Dave Sirus
Dave Sirus is an American writer and stand-up comedian. He produces and writes sketch comedy, is known for interviewing members of the Westboro Baptist Church under the character of Brick Stone and appearing as a guest and recurring comedic correspondent on RT's The Alyona Show and HuffPost Live. On September 21, 2015, he was hired as a writer for the forty-first season of Saturday Night Live for which he was nominated for an Emmy for Writing in a Variety Series, and won a WGA award for writing in a comedy/variety series. He is currently a writer for Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.
He has produced other interview videos as his Brick Stone character with Occupy Wall Street residents, conspiracy theorists, street preachers, gay pride marchers, and the general public.
Sirus is a featured comedian on season 1 episode 7 of nuvoTV's Stand Up and Deliver.
Sirus interviewed the Westboro Baptist Church while protesting the Golden Globes January 12, 2014 and appeared on the Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius/XM the following Tuesday. Along with discussing the Church, Sirus also mentioned his upcoming mockumentary Archie Black: The Worst starring O&A's Jim Norton, Jay Mohr, Artie Lange, Dee Snider, Otto & George, and Rick Overton. The film is premiering at the LA Comedy Fest.
