Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier

by Alan Zweibel

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419735284
• ISBN13: 9781419735288
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"