Griffin McElroy/Serious

"Trans rights? Fuck yeah, let's do it." -Griffin McElroy

Griffin McElroy is a co-host on the podcast My Brother, My Brother And Me. He formerly worked for gaming journalism website Polygon as a Senior Video Producer, before leaving to focus on his family and podcasting. He is the youngest brother of Justin McElroy and Travis McElroy, and son of Clint McElroy.

Griffin McElroy is also well praised and is known in some spaces for the McElroys to have a cult following of WLW or women-loving-women, comprised of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and woman-aligned non-binary people.

Early Life
Griffin's athletic career peaked in 2001, at the age of 14, when he caught a touchdown pass while dressed as Cowabunga, the cow mascot for WTCR-FM, the local radio station that his dad worked at.

Griffin got his first job at age 18, working at a TCBY (The Country's Best Yogurt) for "a summer and a half." Griffin worked at Tri-Data (under manager Dwight Slappe, owned by Justin's father-in-law Tommy Smirle) during the summer before his freshman year of college before he decided that he would rather go to Bonnaroo.

In 2007, Griffin got a tattoo of the Triforce of Courage from The Legend of Zelda on his left forearm. Travis got the Triforce of Power, Justin got the Triforce of Wisdom, and Clint got all three. Griffin chose to be tattooed in a visible place because he "[wanted] to have the sort of job where that's acceptable."

He graduated from Marshall University in 2009 with a degree in journalism.

Recurring Segments

 * Yahoos
 * Monthly Observances (discontinued)
 * Money Zone Jingles (discontinued)

Favorite Topics

 * Scott Bakula
 * Carly Rae Jepsen
 * Horses
 * Ghosts

Active

 * The Adventure Zone
 * Til Death Do Us Blart (annually, for all-time)
 * Wonderful!
 * The Besties
 * Monster Factory

Completed

 * The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls: World Tour
 * The Time Belt (Kid Playing)
 * Peace on the Playground
 * Griffin's Amiibo Corner
 * Pokemon Y Nuzlocke Run
 * PeaceCraft

Discontinued

 * Rose Buddies (discontinued, replaced by Wonderful!)
 * CoolGames, Inc (discontinued )
 * Speed Rundown

Voice Acting
In 2017, Griffin made a cameo in Cartoon Network's Clarence as a baseball commentator who also describes the antics of a sadistic team mascot Hammy, repeating his catchphrase "Hammy gonna sneeze ya!" multiple times throughout the episode. The commentator also uses incorrect and awkward pluralization (e.g. "in all my years of sport"). But most notably, one of the baseball teams is named "The Good Boys."

Griffin voiced the character Jasper in the Rooster Teeth production Camp Camp. He also had a small role on an episode of Disney XD's Big City Greens as a merchant selling really spicy peppers. Griffin also guested on the Cartoon Network show We Bare Bears as Schmorby, a cute sweet worm and mascot of the show's offbrand Google thing.

Griffin was cast in cameo roles for the 2020 movie Trolls World Tour as Country Music Tear and part of Skyscraper, alongside his brothers. He is credited for providing additional voice work in the 2021 animated film The Mitchells vs. the Machines.

Writing
Griffin has spent most of his professional life working alongside his brother, Justin McElroy, as video games journalists and content creators. In 2007, he joined the online magazine Joystiq as a writer and editor, where the two of them worked until 2012, when they left Joystiq to help co-found Polygon. One of Griffin and Justin's most popular contributions while working at Polygon was Monster Factory, in which they created such untold horrors as Truck Shepard, Borth Sampson, The Junker, Jaa'm, Knife Dad, DJ Slime Time, Adult Cool, and the World-Eater and Destroyer of Toddathan J. Coward, The Final Pam. In 2018, they both resigned from their positions at Polygon to focus on their families and podcasting.

In 2017, Griffin wrote a short story titled "Stories in the Sand" for the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View.

Personal Life
In 2013, Griffin married Rachel McElroy, and then in 2016, she gave birth to their son, Henry. Their second son, August, was born in 2021. They currently reside in Austin, TX with their cat, Cecil.

In 2017, Griffin was named one of Forbes "30 Under 30," under the category "Media."