E249 Alan Zweibel cut his comedic teeth in the Catskills writing jokes for comics in the Borscht Belt. He was one of the original Saturday Night Live writers (Zweibel wrote many of its memorable sketches, including the Samurai character for John Belushi and he helped to create the characters of Gilda Radner’s Roseanne Roseannadanna and Emily Litella). The 5x Emmy award winner was a co-creator of It’s Garry Shandling’s Show and a consulting producer on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He wrote a Tony Award-winning play, 700 Sundays, with his longtime friend Billy Crystal, won the Thurber Prize for American Humor for his novel The Other Shulman: A Novel, and most recently co-wrote Here Today (also with Billy Crystal) that stars Crystal and Tiffany Haddish. He’s written over a dozen books, hit television shows, and several movies.

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