David A. Arnold (March 15, 1968 - September 7, 2022) was an American comedian, producer, director, and writer most renowned as the creator of the Nickelodeon series, That Girl Lay Lay.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Arnold began stand-up comedy in 1997. He gained wide recognition after performing for celebrities like Jamie Foxx and Cedric the Entertainer. He also appeared on popular shows including The Tom Joyner Show, Baisden After Dark, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, ComicView (BET), The Mo’Nique Show (BET), Entourage (HBO), and Def Comedy Jam.
As a writer, Arnold has written several episodes for comedic television series, such as Meet the Browns (on TBS), Raising Whitley (on OWN), The Rickey Smiley Show (on TV One), Tyler Perry’s House of Payne (on TBS), and The Tony Rock Project (on OWN and MyNetworkTV).
He wrote and produced a special for Netflix titled David A. Arnold: Fat Ballerina. The special was released on Netflix on March 1, 2020. He also created and served as the showrunner for the Nickelodeon show That Girl Lay Lay. The show premiered in 2021.
Unfortunately, Arnold passed away on September 7, 2022 at the age of 54 after battling with certain health issues.
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