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===Other work=== Corddry hosted the 10th annual [[Webby Awards]] ceremony on June 12, 2006. He starred as the main character in the [[Fox Broadcasting Network|Fox]] mid-season comedy ''[[The Winner (TV series)|The Winner]]'' from March 4, 2007 until the series' cancellation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=winner|title=Shows A-Z - TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource|work=thefutoncritic.com|access-date=February 14, 2015}}</ref> He described the show to Stuff Magazine as "sort of like a fucked-up ''[[The Wonder Years|Wonder Years]]''." Corddry has appeared in a ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' episode entitled "The Seder" as a sex offender who moves into [[Larry David]]'s neighborhood. He also appeared in two episodes of Fox's ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' as Moses Taylor, an actor who plays "Frank Wrench", an obsessively by-the-books detective on a [[show-within-a-show|fictional television series]] ''Wrench''. Corddry has also done some voice work as Gordon the animated [[Devil]] on [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''Weighty Decisions'' (alongside fellow ''Daily Show'' correspondent [[Ed Helms]]). He also appeared in a commercial for Cartoon Network's ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'' series and a 2001 promotional ad as an anger management therapist to the Townsville Villains of the cartoon series ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. Corddry's voice appears in the [[History (American TV channel)|History Channel]] production [[World War II]] in [[High-definition television|HD]].<ref>[http://www.history.com/content/wwii-in-hd WWII in HD<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028001557/http://www.history.com/content/wwii-in-hd/ |date=October 28, 2009 }}</ref> He is the voice of World War II soldier and [[jazz]] musician Roscoe "Rockie" Blunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/collections-old/rockie-authored.html|title=Jazz History Database - A Digital Museum of Jazz History|website=www.jazzhistorydatabase.com}}</ref> Corddry wrote, directed, and starred in the web series ''[[Childrens Hospital]]'' for [[The WB]] on its online network at TheWB.com.<ref>{{cite web | title = Children's Hospital Video Series Debuts With Stephen Colbert and Rob Corddry | publisher = Comedy.com | url = http://www.comedy.com/blog/2008/10/16/childrens-hospital-video-series-debuts-with-stephen-colbert-and-rob-corddry/ | date = October 16, 2008 | access-date = 2009-03-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090307060811/http://www.comedy.com/blog/2008/10/16/childrens-hospital-video-series-debuts-with-stephen-colbert-and-rob-corddry/ | archive-date = March 7, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> After talks fell through with [[Comedy Central]], Turner's [[Adult Swim]] picked up the series and began airing new episodes August 22, 2010.<ref>{{cite web | title= Web Series Childrens Hospital Jumping to Adult Swim | url= http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/365915-Web_Series_Children_s_Hospital_Jumping_To_Adult_Swim.php?rssid=20065&q=rob+corddry | date= October 21, 2009 | access-date= 2009-10-21 | publisher= Broadcasting and Cable | author= Alex Weprin | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120930090505/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/365915-Web_Series_Children_s_Hospital_Jumping_To_Adult_Swim.php?rssid=20065&q=rob+corddry | archive-date= September 30, 2012 | url-status= live }}</ref> On March 29, 2010, he was a [[List of WWE Raw guest hosts|co-guest host]] of ''[[WWE Raw]]'' with fellow cast member [[Clark Duke]] from ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/special/allspecialguesthosts/upcomingguesthosts|title=Upcoming Raw guest stars}}</ref> Corddry played an important role in proliferating [[Justin Halpern]]'s Twitter account ''[[Shit My Dad Says]]''. An early enthusiast of the quotes made by Halpern's father, Rob tweeted a link to Shit My Dad Says which "jump-started" the phenomenon, helping expose Halpern's Twitter feed to a larger audience.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1990838,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523162334/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1990838,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 23, 2010|title=Justin Halpern, Author of Sh*t My Dad Says|last=Webley|first=Kayla|date=May 21, 2010|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=June 28, 2010}}</ref> Corddry also has starred in three commercials for the [[Holiday Inn]] in both 2010 and 2011. He appeared in three episodes of ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'' playing a lawyer, Alan Connor, an old acquaintance of Jeff Winger, who was also a lawyer. In August 2011, Corddry appeared on episode 29 of the podcast ''Back to Work'', distributed by the 5by5 podcast network, where he was interviewed by Merlin Mann about his writing and acting career. In 2012, Corddry began a recurring role on the third season of ''[[Happy Endings (TV series)|Happy Endings]]'', playing "The Car Czar", Jane's new boss at the car dealership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2012/08/09/happy-endings-rob-corddry/|title=Happy Endings Exclusive: Rob Corddry Cast as Jane's New [Spoiler]|first=Michael|last=Ausiello|date=August 10, 2012}}</ref> He also had a recurring role on the short-lived FOX series ''[[Ben and Kate]]'', as Buddy, the boorish owner of the bar where Kate and BJ work, also BJ's on-and-off boyfriend. As recently as October 2013, Rob appeared again as a recurring guest on ''The Jason Ellis Show''. A talk show featured exclusively on SiriusXm Satellite Radio, Corddry accepted an invitation to host his own show airing on the soon to be launched "Jason Ellis Channel". From 2015 to 2019, he starred in the [[HBO]] comedy-drama series ''[[Ballers]]''. He was the subject of episode #16, titled ''Rob,'' of the podcast ''[[Heavyweight (podcast)|Heavyweight]]'' by Jonathan Goldstein.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gimletmedia.com/heavyweight/16-rob#episode-player|title=#16 Rob by Heavyweight|website=Gimlet Media}}</ref> On December 3, 2019, it was revealed that Corddry would be a host of the revived ''[[Top Gear America]]'', which debuted on [[Motor Trend]] in January 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2019 |title=REVEALED! Meet the Hosts of Top Gear America |url=https://www.motortrend.com/news/top-gear-america-hosts-revealed/ |website=Motor Trend}}</ref> Corddry has also appeared in the HBO Max series ''[[Bookie (TV series)|Bookie]]''.
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