Sam Reich
Sam Reich ( ; born July 22, 1984) is an American producer, director, writer, actor, and performer. He is best known for his work with CollegeHumor and the TV show "Adam Ruins Everything". Life and career. Sam is the son of Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, and Clare Dalton, a retired law professor at Northeastern University. His brother, Adam Reich, is a sociology professor at Columbia University. He is of Jewish descent. In 2000, Reich dropped out of Buckingham Browne & Nichols High School as a result of a clinical depression and in order to pursue  acting. Shortly thereafter, he moved to New York and founded the comedy group Dutch West, which focused on making comedy videos for the internet. After being discovered by CollegeHumor in 2006, he was hired as Director of Original Content. He was then promoted to President of Original Content along with the premiere of "The CollegeHumor Show" on MTV in 2009. In 2014, Reich founded Big Breakfast, CollegeHumor's offshoot production company, and moved CollegeHumor's video team to Los Angeles. The company has since produced "Adam Ruins Everything" on TruTV; "Middle of the Night Show" on MTV; "Time Traveling Bong  on Comedy Central; The Britishes" on DirecTV; "I Want My Phone Back" on Comcast's Watchable; and "Bad Internet" and "Rhett and Link's Buddy System" on YouTube Red. Reich is married to actress and writer Elaine Carroll, whom he met during summer camp in 2000. Together, they have collaborated on the web series "Very Mary-Kate" and "Precious Plum". With CollegeHumor, he has collaborated on music videos with "Weird Al" Yankovic and former United States First Lady Michelle Obama. On January 8, 2020, it was announced that Reich was acquiring CollegeHumor from IAC.