Since his hit show Tosh.0 debuted on Comedy
Central in 2009, Daniel Tosh has become the
internet frenemy you never realized you always
wanted.
But how much do you really know about the
surprisingly private star?
Here's a look at some things you may not know
about Daniel Tosh.
He sold knives in college
While attending the University of Central
Florida in pursuit of a marketing degree,
Tosh took an unusual side job: selling knives
door-to-door.
Well, sort of.
Tosh told The Cornell Daily Sun,
"I kind of feel like I scammed them, in the
sense that I never really gave a presentation.
I just lived in a dorm in college, and did
one presentation to like a dorm-full of people.
It was like, 'OK, everybody sign off for one.
I’m gonna make a little money and get out
of here.'"
After graduating, Tosh took those marketing
skills and used them to sell something a little
more interesting: himself as a stand-up comedian.
Who says a college education doesn't pay off?
He's hosted other shows
Long before he became a star, Tosh began his
TV career on a local late night show in Florida
called Tens where he and co-host Jennifer
Cole went around Miami interviewing models.
The show is so obscure that no footage seems
to have made it online yet, but according
to Donald Hansen, who worked on the show,
Cole absolutely hated Tosh and ended the show
after a year when she got a new gig as the
host of Strip Poker.
Web Redemption was a tough sell
Tosh needed all of his marketing skills to
sell viral stars on the idea of appearing
in his Web Redemption skits on Tosh.0.
He told The Santa Barbara Independent,
"Pretty often they were a little reluctant.
They were more like, 'who are you and why
do you want to do this exactly?'"
Once they realized they were in on the joke
this time instead of just being the butt of
the joke, though, Web Redemption became an
easy sell, and one of his most popular recurring
bits.
He made a $25,000 bet for a sick friend
In 2015, when friend and fellow comedian Andy
Ritchie was diagnosed with a brain tumor,
Tosh used his show to promote a GoFundMe page
aimed at helping Ritchie cover his medical
bills.
The page eventually raised more than $100,000,
with Tosh earning another $25,000 by auctioning
off props from Tosh.0.
He didn't give the money to Ritchie, though.
Instead, he gambled all $25,000 in a double-or-nothing
bet that the New England Patriots would lead
his beloved Miami Dolphins by more than 3
and a half points at halftime of their Thursday
Night game.
It might seem reckless, but as anyone who
watches the NFL knows, it was actually about
as sure a thing as possible.
"it's a can't lose. If my Dolphins are winning, I'm happy.
If they're losing, Andy gets the much needed help
If the Dolphins are only losing by 3 points, THERE IS NO GOD!
Tosh won the bet, earning an extra $25,000
for his friend, who tragically lost his battle
with cancer a month later.
He refused to do a Reddit AMA
You'd think Daniel Tosh and Reddit would go
together like peanut butter and chocolate,
but apparently, he wants nothing to do with
a website that's basically his show in text
form.
In 2011, Reddit invited Tosh to participate
in an Ask Me Anything thread.
Tosh responded by posting a photo of himself
turning down the honor.
True to form, Redditors jumped all over it,
photoshopping the message in all sorts of
unique ways, many of which are too graphic
to show here.
You know what they say: live by the troll,
die by the troll.
He has serious beef with Rob Dyrdek
In 2011, Rob Drydek of Dyrdek of Rob & Big
fame decided to get in on the clip show action,
debuting a new MTV series called Ridiculousness
which was essentially Tosh.0 without Tosh.
After Tosh tweeted a sarcastic congratulatory
message to Drydek, the two began a twitter
beef that eventually escalated to the point
where Tosh did a skit on his show painting
Drydek as a pedophile.
That was the last straw for Dyrdek, who said
he'd be fine settling the score "the old-fashioned
way."
Tosh welcomed the fight with one caveat, tweeting
"fair enough but if you have to beat me up,
can we film it and put it on my show so people
will actually watch it?"
Winner: Tosh.
He isn't a fan of Nick Saban
If there's one person Tosh despises more than
Drydek, it's football coach Nick Saban, who
quit the Miami Dolphins to take a college
job at Alabama.
Tosh uses every opportunity possible to trash
Saban, but when he made a snide joke about
a series of devastating tornadoes that ravaged
the state in 2011, some Alabama residents
were outraged.
"The problem is Bama just got it's ass kicked by a tornado.  Apparently God hates Nick Saban even more than I do."
Tosh did also ask his viewers to donate to
the Red Cross's tornado relief fund, but considering
how seriously Crimson Tide fans take their
college football, and the fact that nearly
350 people died, he might want to stay out
of Alabama for… the rest of his life.
"If you want to feel smart, and sexy, and special, you surround yourself with toothless townees in Tuscaloosa."
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