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Jim Florentine is an American comedian best known for his characters "Special Ed" and "Bobby Fletcher" created for a series of prank phone calls featured on the Comedy Central television show "Crank Yankers".
He was featured on the series premiere of “Down and Dirty with Jim Norton". The series spotlights new and established talent.
He is also co-hosting "That Metal Show" on VH1 Classic with Eddie Trunk and Don Jamieson.
Jim just finished filming a independent dramedy, A Little Help, starring Jenna Fischer (”The Office”).
Florentine has been seen on The Apprentice, Comedy Central's “Mother Load,” HBO's "Inside the NFL,"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Howard Stern Show, Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, MTV Music Video Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn on Comedy Central, VH1's "The List," and Louie Anderson's "Comedy Showcase." He also voiced the redneck radio host "Bobbie Ray" in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
He has a series of prank call CDs known as Terrorizing Telemarketers Volumes 1-5.[1] The CDs feature a series of recorded telephone conversations, often with Florentine receiving calls from telemarketers, wherein he turns the tables on often aggressive salespeople by being deliberately difficult and creating awkward situations.
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