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'''Benjy Bronk''' (born ], ]) is a ], ] and head writer for the '']''. Benjy is notoriously treated as an unwanted necessity on the show, though Howard has occasionally acknowledged his talent -- but often turns off Benjy's ] in the belief that whenever Benjy is afforded the opportunity to speak, he refuses to do so in a serious manner. Benjy tends to fall into what Stern fans have dubbed the "] coma," an intense method of performing an act or stunt while never breaking character, regardless of the circumstances.Benjy is known for his eccentric and odd behavior. On ], ] Benjy won the Howard Stern Show's Battle of the Blobs competition, losing
{{weight|lbs=64}} over the course of the competition, dropping from {{weight|lbs=267}} to {{weight|lbs=203}}, almost a 24% weight loss.
==Early life==
Bronk was born in 1967, not 1971 as is claimed above. Bronk grew up in ], ] and attended D. W. Daniel High School. In ], he earned a ] in general arts and sciences from ], where he was a member of ] .{{Fact|date=March 2007}} It seemed he was destined for his role on the Howard Stern Sirius Radio Show. During his time at Penn State, Mr. Bronk honed his comedic skills by donning fake dog ears and having his fraternity brother walk him leashed down ] so he could bark at passers by.]


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==Joining Howard Stern Show==
Benjy began working on the Howard Stern Show as a pre-interviewer for guests appearing on the show. Benjy now peforms ]'s former role in writing jokes and funny lines for Howard live as the show progresses (Bronk also writes jokes for cast member ], who was a more official yet figurative replacement for Martling). Benjy sits in the studio between Lange and ]. Benjy is a past ] winner for a phone call in which he pretended to be ], fooling an elderly ] woman into having phone sex.

Benjy appeared on The ] after her appearance on the Stern Show. According to Anna, they "had a drink, and the next thing I knew, my head was in Benjy's lap."

On ], ] Bronk interrupted a live ] newscast urging people to vote for ]. He was then dragged off camera by two CNBC cameramen, while still yelling. <ref name="Rundown-2007-04-18">{{cite news | first=Jason | last=Kaplan | coauthors= Thomas Panasci | title=The Rundown | date=2007-04-18 | publisher= | url =http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?month=April&day=18&year=2007&x=33&y=2 | work = | pages =1 | accessdate = 2007-04-18| language = }}</ref>

Benjy frequently lies about his age. Howard 100 news has proven his age to be 40.

==The Benjy Bronk Show==
On ], ], ] General Manager ] fulfilled an agreement with Stern to let Benjy run the show for part of the day, dubbing it "The Benjy Bronk Show", during which Benjy interviewed several people, including original ] drummer ], Howard Stern ] ], and a person imitating a 12-year-old black girl. Benjy also interviewed ], the singing psychic who claims to have predicted the ]. The show could be heard on frequency 92.3 until Chiusano prematurely called an end to the show before its scheduled 10AM finish.

==Political statements==
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Benjy declared to be a ] on the November 8th, 2006 "Howard Stern Wrap-up Show". In the ]th, ] elections, he claimed to have voted for every Libertarian on the ballot and manually wrote in votes for himself or colleague Doug Goodstein wherever Libertarian candidates were not an option. Benjy received two write-in votes in the ] election for ] Civil Court Judgeship, as well as one vote for the office of ].{{Fact|date=March 2007}}

==Trivia==
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Is 40 years old but tries to sound young and spry by claiming he's 35.
*He was thrown out of the ] ] for trying to kiss people.
*He has been dating his girlfriend, Sheila, since 2002.
*Once tried to kiss ] on the show. Dice now refers to Benjy as 'Triple B', or Big Balls Benjy for daring to attempt such a stunt.
*According to IMDb, is of Polish descent.
*Was interviewed on ']' as part of the Howard Stern profile.

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==External links==
* {{imdb name | id=0111444 | name=Benjy Bronk}}

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