[Fredslist] Don't forget to sign up for the May book event featuring Alan Zweibel.

[Norman Spizz]

Thursday May 27 6PM

Join us as we feature feature comedy Writer Alan Zweibel who will talk about
his book and answer your questions. To fully enjoy this event  I suggest
that you read his book beforehand, You can get it on Amazon directly or
through a link on website alanzweibel.com. Sign up at
http://evite.me/4TJHHTktVV

 

 



 

Alan Zweibel

 

An original "Saturday Night Live" writer, Alan has won five Emmy Awards for
his work in television, which also includes "It's Garry Shandling's Show"
(which he co-created and produced)  "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",
and six off-Broadway plays including  "Bunny Bunny - Gilda Radner: A Sort of
Romantic Comedy" which he adapted from his best-selling book. 

 

All told, Alan has written eleven books including the 2006 Thurber Prize
winning novel "The Other Shulman", the popular children's book "Our Tree
Named Steve",  and a parody of the Haggadah titled "For This We Left Egypt?"
that he wrote with Dave Barry and Adam Mansbach.

 

Alan's humor has also appeared in such diverse publications as The New
Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Op-Ed page, The
Huffington Post and MAD Magazine.  He has also penned a best selling e-book
titled  "From My Bottom Drawer.  

 

The co-writer of the screenplays for the films "Dragnet",  "North", and "The
Story of Us", Alan has received an honorary PhD. from the State University
of New York and because of the diversity of his body or work, in 2010 the
Writers Guild of America, East gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award. 

 

In addition to the talk shows, Alan's also appeared in episodes of "Curb
Your Enthusiasm" and "Law & Order", and can be seen in the documentary "The
Last Laugh" about humor and the Holocaust; Judd Apatow's "Zen Diaries of
Garry Shandling," on HBO, "Gilbert" about the life of Gilbert Gottfried as
well as the Emmy nominated CNN documentary he executive produced titled
"Love, Gilda" 

 

Alan is currently preparing  "Bunny Bunny" for a return to the New York
stage, his cultural memoir titled "Laugh Lines - My Life Helping Funny
People Be Funnier" was recently published by Abrams Books and a movie he
co-wrote with Billy Crystal titled "Here Today" that stars Crystal and
Tiffany Haddish will be released later this year.  

 

 

Alanzweibel.com

 

 



 

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