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Laugh Lines

Laugh Lines

My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier

by Alan Zweibel
Paperback
Publication Date: 19/08/2021

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With his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, Alan Zweibel traces the history of American comedy

Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt stand-ups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at Saturday Night Live, where he penned classic material for Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and all of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players. From SNL, Zweibel went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows--from It's Garry Shandling's Showto Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In Laugh Lines, Zweibel weaves together the stories of his influential career, from writing for a generation of Jackies and Mortys and Dickies to meeting Gilda while hiding behind a potted plant. He goes deep into the origins of famous SNLsketches, as well as how the show evolved in the wake of meteoric success, and the projects-not all of them so enduring-that followed. And Zweibel writes tenderly about his friendships-with Shandling, Billy Crystal, Larry David, and others. Woven throughout are also words from other comedians and writers, including Richard Lewis, Eric Idle, Judd Apatow, Dave Barry, Carl Reiner, Mike Birbiglia, Sarah Silverman, and more. This is a warmhearted cultural memoir from a talented, award-winning writer.

ISBN:
9781419735356
9781419735356
Category:
Television
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
19-08-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Abrams, Inc.
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
210x140x19mm
Weight:
0.32kg
Alan Zweibel

Alan Zweibel is an original Saturday Night Live writer who has won multiple Emmy and Writers Guild of America awards for his work in televi-ion. He also collaborated with Billy Crystal on the Tony Award-winning Broadway play 700 Sundays and won the Thurber Prize for American Humor for his novel The Other Shulman.

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