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Rob Janas got his start at Second City Chicago writing three reviews on their resident stages, including the highly regarded Pratfall of Civilization. Since moving to Los Angeles, he’s found work as an animation writer at Warner Brothers Studios, writing for shows like New Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry in New York, and Bugs Bunny Builders. He has also written scripts for Splash Entertainment/Universal’s Woody Woodpecker and The LEGO Group’s LEGO City Adventures. As a staff writer on New Looney Tunes he wrote an episode featuring Guns N’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose, who performed Rob’s original song “Rock the Rock," Axl’s first recording in over ten years. He’s written and directed many short films – The Clinic was an official selection of the 2010 L.A. Comedy Shorts Film festival – and he was also involved with the development of the feature film One for the Road produced by legendary director Wong Kar-wai. His screenplay for the feature film The Sugar Shack is currently in development with an independent production company. His all original sketch show When the World’s on Fire Make S’mores premiered at the Fanatic Salon Theater in 2023 and he recently wrote and performed on the podcast Mr. Johnson’s Time Machine with Dan Bakkedahl from Veep. He performs in Los Angeles with his improv group Mr. Johnson at venues all across the city.