Saturday Night Live funnyman Alan Zweibel talks about his career and weaves together his own stories and interviews with his friends and contemporaries, including Richard Lewis, Eric Idle, Bob Saget, Mike Birbiglia, Sarah Silverman, Judd Apatow, Dave Barry, Carl Reiner, and more. Zweibel has won multiple Emmy and Writers Guild of America awards for his work in television, but started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. As one of the first writers at SNL, he penned classic material for Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and all of the original "Not Ready for Prime Time Players." From SNL, he went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows, including It's Garry Shandling's Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In Laugh Lines, Zweibel weaves together his own stories and interviews with his friends and contemporaries, touting such celebrities as Richard Lewis, Eric Idle, Bob Saget, Mike Birbiglia, Sarah Silverman, Judd Apatow, Dave Barry, Carl Reiner, and more.
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Alan Zweibel is an original Saturday Night Live writer who has won multiple Emmy and Writers Guild of America awards for his work in television. 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. His greatest accomplishment however is the family he has co-produced with his wife Robin — three children and five grandchildren.