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((short description|American comedy troupe))
((Infobox comedian
| name            = Broken Lizard
| image           = BrokenLizardStandsUp.jpg
| caption         = 
| influenced      = 
| notable_work    = ''[[Puddle Cruiser]]'' (1996)<br/> ''[[Super Troopers]]'' (2001)<br/>''[[Club Dread]]'' (2004)<br/>''[[Beerfest]]'' (2006)<br/>''[[The Slammin' Salmon]]'' (2009)<br/>''[[Super Troopers 2]]'' (2018)<br/>''[[Tacoma FD]]'' (2019–2023)<br/>''[[Quasi (film)|Quasi]]'' (2023)<br/>
| Current_members = [[Jay Chandrasekhar]] <br> [[Kevin Heffernan (actor)|Kevin Heffernan]]<br> [[Steve Lemme]]<br> [[Paul Soter]]<br> [[Erik Stolhanske]]
| medium          = [[Film]] and [[Television]]
| nationality     = American
| active          = 1996–present
| genre           = [[Physical comedy]], [[Gross-out humor]]
| subject         = 
| website         = ((url|www.brokenlizard.com))
| footnotes       = 
)) 
'''Broken Lizard''' is an American [[comedy]] troupe that comprises [[Jay Chandrasekhar]], [[Kevin Heffernan (actor)|Kevin Heffernan]], [[Steve Lemme]], [[Paul Soter]], and Erik Stolhanske. They collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and productions of their films, with Chandrasekhar and Heffernan being the primary directors; the team however does not have any single leader and they work collaboratively when choosing material and writing projects.

==History==
The group formed at [[Colgate University]] in 1989 when [[Jay Chandrasekhar]] was asked by a friend and fellow student, Ira Liss, to put together a comedy show.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.brokenlizard.com/lizards/thegroup|title=The Lizards|website=Broken Lizard))</ref> Chandrasekhar agreed and assembled a sketch comedy troupe which included [[Kevin Heffernan (actor)|Kevin Heffernan]], [[Steve Lemme]], [[Paul Soter]], and [[Erik Stolhanske]], all members of the [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity. The team performed a combination of live stage sketches and short videos under the name "Charred Goosebeak". Charred Goosebeak continues to exist at Colgate to this day.

After graduation, the members reunited in [[New York City]] and spent the next few years performing at various clubs, mostly Greenwich Village mainstay The Duplex, under the name "Broken Lizard". The group offered various explanations of the origin of this [[moniker]] over the years, ranging from a euphemism for loss of virility to a tribute to Chandrasekhar's pet allergies. Most recently, the members admitted that Chandrasekhar simply made up the name "off the top of his head" when he had their first flyer printed.  Another possible name that was discarded was "Chocolate Speedo".

Broken Lizard spent the next few years performing at clubs and college campuses.  Its membership dwindled to the five current performers. By the mid-1990s, the group's interests shifted away from live material as they became more interested in filmed content. They wrote and acted in ''Dante's Levels of Hell'', a series of [[interstitial program|interstitial]] shorts for [[Comedy Central]]'s "Is This On?" feature.

At this time, the Broken Lizard members also made their first foray into long-form film, shooting the 30-minute 16&nbsp;mm project, ''[[The Tinfoil Monkey Agenda]]'', an absurdist media spoof that earned them a trip to the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, and cemented in the group's minds that they should be creating full-length feature films.

The group put together the script for their next feature, and first wide-release movie ''[[Super Troopers]]''. The film, which portrays rural highway patrolmen as regular guys desperate to make their jobs entertaining, was shot in 2000, and was also invited to Sundance, where raucous screenings earned the film a distribution deal from [[Fox Searchlight]] Pictures, a unit of [[20th Century Fox]]. The movie was released in February 2002 and only enjoyed moderate theatrical success, but it eventually developed a [[cult following]].

Fox Searchlight sponsored and distributed the group's next feature, 2004's ''[[Club Dread]]'', a parody of [[slasher film]]s that takes place at an idyllic tropical resort.

After Chandrasekhar directed ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' for [[Warner Bros.]], Broken Lizard was offered a deal with the studio. This relationship resulted in Broken Lizard's third feature, 2006's ''[[Beerfest]]'', about two brothers who discover an underground [[Oktoberfest]] beer-drinking [[Olympics]] and assemble a team to compete.

In late May 2010, Broken Lizard had completed their fourth feature, ''[[The Slammin' Salmon]]'', about a group of waiters who are terrorized over the course of a busy night by their unstable boss ([[Michael Clarke Duncan]]). Heffernan directed ''The Slammin' Salmon''.<ref name="My Space: Broken Lizard">((cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/therealbrokenlizard |title=Broken Lizard |via=My Space |access-date=2011-09-13))</ref>

In 2012, both Chandrasekhar and Heffernan confirmed that a sequel to ''Super Troopers'' was in the works. They have also confirmed that the script is finished. All they are waiting for is the studio to okay everything.<ref>((cite web|author=Rich Drees |url=http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2009/12/10/broken-lizard-film-update/ |title=Broken Lizard Film Update |website=FilmBuffOnline |date=2009-12-10 |access-date=2011-09-13))</ref> In 2015, Broken Lizard had launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund filming of ''[[Super Troopers 2]]''.<ref name="Super Troopers 2 | Indiegogo">((cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/super-troopers-2 |title=Super Troopers 2 |website=Indiegogo |access-date=2015-03-24))</ref> On a Funemployment Radio episode May 26, 2016, Jay Chandrasekhar confirmed that a small test segment of the film has been shot and full production will start in August 2016.<ref>((cite web|url=http://funemploymentradio.com/2013/07/19/funemployment-radio-episode-903/|title=903|website=funemploymentradio.com))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://funemploymentradio.com/episodes/funemployment-radio-episode-1585-jay-chandrasekhar/|title=1585: JAY CHANDRASEKHAR|website=funemploymentradio.com))</ref> On August 2, 2017, Broken Lizard announced, via their website, that they had finished [[post-production]] on the movie. ''Super Troopers 2'' was released on April 20, 2018.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0859635/|title=Super Troopers 2|via=IMDb))((RS|date=January 2024))</ref>

In 2023, Broken Lizard released [[Quasi (film)|Quasi]] and announced that ''Super Troopers 3'' would be next.

==Other projects==
((more citations needed section|date=April 2018))
Receiving financial support from 20th Century Fox enabled Chandrasekhar to establish a career as a [[television director]]. He directed episodes of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television shows ''[[Undeclared]],'' ''[[Andy Richter Controls the Universe]],'' ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]],'' ''[[Oliver Beene]],'' and ''[[Cracking Up (TV series)|Cracking Up]].'' In addition, he directed three episodes of ''[[Psych]],'' including the episode "Bollywood Homicide," in which he also guest starred. Chandrasekhar directed the 2005 film ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|The Dukes of Hazzard]],'' in which each of the members of Broken Lizard also appeared. He likewise appeared in ''[[Jackass 2]]'' as the taxi driver in the last main sketch of the movie, performing a "prank on a prank."

Heffernan co-wrote the screenplay to the 2005 film ''[[On the One (film)|On the One]]'' and also acted in the films ''[[Sky High (2005 film)|Sky High]]'' and ''[[Strange Wilderness]].''

Lemme was a co-producer of the movies ''The Decade'' and ''Boxes,'' and also appeared in ''[[Open Water (film)|Open Water]]'' and ''[[Big Helium Dog]].''

Soter wrote and directed the [[film noir]] comedy film ''[[Watching the Detectives (film)|Watching the Detectives]],'' which starred [[Cillian Murphy]] and [[Lucy Liu]]. Soter, Lemme, and Stolhanske also appeared in the film.  He also directed the [[horror film]] ''[[Dark Circles]]''.

Stolhanske acted in a number of television shows and films, including ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]],'' ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]],'' ''[[Undeclared]],'' and ''[[The Onion Movie]].'' 
Stolhanske was also in the Plyometrics DVD that was part of the P90X program that fitness expert Tony Horton created.

Heffernan and Lemme co-created [[Tacoma FD]] for [[TruTV]], which ran from 2019 to 2023.

==Filmography==
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*''[[Puddle Cruiser]]'' (1996)
*''[[Super Troopers]]'' (2001)
*''[[Club Dread]]'' (2004)
*''[[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' (2005) (directed by Chandrasekhar with cameos by each of the troupe members)
*''[[Beerfest]]'' (2006)
*''[[The Slammin' Salmon]]'' (2009)
*''[[Broken Lizard Stands Up]]'' (2010)
*''[[Freeloaders (film)|Freeloaders]]'' (2012) (produced by Broken Lizard with cameos by each of the troupe members)
*''[[The Babymakers]]'' (2012) (produced by Chandrasekhar)
*''[[Super Troopers 2]]'' (2018)
*''[[Tacoma FD]]'' (2019-2023) (Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme, not the Broken Lizard group)
* ''[[Quasi (film)|Quasi]]'' (2023)

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.brokenlizard.com/ Broken Lizard's Homepage]
*[http://www.myspace.com/therealbrokenlizard Broken Lizard's Myspace page]

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