Steven Joel Kerzner

Steven Joel Kerzner is a Canadian actor, producer, television and radio personality best known for his portrayal of Ed the Sock, originally appearing on CityTV and MuchMusic (until its decline in 2013). Kernzer has continued to portray the character through his own media initiatives FU Network and NewMusicNation.^[2]

Steven Joel Kerzner
Born	(1970-08-25) August 25, 1970 (age 54) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other names	Ed the Sock
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer, television personality
Years active	1987–present
Known for	Ed the Sock
Spouse	Liana Kerzner ​ (m. 1999)​ [1]

Since 2023, Kerzner has hosted The All Night Show with Ed the Sock, a nightly live overnight show on Durham Radio 94.9 The Rock.^[3]

Career

As a teenager in 1984 Kerzner began volunteering through a student co-op program at Newton Cable, a small local station in Downsview, Ontario. It was at the station that Kernzer developed the Ed the Sock character. Requiring a co-host on short notice, so Kerzner took a sock and other supplies from the station's craft closet and made a sock puppet with glue caps for eyes. He named the puppet Ed after Ed Asner and co-hosted the segment himself. ^[4] By 1987 Kerzner became a producer and director of programming.^[5]

Kerzner later moved the character to CityTV^[6] and MuchMusic.^[7]

Following the decline of MuchMusic in 2013, due to an acquisition by Bell Media, Kerzner has made a number of attempts to bring the character back through the use of online media. In 2016, he announced the FU Network and in 2021 created the NewMusicNation brand, raising funds for creating an online version of what MuchMusic used to be like.^[7]

Radio

Kerzner has hosted The All Night Show with Ed the Sock overnight five times a week on 94.9 The Rock (Oshawa, Ontario) since 2023. He also co-hosts Ed & Red weekly on CKNT 960 AM Mississauga with Liana Kerzner, since 2020. From 2008 to 2010, they hosted a call-in show, Steven & Liana, Sunday nights on CFRB.^[8][9] In 2022, he teamed with Rick the Temp for a series of regular appearances on Z103.5's morning show.^[10]

Filmography

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987-1994	The Late Late Show	Ed the Sock	Community access cable, producer and co-host
1995-2008	Ed's Night Party (later Ed and Red's Night Party)	Ed the Sock	producer and host
1997-2013	Fromage	Ed the Sock	writer and host
1996	The Best of Ed's Night Party	Ed the Sock	producer and co-host
1998	First Time Out		director
2000	Ed's Big Wham Bam	Ed the Sock	producer and co-host
2000	Royal Canadian Air Farce	Ed the Sock	guest
2001	Spacebar	Ed the Sock	guest
2005-2008	Ed's Nite In	Ed the Sock	producer and co-host
2006	The Morgan Waters Show	Ed the Sock	guest
2010	This Movie Sucks!	Ed the Sock	producer and co-host
2012-2013	George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight	Ed the Sock	panelist
2012	I Hate Hollywood	Ed the Sock	producer and co-host
2013	Video on Trial	Ed the Sock	panelist

Film

Kerzner appeared as Ed the Sock in the 2018 film The Joke Thief.

Politics

Kerzner ran in the 1990 Ontario general election in the riding of Wilson Heights for Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, but finished third to the Liberal and NDP candidates.

Results of 1990 Ontario provincial election for the riding of Wilson Heights:^[11]

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Monte Kwinter	12,272	44.4
	New Democratic	John Fagan	9,618	34.8
	Progressive Conservative	Steven Joel Kerzner	4,913	17.7
	Other		922	3.3
Total votes			27,725	100.0

In his youth Kerzner was a fiscal and foreign-policy conservative, and his political heroes were Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Harris and Brian Mulroney. Since the mid-2000s he has offered more left-of center views, stating in a 2009 interview that he is "no longer a conservative".^[12] In recent years, he has vigorously defended Liberal Justin Trudeau, particularly in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin scandal.^[13]

In a 2012 interview in which he spoke in favor of the legalization of marijuana, Kerzner stated that the war on drugs was an impossible mistake and said vices such as liquor, gambling and smoking are only taxed because "they make us feel good".^[14]

Personal life

Kerzner married Liana Kerzner in 1999.^[1]