Blitz was born in New York City and grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he attended Ridgewood High School, graduating as part of the class of 1989. He graduated from Columbia University in 1994. By 1999 he had established himself as a fixture of New York City's stand-up comedy scene, performing regularly at the now-defunct Luna Lounge; in that same year he began his work on Late Night. His best known sketches on the show include Blitz traveling to India to NBC's computer help center to get his computer fixed, Conan helping his writer hunt for an apartment in New York, and a recurring segment featuring Blitz as an inept, chanting sports fan. Since leaving Late Night, Blitz has worked as a writer, executive producer and guest actor on the ComedyCentral seriesReview and worked as a writer and co-executive producer on the Netflix series Master of None. Blitz previously wrote for the Adult Swim series Eagleheart starring Chris Elliott, Maria Thayer and Brett Gelman. Blitz appeared in Season 4 of Arrested Development and the movie Table 19. He continues to perform stand-up comedy. Blitz is the brother of filmmaker Jeffrey Blitz, who is best known for directing the 2002 documentary Spellbound and the 2007 filmRocket Science. Blitz is an ethical vegetarian, but he has declared that he would kill an animal in self-defense and then "fire up the grill."
''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' characters
As himself, on one occasion going apartment-hunting with Conan, on another occasion lugging his malfunctioning computer to a call center in Hyderabad, India, and on another hailing a New York Cityyellow cab and taking it all the way to Toronto, Canada due to his fear of flying
Awful Ballgame Chanter, whose long-winded rambling chants are showcased as examples of how not to chant
Chuck Aloo, star of the "24" parody series "60", each episode of which depicts one second in a minute
Leonard Diesel, Vin Diesel's timid brother who promotes a movie in which he plays a meek version of Superman
One of the Slipnutz, a comedy group of three men who were inconveniently booked on the same show with Slipknot,. Their routine involves them slipping and sliding on nuts scattered on the floor. The Slipnutz also appeared on the program to promote their greatest-hits album, which included the songs "Old West Cowboys Slipping on Nuts" and "Viking Raiders Slipping on Nuts".
An elections supervisor during the 2000 Florida election recount, who constantly yelled at election volunteers and advised them, "If you don't know who the person voted for, you put the ballot in the milk!"
A participant on "Masturdate," a parody of dating shows.
