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Alan Zweibel (born May 20, 1950) is an American producer and writer who has worked on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, Zweibel grew up in the New York City suburbs of Wantagh and Woodmere on Long Island. He graduated from George W. Hewlett High School in 1968 and The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 1972.
Upon graduation from college, Zweibel started writing for stand-up comedians who paid him seven dollars a joke. He later compiled over 1,100 of them into a portfolio which he showed to producer Lorne Michaels who then hired Zweibel to be one of the original writers of a new show called Saturday Night Live.
During his five years at SNL (1975–1980), Zweibel wrote many memorable sketches including the Samurai for John Belushi, and helped to create the characters of Roseanne Roseannadanna and Emily Litella, both played by Gilda Radner. In fact, on Weekend Update, Radner read letters supposedly from Richard Feder of Fort Lee, New Jersey who in real life was Zweibel's brother-in-law and did live in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American former television and radio host, comedian, writer, producer, and actor.
He hosted a late night television talk show for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late night talk show host in American television history. In 1996, David Letterman was ranked No. 45 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Letterman is also a television and film producer. His company, Worldwide Pants, produced his show and formerly produced The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Worldwide Pants has also produced several prime-time comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond, currently in syndication.
Late-night hosts Conan O'Brien (Letterman's successor on Late Night), and Jimmy Kimmel, cite Letterman's influence.
As part of the original writing team on Saturday Night Live, Alan Zweibel has carved himself out a place in comedy history. The Emmy Award-winner has left his mark on shows like Billy Crystal's 700 Sunday's, Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He sits down with Short to discuss his expansive and hilarious career. Recorded on November 16, 2015 at 92nd Street Y. Subscribe for more videos like this: http://bit.ly/1GpwawV Facebook: http://facebook.com/92ndStreetY Twitter: https://twitter.com/92Y Tumblr: http://92y.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://Instagram.com/92ndStreetY Vine: https://vine.co/92Y On Demand: http://www.92yondemand.org
Renowned comedy writer for "Saturday Night Live," "It's Garry Shandling's Show.," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and "700 Sundays", Alan Zweibel appears on "Late Show with David Letterman", to promote his Thurber Prize winning novel, "The Other Shulman". For more information, please visit www.alanzweibel.com
Renowned comedy writer for "Saturday Night Live," "It's Garry Shandling's Show.," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and "700 Sundays", Alan Zweibel appears on "Late Show with David Letterman", to read a selection from his Thurber Prize winning novel, "The Other Shulman". For more information, please visit www.alanzweibel.com
from the 'It's Erik Nagel' show: Comedy writer Alan Zweibel talks about writing for 'Saturday Night Live' 1975-80, the 1st episode of SNL, and breaking the rules of conventional comedy writing.
Alan Zweibel shares some touching stories about his relationship with comedian Gilda Radner. If you're interested in booking Alan Zweibel to speak at your next event, please contact Greater Talent Network, Inc. Visit us online at: http://www.greatertalent.com/AlanZweibel
Renowned comedy writer for "Saturday Night Live," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and "700 Sundays" Alan Zweibel performs "A History of Me" at the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Fesival. If you're interested in booking Alan Zweibel to speak at your next event, please contact Greater Talent Network, Inc. Visit us online at: http://www.greatertalent.com/AlanZweibel
In the first of a two part conversation, Alan Zweibel, SNL writer; "It's Garry Shandling's Show" writer and producer, talks about growing up with Rob and Laura Petrie and the influence that the "Dick Van Dyke Show" had on his career choices.
An original “Saturday Night Live” writer who the New York Times says has “earned a place in the pantheon of American pop culture,” Alan has won multiple Emmy, Writers Guild of America, and TV Critics awards for his work in television, which also includes “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” (which he co-created and produced), “Monk,” “PBS’s Great Performances,“ “The Late Show With David Letterman” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. A frequent guest on all of the late night talk shows, Alan’s theatrical contributions include his collaboration with Billy Crystal on the Tony Award winning play “700 Sundays”, Martin Short’s Broadway hit “Fame Becomes Me”, the off-Broadway plays “Happy”, “Between Cars”, “Pine Cone Moment”, and “Bunny Bunny – Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy” which he adapted f...
Catch the entire series at http://www.MyDamnChannel.com/CelebrityAutobiography Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mydamnchannel Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mydamnchannel Legendary comedy writer Alan Zweibel reads from "The Dirt" by Mötley Crüe alongside everyone's favorite TV mom, Florence Henderson