Mendy Pellin
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| Born | 1982 (age 43) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Comedian |
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Mendy Pellin (born 1982)[1][2] is an American comedian.
Pellin was born to a Chabad Hasidic family in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.[3] He and his wife, Shulamit, married at the end of March 2007,[citation needed] and shortly afterwards moved to Los Angeles, California.[4] He is an ordained rabbi.[4]
Pellin has a satirical news show, The Mendy Report,[5] which is loosely based on The Daily Show.[2] He is a co-writer for a sitcom (release date unknown). He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno[6] and acted in the films Moneyball[4] and A Modest Suggestion.[7] In November 2006, he launched ChabadTube.com, an online newscast and web channel.[8]
