Pennsylvania native Dan O'Day McClellan is a seasoned actor, writer, comedian, voice over artist and producer.
Dan is the founding member of Los Angeles improv comedy troupe, The Omelettes.
Dan's ongoing film making/producing work with Pete Galaxie Productions includes the award-winning short film, The Silence of Bees, along with the short films, Just Out of Reach, Reality of the Situation and The Afikomen.
Dan's 1st Novel, Lognotes of a Wino, is due out in fall of 2015.
Dan has contributed 15 brilliant piece(s).
by Dan O'Day McClellan
March 23, 2015
Andy Mangialino contributed to this article. CicLAvia, the premiere Los Angeles cycling event, rode into the Valley yesterday. This is the 12th installment of CicLAvia, which has thus far focused on routes on the south side of the Hollywood Hills, including routes downtown as well as along Wilshire Blvd. But yesterday the San Fernando Valley […]
LOS ANGELES
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
January 15, 2014
It was No Pants Day in LA this past Sunday, actually all over the globe. What began in NY 11 years ago as an event started by a group called Instant Improv, No Pants Day has grown to thousands of men and woman strutting around the world, riding the metro with no pants.
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
November 20, 2013
I have been lucky enough to perform comedy for 12+ years in Los Angeles, mostly all improv, and recently stand-up at The Comedy Store and the MBar among other venues. Along the way, I’ve met some of the greats, including the legendary Garrett Morris.
COMEDY
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
November 1, 2013
Since I moved to Los Angeles 20 years ago with a fake ID, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing lots of bands perform at some great venues: Spaceland, The Derby, and Al’s Bar among them, all of which were situated on the city’s Eastern side, and all of which are gone now, renamed, replaced or […]
MUSIC
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
October 16, 2013
Suniil Sadarangani and I met during the course of a play called Quill and Ink that we were both involved in back 2012. I was an actor in the play and Sunill was one of the stage hands and he and I hit it off right away. Every so often you meet someone that you […]
FILM
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
October 6, 2013
Here are my expert baseball picks for the 2013 playoffs. I am an expert only because I have read the box scores every day for 30 years, won all three of my fantasy leagues this year, and can honestly say baseball was my first and still ongoing love. Besides that, I know as much or […]
SPORTS
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
September 21, 2013
Bill Murray turns 63 years old today. You probably know that he is one one of America’s most beloved actors (we just call him Bill) who has starred in films like Stripes, Ghostbusters and Lost in Translation. Here are 9 things you probably don’t know about Bill Murray. 1. Bill has 8 siblings, one of […]
WHO KNEW?
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
September 19, 2013
Another Thursday night in Los Angeles – a good night to go out and catch a show somewhere. On this particular Thursday night, a friend of mine was performing at Skinny’s Lounge in North Hollywood. I have known Anjelia “Anj” Pelay for just over a year. Anj has been performing regularly since she got to Los […]
EVENTS
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
August 9, 2013
My role as a, ahem, journalist, affords me access to a plethora of open bar events here in Los Angeles. The premiere of a movie or TV show, a special magazine issue, a modeling agency launch, a band releasing an album, on and on and on, one after the other, a cavalcade of free booze, smiling, […]
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
July 15, 2013
“I can see you now in that mirror and if you’re not careful I’ll pop right through it.” Letter from author John Fante, while in Rome working on a screenplay, to his wife, Joyce – 1960 Mirrors are wonderful devices. Do I look okay? Are my nose hairs too long? Is there something in my […]
ME AND...
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
April 15, 2013
The film 42 took top honors at the box office this weekend and rightfully so. We also celebrate Jackie Robinson day, as Dan O’Day McClellan shares his love of baseball. TS My favorite season of the year is back — baseball season. Flowers are blooming, the weather is getting warmer and baseball, sweet baseball is […]
AUDIO
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
March 15, 2013
This past weekend, as I was walking to the store to buy some wine for dinner, I came across a very long lizard lying in the middle of the parking lot of the store. Though you wouldn’t necessarily think so, Los Angeles is filled with animal life: coyotes, the occasional mountain lion, and loads of these […]
COLUMNS
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by Dan O'Day McClellan
February 7, 2013
Legendary porn actor Ron Jeremy, aka “The Hedgehog,” has been in the news lately after suffering a heart aneurism from which he is currently recovering at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. A former substitute teacher from New York, Ron Jeremy got into the porn business after his girlfriend sent his picture to Playgirl magazine in the late 70’s. And […]
LOS ANGELES
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