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[1][2][3][4] and appearing as a guest and recurring comedic correspondent on RT's The Alyona Show and HuffPost Live.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9] He is currently a writer for Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog[10] and was a writer and co-producer of The King of Staten Island [11]

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.[12]

Sirus is a featured comedian on season 1 episode 7 of nuvoTV's Stand Up and Deliver.[13]

Sirus interviewed the Westboro Baptist Church while protesting the Golden Globes January 12, 2014[14] 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.[15][16]