production studio Doogtoons

Doogtoons

Doogtoons is a production studio founded and headed by Doug "Doog" Bresler, best known for its series of "animated celebrity interviews" on the internet. Bresler has been producing short films since 1993, however his cartoons only became widely known after they were released as podcasts beginning...

, and directing such internet shorts as "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...

's Trapped in the Drive-Thru

Trapped in the Drive-Thru

"Trapped in the Drive-Thru" is a song from "Weird Al" Yankovic's twelfth studio album Straight Outta Lynwood, which was released on September 26, 2006. This song is a parody of "Trapped in the Closet" by R. Kelly...

music video, Cinemax

Cinemax

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's Eli's Dirty Jokes, Nick and Haig, pop artist L.B. Rayne's music videos, the animated Ask A Ninja

Ask a Ninja

Ask A Ninja is a series of comedy videos about the image of ninja in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in mov and wmv file formats...

shorts, and other various "animated interviews". Bresler has directed over 70 shorts which have earned more than 80 million views on the web.

An accomplished musician

Musician

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, Bresler has toured across the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 playing drums with Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

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-based artist Kirstin Candy, and opening for Dave Wakeling

Dave Wakeling

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 of The English Beat. He was also one of the founding members of the notorious Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart

Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....

 tribute band

Tribute band

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, One Nation Under Rod, playing drums alongside Grant Parsons, current frontman for The Hairbrain Scheme

The Hairbrain Scheme

The Hairbrain Scheme is a band that formed in 2004. From an early age, the band demonstrated a unique flair for bizarre stage theatrics and morbidly delicious musical experimentation...

. He most recently provided drums and percussion on his brother Joe Bresler's 2006 album, California King.

Bresler also currently produces and co-hosts a weekly comedy podcast, PreRecorded Friends, with his brother Joe Bresler.

External links

• Doug Bresler's Official Website and Blog
• Doogtoons Official Website
• PreRecorded Friends Official Website
• Video interview of Doug Bresler by Zadi Diaz of EPIC FU, weekly web show that covers online pop culture (August 21, 2008)