Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier - Alan Zweibel torrent

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, Humor
Language: EnglishKeywords: 1974-present Comedy Writing Television Theater
Written by Alan Zweibel
Read by Alan Zweibel
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release date: July 21, 2020
Duration: 08:11:00
Billy Crystal – author of intrductions
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 standups. 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, he went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows—from It’s Garry Shandling’s Show to Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Throughout Laugh Lines, Zweibel 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. The book also features a charming foreword from his friend of forty-five years, Billy Crystal, with whom he cowrote and coproduced the film Here Today starring Crystal and Tiffany Haddish. Laugh Lines is a warmhearted cultural memoir of American comedy.
“This memoir by comedy writer Zweibel includes all the elements of a polished routine: one-liners, funny stories, running gags, a bit of adults-only material, and general musings on the human condition. The best part is that Zweibel’s chosen persona a slightly oversize, thoroughly likable Jewish kid remains constant, so readers feel like they really get to know this nice guy, loyal friend, devoted family man, and talented writer. The chapters unfold chronologically, beginning with joke-writing submissions to a diminishing population of Catskills comedians, to his big break as a writer for a new show called Saturday Night Live, through a few disastrous crash-and-burn ventures, to his enormously successful collaborations and lifelong friendships with comedy luminaries Gary Shandling and Billy Crystal. Zweibel also chronicles his fervent (and, alas, unrequited) love for Gilda Radnor, a coconspirator and faithful, ever-goofy buddy. SNL fans will appreciate the cameos and references to iconic skits, and all readers will find plenty of new, behind-the-scenes details and celebrity anecdotes. This is a truly fun romp…”
Booklist, 2020


Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release date: July 21, 2020
Duration: 08:11:00

Billy Crystal – author of intrductions

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 standups. 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, he went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows—from It’s Garry Shandling’s Show to Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Throughout Laugh Lines, Zweibel 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. The book also features a charming foreword from his friend of forty-five years, Billy Crystal, with whom he cowrote and coproduced the film Here Today starring Crystal and Tiffany Haddish. Laugh Lines is a warmhearted cultural memoir of American comedy.

“This memoir by comedy writer Zweibel includes all the elements of a polished routine: one-liners, funny stories, running gags, a bit of adults-only material, and general musings on the human condition. The best part is that Zweibel’s chosen persona a slightly oversize, thoroughly likable Jewish kid remains constant, so readers feel like they really get to know this nice guy, loyal friend, devoted family man, and talented writer. The chapters unfold chronologically, beginning with joke-writing submissions to a diminishing population of Catskills comedians, to his big break as a writer for a new show called Saturday Night Live, through a few disastrous crash-and-burn ventures, to his enormously successful collaborations and lifelong friendships with comedy luminaries Gary Shandling and Billy Crystal. Zweibel also chronicles his fervent (and, alas, unrequited) love for Gilda Radnor, a coconspirator and faithful, ever-goofy buddy. SNL fans will appreciate the cameos and references to iconic skits, and all readers will find plenty of new, behind-the-scenes details and celebrity anecdotes. This is a truly fun romp…”
Booklist, 2020