Chris Gersbeck (born April 15, 1983) is a producer, publicist, and podcaster born and raised in Queens, NY. He is sometimes credited as C.S. Gersbeck. He attended college at SUNY Plattsburgh.
Chris first became involved in the New York City comedy scene in 2014 as a stand-up comedian, but stepped back from performing in 2018 to focus on producing & promoting live comedy and podcasts under the banner of Dumb Industries. During that time, he began co-producing Open Riff Night with Frank Conniff, a live show where anyone could riff on clips of bad movies at QED in Astoria, Queens. He also produced Movies R Dumb, a live-riffing show that often featured Frank Conniff, and Dave Hill's Podcasting Incident (later The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour) along with comedian Dave Hill for the Maximum Fun network.
Chris has since gone on to work behind-the-scenes for the podcasts RISK! and Keith and The Girl, as well as the Zoom reunion show for the comedy troupe The State in June 2020. Since July 2020, he has produced and hosted each of The Mads Are Back's monthly livestreams. He is also the producer of The Mary Jo Pehl Show and its spin-off, Movie Jo Night.
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- Chris Gersbeck lists 306 - Time of the Apes and 706 - Laserblast among his favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes.
- Chris Gersbeck bears a passing physical resemblance to Jonah Ray, which has been commented upon in some of the Mads Are Back livestream shows.