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Alan Zweibel in Conversation with Martin Short

Join two comedic giants as they discuss their recent books and share stories from their incredible careers.

A book selling and signing follows the program.

Alan Zweibel is an original “Saturday Night Live” writer whom The New York Times says has “earned a place in the pantheon of American pop culture.” Zweibel has won multiple Emmy, Writers Guild of America and TV Critics awards for his work in television. A frequent guest on 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 the off-Broadway play Bunny Bunny – Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy, which he adapted from his bestselling book. His television credits include “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” (co-created) and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

He is the author of the Thurber Prize winning novel The Other Shulman and most recently (with Adam Mansbach) a hilarious book for middle school children entitled, Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My… Zweibel’s humor has also appeared in such diverse publications as The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Huffington Post and MAD Magazine.

Martin Short is an Emmy and Tony award-winner who has appeared in such classic comic movies as Three Amigos and Father of the Bride. Short has starred in a number of television shows, including “The Martin Short Show” and its iterations (1994-2000), and “Primetime Glick” (2001-2003) on Comedy Central. Since the early 2000s, Short has played recurring characters on “How I Met Your Mother,” “Weeds” and “Arrested Development,” and was nominated for an Emmy for his work in an uncharacteristic straight role on “Damages.” He has performed frequently on Broadway, winning a Tony in 1999 for Best Actor in A Musical for Little Me, and winning raves for his work in The Goodbye Girl and his revue Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He has provided his voice for a number of animated films, and has appeared hundreds of times on talk shows, from Conan to Letterman to Ellen to Fallon to Kimmel to Leno.

Martin Short’s recently published memoir is entitled, I Must Say … My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend.











When: Mon., Nov. 16, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $40
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Join two comedic giants as they discuss their recent books and share stories from their incredible careers.

A book selling and signing follows the program.

Alan Zweibel is an original “Saturday Night Live” writer whom The New York Times says has “earned a place in the pantheon of American pop culture.” Zweibel has won multiple Emmy, Writers Guild of America and TV Critics awards for his work in television. A frequent guest on 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 the off-Broadway play Bunny Bunny – Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy, which he adapted from his bestselling book. His television credits include “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” (co-created) and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

He is the author of the Thurber Prize winning novel The Other Shulman and most recently (with Adam Mansbach) a hilarious book for middle school children entitled, Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My… Zweibel’s humor has also appeared in such diverse publications as The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Huffington Post and MAD Magazine.

Martin Short is an Emmy and Tony award-winner who has appeared in such classic comic movies as Three Amigos and Father of the Bride. Short has starred in a number of television shows, including “The Martin Short Show” and its iterations (1994-2000), and “Primetime Glick” (2001-2003) on Comedy Central. Since the early 2000s, Short has played recurring characters on “How I Met Your Mother,” “Weeds” and “Arrested Development,” and was nominated for an Emmy for his work in an uncharacteristic straight role on “Damages.” He has performed frequently on Broadway, winning a Tony in 1999 for Best Actor in A Musical for Little Me, and winning raves for his work in The Goodbye Girl and his revue Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He has provided his voice for a number of animated films, and has appeared hundreds of times on talk shows, from Conan to Letterman to Ellen to Fallon to Kimmel to Leno.

Martin Short’s recently published memoir is entitled, I Must Say … My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend.

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