T. Sean Shannon

T. Sean Shannon is from Houston, Texas. His brother Charles Shannon (d.2003) was also a stand-up comedian, and writer.

As a writer for ''Saturday Night Live'' he won an Emmy Award in 2002 (nominated in 2001 & 2003) and a WGA Award in 2001 (nominated in 2001, 2002 and 2003). He is the writer and creator of the sketch ''Bear City'', which deals with a city completely inhabited by anthropomorphic bears due to a meteor crash. In July 2008, Shannon revealed that he had written a ''Bear City'' movie.

He was also the subject of controversy and political unrest at ''SNL'', thanks to a joke he told in ''The Aristocrats'', Penn Jillette mentions this incident in the commentary for the film, but does not mention the show, instead stating that T. Sean works for a popular network comedy show.

He directed and co-wrote the feature film ''Harold'' that was released in July 2008. Provided by Wikipedia