R.I.P. Trevor Moore, co-founder of The Whitest Kids U' Know
Moore wrote and starred in five seasons of the sketch comedy series
Trevor Moore has died. As the co-founder of sketch comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’ Know—and, subsequently, one of the stars, and the head writer, of the troupe’s television show on Fuse and IFC—Moore helped pioneer the world of online comedy at the turn of the century, leveraging the power of the internet and social media to carve out a niche for the group. Per Variety, he died last night as the result of an accident. Moore was 41.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Moore got into entertainment early, hosting his own public access show, The Trevor Moore Show, when he was still just a teenager. After meeting Sam Brown and Zach Cregger at New York’s School Of Visual Arts, the trio founded The Whitest Kids U’ Know as a college comedy troupe, eventually filling out the roster with Timmy Williams and Darren Trumeter. The troupe then parlayed a win for Best Sketch Group at HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2006 into a TV deal, eventually landing The Whitest Kids U’ Know at Fuse (and later IFC, after concerns that the show’s content might be too extreme for the former network). The series ran for five seasons on the networks, diving deep into absurdist sketch comedy, and producing some of the earliest viral sketch content to land on the internet. Meanwhile, Cregger and Moore also wrote, directed, and starred in a Playboy-themed comedy film, Miss March.
