Jeffrey Ian Bakalar (born (1982-03-24)March 24, 1982) is a professional podcaster, videogames journalist, and formerly the host of CNET's longest running podcast, The 404 Show. He is also the site's lead senior videogames editor as well as on-air talent for CNET Video and a recurring personality on the Giant Beastcast on Giant Bomb.
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Personal
Bakalar was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1982 and was raised in Briarwood, Queens before his family relocated to Marlboro Township, New Jersey where he attended Marlboro High School. He graduated from Towson University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Media and Film where he won an award for a mockumentary he directed called Adult Swim.
In 2010, he married his longtime girlfriend, Stacie Blair Davis, who took his last name and is now known as Stacie Blair Bakalar.
He currently lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Career
During his college years, Bakalar worked as a production office intern for actor and producer Bob Balaban in New York City at his production company Chicagofilms while Balaban completed work on Gosford Park.
In 2004, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Maverick Records to direct and produce a documentary for the pop punk band Mest. The documentary, entitled Seven Deadly Sins was released as a pack-in bonus with copies of the band's 2005 album Photographs (Mest album) which peaked at 116 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
In 2007, Bakalar joined CNET as a home theater and gaming editor, but quickly began appearing in front of the camera and eventually starting a technology and pop culture podcast called The 404 Show with Randall Bennett and Wilson Tang. The show had a slow start, but grew in popularity over the years and eventually became a regular press junket stop in New York City, attracting notable guests like Tony Hawk, Marc Maron, John Hodgman, Shaun White, Wayne Brady, Scott Aukerman, Michael Showalter, Andrew W.K. and others. Each year the podcast is performed live at the Consumer Electronics Show where it has featured prominent celebrities like Danny DeVito, Eliza Dushku, Felicia Day and others.
In 2012, Bakalar started CNET's first-ever weekly tech parody comic called Low Latency, which he writes and is illustrated by Blake Stevenson.
Bakalar briefly co-hosted another CNET franchise, Pre-Game, but stopped production after a year of programming to focus more on The 404 Show.
Bakalar is a member of the New York Videogame Critics Circle, an advocacy group for game writers in and around the New York City area.
He regularly appears on TV and radio as a technology, pop culture and videogame expert. His spots include G4's Attack of the Show, NPR's All Things Considered, and CNBC's Power Lunch among others.
In late 2014, Bakalar joined CBSN as a regularly appearing tech and pop-culture pundit representing CNET.
On May 22, 2015, he joined the cast of Giant Bomb's Giant Beastcast.
On September 29, 2017 the final episode of The 404 Show podcast was published.
References
External links
- CNET.com
- The 404 Show
- CNET Video
- CNET profile
- Twitter page
- Jeff Bakalar on IMDb
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