content: Samuel Whitcomb Hyde (born April 16, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, performance artist, and actor. He co-created the sketch comedy group Million Dollar Extreme (MDE) along with Charls Carroll and Nick Rochefort.  Hyde is known for his involvement in several public pranks and internet hoaxes. His style of humor has also been described as post-ironic, as he regularly blurs the distinction between himself and his characters. Hyde enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University for one year before transferring to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in film, animation and video. In August 2016, Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace, a television program Hyde co-wrote and acted in along with the other members of MDE, premiered on Adult Swim.Four months later, it was announced that World Peace would not be renewed for a second season. Hyde attributed the show's cancellation to his vocal support for President Donald Trump.  Later in 2016, Hyde published How to Bomb the U.S. Gov't, a comedy book he co-wrote with Rochefort, Carroll, and others In 2017, Hyde reportedly pledged $5,000 towards the legal defense fund of Andrew Anglin, the founder and editor of white supremacist website The Daily Stormer. The Southern Poverty Law Center sued Anglin for allegedly organizing a "troll storm" against a Jewish woman in Montana. When Matt Pearce of the Los Angeles Times questioned Hyde about the donation, Hyde asked Pearce if he was Jewish and went on to say that $5,000 was "nothing" to him. Hyde also stated: "Don’t worry so much about money. Worry about if people start deciding to kill reporters. That's a quote. For the reason why, you can say I want reporters to know I make more money than them, especially Matt Pearce."