Brendan O'Hare (writer)

Brendan O'Hare is an American writer, humorist, and Twitter personality. He has written for the Bleacher Report, ClickHole, The New Yorker, and Jon Stewart's aborted HBO animated series.[1][2][3][4]

Raised in Branchburg, New Jersey, O'Hare attended Somerville High School.[5]

His short humor piece for The New Yorker, "What I Assume Honore de Balzac Thought After Drinking Each of His Fifty Daily Cups of Coffee" was adapted into a short film for the Amazon series The New Yorker Presents. The film was titled Le Café de Balzac. It stars Paul Giamatti as Balzac, and was directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.[6][7][8]

O'Hare has developed a cult following on Twitter, and has received acclaim for his absurdist quips and flights of fancy.[9][10]

  1. ^ Koblin, John (2017-05-23). "Jon Stewart and HBO Cancel Animated Shorts Project". New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Red Bank: Stewart Crew Returns". RedBankGreen. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ O'Hare, Brendan (7 July 2015). "What I Assume Honore de Balzac Thought After Drinking Each of His Fifty Daily Cups of Coffee". The New Yorker. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. ^ Ray, Austin L. (19 November 2012). "Brendan O'Hare: Twitter's Rising Star". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ^ Kuperinsky, Amy. "Meet Brendan and Cory, the absurdist comedy heroes behind the This is Branchburg podcast", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 10, 2019. Accessed December 3, 2020. "That’s just the way it goes when it comes to the comedy stylings of Brendan O’Hare and Cory Snearowski. Their often darkly absurd take on the trivial aspects of life is on display this summer in their first podcast, This is Branchburg, which is part parody and part homage to the suburban routine and greenery of their shared hometown in Somerset County.... Snearowski and O’Hare grew up in Branchburg playing on the same Little League team and went to Somerville High School together."
  6. ^ Thompson, Anne (2016-02-16). "How 'The New Yorker Presents' Got Made for Amazon Streaming". indieWIRE. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  7. ^ Orel, Gwen. "Montclair's Kahane Cooperman is showrunner for 'The New Yorker Presents'". USA Today. Montclair Times. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. ^ Lowman, Rob (2016-02-15). "Like the magazine, Amazon's 'New Yorker Presents' is filled with good stuff". dailynews.com. Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. ^ Ray, Austin L. (19 November 2012). "Brendan O'Hare: Twitter's Rising Star". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  10. ^ Grittner, Sam. "Let's Get To Know Brendan O'hare!". SamGrittner.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.