The George Lucas Talk Show

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CONNOR RATLIFF (George Lucas) is an actor/comedian and creator of the critically acclaimed podcast, Dead Eyes.

In addition to recurring roles on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and Search Party, his credits include Orange Is The New Black, The Chris Gethard Show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Blacklist and the feature films Don't Think Twice, Standing Up, Falling Down and the forthcoming Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game.

For the past decade, he has performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, where he created The George Lucas Talk Show, the live stream version of which has been described as "The Internet's Coolest Talk Show" & "The Worst Podcast Ever Made." He currently performs in the weekly NYC improv show, RAAAATSCRAPS, alongside some of the finest improvisers in the world.

GRIFFIN NEWMAN (Watto) is an actor, comedian, writer and podcaster raised in New York City, where he still resides.

Griffin is the creator and co-host of the critically acclaimed movie podcast, BLANK CHECK WITH GRIFFIN AND DAVID alongside film critic David Sims of The Atlantic. Since launching in 2015 the show has consistently made 'best of' lists including Time Magazine, Esquire, Paste Magazine, The A.V. Club, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, and others. It is regularly ranked amongst the top TV/Film podcasts on iTunes.

Griffin starred in the Amazon series THE TICK, playing the lead role of 'Arthur Everest'. He recurred on Martin Scorses's VINYL for HBO, Greg Berlanti’s miniseries POLITICAL ANIMALS for USA, and Colin Quinn's web series COP SHOW. He has guest starred in the sitcoms SEARCH PARTY and DIFFICULT PEOPLE, along with New York drama reliables LAW & ORDER: SVU and BLUE BLOODS. On the film side he portrayed Rick the Intern in Ivan Reitman’s DRAFT DAY alongside Kevin Costner and has appeared in many indies, including SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner FORT TILDEN and Kelly Reichardt's NIGHT MOVES. His voice may be familiar as 'Jared Kushner' in Showtime's animated series OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT or ‘Orko’ in Kevin Smith’s MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVELATION for Netflix.

On the comedy side Griffin was named one of the "New Faces of Comedy" at the JUST FOR LAUGHS MONTREAL Festival in 2012. He wrote and performed segments on MTV's NIKKI & SARA LIVE as their ‘Resident Entertainment Correspondent’ and made multiple appearances on THE CHRIS GETHARD SHOW.

PATRICK COTNOIR (producer / co-host) is a producer and talent booker based in New York. He was the talent producer on THE CHRIS GETHARD SHOW, the talent coordinator on Comedy Central's THE PRESIDENT SHOW, and was a producer at SEESO. He was the producer and talent booker for ASSSSCAT 3000 at UCB from 2014 until the theater's closure in 2020 - producing over 500 shows. He's been the producer of THE GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW, at UCB from 2015 - 2020, and, starting in 2020, streaming on PlanetScum.Live. He was the warm up coming for the first show, it was his first public 'warm up experience' and he doesn't think he'll ever do it again. He was the editorial and talent producer at MARVEL for a few years and is currently the guest booker at EXACTLY RIGHT MEDIA.

He was the president of his high school drama club and the section leader in the marching band. He was really bad at the trumpet and barely ever played.

He's @patrickcotnoir on Twitter. Right now, he's trying to get more followers than the cancelled NBC show, MARLON.