The Resume

(December 26, 1956- )
Raised in North Carolina
Resides in Paris
Wrote 'Barrell Fever (1994),' 'Naked (1997),' 'Holidays on Ice (1998),' 'Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000)' and 'Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)'
Frequent contributor to 'This American Life'
Brother of Amy Sedaris

Why he might be annoying:

He lisps horribly.
His high-pitched, grating, nasal voice has been described as 'Munchkin-like.'
He has a lazy eye.
He is a heavy smoker.
He says he moved to France because they're more tolerant of smoking.
His essays are deliberately shallow in their observations.
Although his writing imitates observational comics who have been around for decades, people act like it's brilliant and original because it's on NPR.
He claims never to have visited the Internet.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is extremly popular, both in print and on the radio.
He does an excellent Billie Holiday impression.
He is reportedly friendly to his fans.
A fan site once claimed that he had six toes on one foot, and the story was widely reported, though it was false.
He's not afraid to make fun of himself.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Born on Boxing Day [Deceber 26] (Ranked: 1956)
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Books [1983-2008] (Ranked: 28)
• Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America [2004] (Ranked: 8)
• Entertainment Weekly's It List [1997]
• Finding Your Roots
• I Abused Methamphetamines/Crystal Meth
• I am a Citizen of France
• I am Greek
• I am in Public Broadcasting
• I Have Kidney Stones
• I Have OCD [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]
• I Lisp
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Men With High Voices
• Nasal Voices
• Nerds and Nebbishes
• Profiles 11501-11750 (Ranked: 11643)
• Rodent Faces
• Satirists and Wits
• Sissies
• Stuff White People Like
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2008] (Ranked: 64)
• Wacky Eyes
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 2]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 82 Votes: 67.07% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 52 Votes: 36.54% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 51 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 73 Votes: 68.49% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 94 Votes: 40.43% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 51 Votes: 45.10% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 105 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 575 Votes: 41.39% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 273 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 193 Votes: 44.04% Annoying