Bill Corbett

Bill Corbett is a former writer for MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 and also a performer on the show providing the voice of the robot Crow v20 and playing various other strange characters including the allpowerful but clueless alien The Observer aka Brain Guy Corbett is also a screenwriter and playwright Corbetts screenplay STARSHIP DAVE cowritten with Rob Greenberg was made into the movie MEET DAVE starring Eddie Murphy released by 20th Century Fox His plays have been produced internationally Corbetts comedy THE BIG SLAM has been produced at numerous theaters across the US including Woolly Mammoth in Washington DC ACT in Seattle and actor Jeff Daniels Purple Rose Theater in Chelsea Michigan Other plays include HATE MAIL THE STUFF OF DREAMS and his comic book holiday mashup SUPERPOWEREDREVENGE CHRISTMAS 1 He has been a contributing writer to National Public Radios PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION and ALL THINGS CONSIDERED and is cocreator of the animated web series POKER NIGHT on Iceboxcom Corbett has also been an actor in the resident acting companies at the Guthrie Theater and the Berkshire Theater Festival and has taught playwriting and screenwriting at Kenyon College in Ohio the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and many other universities and schools Hes a graduate of the Yale School of Drama where he earned an MFA in playwriting and screenwriting Before that he received a BA from Yale College A native of Brooklyn NY he now lives in Minneapolis with his wife Virginia their two children and a feisty Jack Russell Terrier