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ABED
GHEITH

Writer. Actor. Voice Guy. Living Cartoon. The Real Abed.

The inspiration behind Abed Nadir on Community.
Dan Harmon's "Mascot of Channel 101."
Creator of chaos since 2004.

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Characters, creatures & general cartoon mayhem

Work in progress — new version coming soon
CH.01

THE GOODS

The highlight reel. The greatest hits. The stuff your friends might actually recognize.

2024
Smiling Friends
Voice of Tyler
Adult Swim
2015
Community
Played "Janitor"
Also: the entire reason the character Abed Nadir exists. Yes, THAT Abed.
2013 - 2015
Rick and Morty
Staff Writer
Seasons 1 & 2. You've seen those episodes. You're welcome.
2005 - 2010
Yacht Rock
Played Steve Perry
The legendary Channel 101 series. Covered in Rolling Stone. 3 episodes.
2009
IKEA Heights
Played Frederico Babis
A full soap opera filmed guerrilla-style inside an actual IKEA. 7 episodes. Nobody got kicked out (probably).
2007
The Sarah Silverman Program
Played "Terrorist"
Comedy Central
2007
Acceptable.TV
Various · 3 episodes
VH1 show created by Jack Black, Dan Harmon & Rob Schrab
2006
Tenacious D: Time Fixers
1850's Extra
With Jack Black & Kyle Gass
2005
House of Cosbys
Multiple Voices
Co-created with Justin Roiland. 4 episodes. Hit with a cease & desist. Legendary.
CH.02

CREDITS

The full damage report. Twenty years of making weird stuff with weird people.

2024Smiling FriendsTyler
2020-22Tig N' SeekAdditional Voices, Bad Guy, Carl, Rex Davenport, Tiger Courier
Cartoon Network · Also Writer (1 ep)
2009Adventures in AdvertisingMr. Jenkins
2008Mattress GuyDad
2007FantastimartShoplift Shelly
2005Rock Gods of RockBlue Creature
2005House of CosbysMultiple Voices
2004PJ and Kid SpaceshipAlien #1
2004Toro and MoroMoro / Galahad Faulkner
2015CommunityJanitor
2013The Littlest Sketch ShowAbed
2012Princess Kazoo's Kartoon ShowMombed / Widdle Woodpicker
2009EverythingCloud / Snake
2009IKEA HeightsFrederico Babis · 7 eps
2008-09Water and PowerHelpful Stranger, Palmer, Terrorist
2008The PopBluto · 4 eps
2007ReportersBarrels and Buckets O'Brown
2006-07ClassroomBoombox / Fayed · 13 eps
2007Acceptable.TVVarious · 3 eps
VH1
2007The Sarah Silverman ProgramTerrorist
Comedy Central
2006Tenacious D: Time Fixers1850's Extra
2006Phone SexxersAdrian / Mrs. Oldbottom · 6 eps
2006Pretty PresidentLiberal Columnist · 2 eps
2006Opportunity KnockersAbed
2006Channel 101: The Musical
2005Yacht RockSteve Perry · 3 eps
2005Losting
2005The Most Extraordinary Space InvestigationsOther Commander
2005Laser FartKu Klux Junkie
2004Documentary: The SeriesJason's Camera Guy · 2 eps
2004Hilarious Jokes
2004It's Twissleton
2004Friends and LoversTopaz · 3 eps
2022Tig N' SeekWriter · 1 ep
Cartoon Network
2021Apple & OnionStory · 2 eps
Cartoon Network
2013The Animated Tales of GWARWriter
2013The Littlest Sketch ShowWriter / Creator
2012Princess Kazoo's Kartoon ShowWriter / Creator
2008The PopWriter / Creator · 4 eps
2006Phone SexxersWriter / Creator · 5 eps
2006Opportunity KnockersWriter
2004Documentary: The SeriesWriter
2004PJ and Kid SpaceshipWriter / Creator
2004Hilarious JokesWriter / Creator
2004It's TwissletonWriter / Creator
2013The Littlest Sketch ShowCreator
2008The PopCreator
2007Groove FightersCreator w/ Erni Walker
2006Phone SexxersCreator
2004PJ and Kid SpaceshipCreator
2004Hilarious JokesCreator
2004It's TwissletonCreator
All Channel 101 shows. Five-minute episodes. Voted on by live audiences. Survive or get cancelled. That's the game.
CH.03

COMICS

Three orcs in a spaceship. Three volumes. Published by actual publishers. Yes really.

Orcs in Space Vol. 1 cover
Orcs in Space Vol. 2 cover
Orcs in Space Vol. 3 cover

Orcs in Space

Oni Press / Simon & Schuster · 2021 - 2023 · 3 Volumes

Three Orcs named Gor, Kravis, and Mongtar are on the run from their home world. When naive bureaucrats from StarBleep land on their planet, the orcs unwittingly steal the most advanced ship in the fleet and blast into the outer galactigon, where they befriend the ship's AI, D.O.N.A.

Co-written with Rashad Gheith & Michael Tanner. Art by François Vigneault. Colors by DJ Chavis.

"A fun, twisted, nostalgic-galactic road trip filled with a ton of cool characters and a ton of completely over-the-top MAYHEM!"

— Kevin Eastman, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

CH.04

AUDIO DRAMAS

Frequency 101 — the audio-only Channel 101. Abed co-created two shows. Listen to every episode right here.

Enter the Dark

Frequency 101 · 14 Episodes · 2020–2023
★ Best Show Freque' Award 2021
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It's the end of the world and photons don't work anymore. God help us, we're all blind!

Created by Sevan Najarian & Abed Gheith
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Mostly Underwater Sea Inquiries

Frequency 101 · 8 Episodes · 2022–2023
Mostly Underwater Sea Inquiries cover art

A spinoff of MESI from Channel 101. Simon joins his new crew of MUSI. Same job but instead of a space station in space it's on a submarine in the oceans of earth.

Created by Sevan Najarian, Abed Gheith, Erin Pearce & James Bristow
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CH.05

THE ABED HOUR

Part talk show. Part chaos experiment. All Abed.

During the COVID pandemic, Abed started guest-hosting on Rob Schrab's website and eventually carved out his own segment that blossomed into The Abed Hour — a semi-regular chaos talk show on Schrab Home Video.

Part of The Kali Kazoo Show, The Abed Hour features conversations with guests like James Urbaniak (The Venture Bros.) and Fred Stoller, plus whatever else happens to be on Abed's mind that day. Which could be anything. Literally anything.

Airs Sundays at 2:30 PM Pacific. Or whenever Abed feels like it.

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CH.06

ABOUT

Born in San Francisco. Raised in Modesto. Unleashed on Los Angeles.

Abed Gheith

Abed Gheith is a Palestinian-American writer, actor, voice actor, and comic book author who has been a fixture of the Los Angeles alternative comedy scene since the early 2000s.

He co-founded the sketch comedy group Comic Sacrifice with Sevan Najarian, Justin Roiland, and Ben Page — a crew best known for parading around town in chicken scrotum costumes and making animations. As one does.

Abed has been a Channel 101 staple since almost the very beginning, appearing in and creating dozens of five-minute shows for Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab's monthly film festival. Dan Harmon has called him "the mascot of Channel 101."

Dan Harmon liked Abed so much he literally based a TV character on him. The character of Abed Nadir on Community — played by Danny Pudi — was directly inspired by the real Abed. Harmon even campaigned for Abed to get the role. He auditioned, got very far, but Danny Pudi was ultimately cast. Abed later appeared on the show as a janitor. Life is weird.

Today Abed does cartoon voice-over work and writing for shows on Adult Swim and Cartoon Network, writes comic books published by Oni Press, and hosts The Abed Hour on Schrab Home Video. He is somehow always working on something and simultaneously never where you'd expect him to be.

Podcast Appearances

That Happens — "The Abed Hour" w/ Jeff B. Davis & Spencer Crittenden · Spencer guests on Abed's show
That Happens — "Vamos a La Playa" A rainy drive-turned-adventure with Spencer and Abed
Prime Time Files — Ep 42: Abed Gheith 90 min deep dive · Channel 101, Orcs in Space, career origins
Todd & Abed in the Morning — Part 8 Prime Time Files · Todd Donald & Abed Gheith
Gone Riffin' — "Huge Fan of 10:30" Co-host w/ Rich Fulcher (The Mighty Boosh) · Guest: Martin Olson · Starburns Audio