Alan Zweibel

ALAN ZWEIBEL began his comedy career selling jokes for $7 apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups and went on to become one of the original Saturday Night Live writers, penning material for Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and all of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players. From SNL, he went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows – from It’s Garry Shandling’s Show to Curb Your Enthusiasm. Zweibel has won multiple Emmy and Writers Guild of America awards for his work in television, and he collaborated with Billy Crystal on the Tony Award-winning Broadway play 700 Sundays. His recent work includes co-writing and co-producing the upcoming film Here Today, starring Crystal and Tiffany Haddish. Zweibel’s novel The Other Shulman was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

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