Alan Zweibel

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Alan Zweibel (born 1950) is a producer and writer on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.

Born in Brooklyn, Alan Zweibel grew up in Woodmere, New York and graduated from George W. Hewlett High School in 1968 and The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 1972.

He co-wrote the movie Dragnet and articles for magazines such as Mad, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and Esquire.[1], [2] He has written several books including North (which became a movie), Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radner – A Sort of Love Story (about to become a feature film for HBO films), the children’s book Our Tree Named Steve and the novel The Other Shulman.[3]

His work has also appeared on Broadway or Off Broadway. His collaboration with Billy Crystal, 700 Sundays, won a Tony Award. Between Cars, Comic Dialogue, Happy and Bunny Bunny were all produced Off Broadway.

On SNL, he helped to create the characters of Roseanne Roseannadanna and Emily Litella, both played by Gilda Radner. In fact, on Weekend Update, Radner read letters from Richard Feder who in real life is Zweibel's brother-in-law and does in fact live in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[4]

Zweibel has won 5 Emmies, 6 Ace Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards.[5] In November 2006, he won the Thurber Prize for American Humor for his novel The Other Shulman. [6]

  1. ^ The Story of Us: Alan Zwiebel, accessed October 3, 2006
  2. ^ http://www.alanzweibel.com/about.htm
  3. ^ http://www.alanzweibel.com/about.htm
  4. ^ Once again, Ft. Lee is writer's fodder, The Record (Bergen County), July 8, 2005
  5. ^ Author/Screenwriter/TV Writer/Playwright/All-Around Great Guy, accessed December 17, 2006
  6. ^ 'SNL' Alum Alan Zweibel Wins Thurber Prize, The Book Standard, November 07, 2006

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