Pretty Good Friends
is a comedy company
PGF was co-founded by long-time collaborators Julie Smith Clem and Eugene Mirman. What started as a comedy/variety show in the basement of Brooklyn's Union Hall in 2006, evolved into a comedy collective and production company. In 2020 they were joined by Areti Papazoglou to launch a record label.
- We develop and produce comedy specials, live events, TV, documentaries, and various web projects. We also create funny products and sell them at shows and our online store.
- We have an indie record label called PGF Records with distribution from Sub Pop Records. We make stand up albums, podcasts, vinyl, and audio projects.
- Organizations hire us to add comedy to their programming, levity to their messaging, or come up with Pretty Good Ideas in exchange for $USD.
Pretty Good Friends
Julie Smith Clem
Executive Producer + Co-Founder
Julie is a Producer/Director/Writer and the co-founder of Pretty Good Friends. Julie has Executive Produced TV series for Comedy Central, Science Channel and IFC, co-created the Peabody Award-winning video series for The Onion. Her directorial debut It Started As A Joke premiered at SXSW in 2019. She was voted the Bay Area's top hot dog vendor in 2001.
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Eugene Mirman
Comedian + Co-Founder
Eugene is a comedian and hero. He voices “Gene” on Fox’s hit animated series Bob’s Burgers. He was a regular on Flight of the Conchords, Adult Swim’s Delocated, and has two Comedy Central Specials. He has also appeared on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Home Movies, the Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and more.
Areti Papazoglou
Business + Operations
Areti is a recovering attorney based in NYC putting her talents to helping make funny things with Pretty Good Friends. She was previously a Director of Legal and Business Affairs at Madison Square Garden, and before that worked in production for ABC, Paramount Pictures, and NBC Sports. She is now relieved to balance her creative side with her management of contracts, spreadsheets and other documents comedians love.
Pretty Good Collaborators
Therese Plaehn–Mirman
Contributor
Therese is an actor/writer/teacher. She helps write, develop, and find talent for Pretty Good Friends. She has acted on/off Broadway, in TV & Film, and abroad at the Moscow Art Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe. After reading an article in The Guardian on “super recognizers,” she took a “Face Test” with a university in Australia and scored in the top 1%. So if she remembers you from her many years of Brooklyn bartending, don't be frightened, it’s just her gift.
Melissa Weiss
Video Editor
Melissa is an editor, producer, and aspiring amateur rock climber. Her television editing credits include Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News, and Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground. She has produced and edited several short films and co-produced two stage shows for the New York International Fringe Festival. In 1995, she won second-place in a wheelbarrow race.
Rachel Harris
Designer
Rachel works by day as a graphic designer at the Harvard Kennedy School, and holds a MFA in graphic design from RISD. Before joining HKS, worked at Fathom, a Boston-based information design studio. She also worked as a graphic designer for St. Louis Magazine and the Yale School of Drama. She loves making things, operating primarily in the world of graphic design, illustration, and motion. Rachel has done work for a wide range of clients, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, General Electric, Amazon, and the Girl Scouts.
Chet Clem
Strategy + Development
Chet is a writer and strategy consultant for start-ups and small businesses. He was once the editorial manager at The Onion, where he oversaw the development of two best-selling books: Our Dumb World and Our Front Pages. He occasionally publishes The UV Observer.
We
Make
Fun
Pretty good friends of pretty good friends
Many thanks to all of our comedy pals who have been a part of one or many of our shows.
A.D. Miles
Adam Reed
Aisha Tyler
Alan Alda
Amber Tamblyn
Amy Schumer
Aziz Ansari
Bill Nye
Bobby Tisdale
Bobcat Goldthwait
Brent Sullivan
Bridget Everett
Chelsea Peretti
Chris Duffy
Chris Gethard
Chris Parnell
Colson Whitehead
Craig Baldo
Dan Boulger
Daniel Kitson
Dan St. Germain
Dave Hill
David Cross
David Wain
Demetri Martin
Derrick Brown
Elna Baker
Emo Phillips
Eric Slovin
Fred Armisen
Gabe Liedman
Gary Gulman
Greg Johnson
H. Jon Benjamin
Hannibal Buress
Heather Lawless
Ira Glass
Janeane Garofalo
Jason Sudeikis
Jean Grae
Jemaine Clement
Jena Friedman
Jen Kirkman
Jessica Walter
Jessica Williams
Jessi Klein
Jim Gaffigan
Joe Wong
John Hodgman
John Mulaney
John Oates
John Oliver
John Roberts
Jon Glaser
Karen Kilgariff
Kevin Townley
Kristen Schaal
Kumail Nanjiani
Kurt Braunohler
Larry Murphy
Leo Allen
Les Savy Fav
Maeve Higgins
Marc Maron
Max Silvestri
Mehran Khagani
Michael Showalter
Mike Birbiglia
Mike Lawrence
Myq Kaplan
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neko Case
Nick Kroll
Nick Thune
Patrick Borelli
Phoebe Robinson
Rachel Dratch
Reggie Watts
Ron Lynch
Sam Seder
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Vowell
Seaton Smith
Seth Herzog
Shonali Bhowmik
Stephin Merritt
The Sklar Brothers
Tig Notaro
Todd Barry
Tom Shillue
Tony V.
Wesley Stace
Wyatt Cenac
Yo La Tengo