Laugh lines : my life helping funny people be funnier : a cultural memoir
(Book - Regular Print)

An Emmy Award-winning original Saturday Night Live writer draws on personal memories and interviews with such contemporaries as Eric Idle and Dave Barry in a cultural memoir that includes discussions of the creative process behind classic skits.

Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. One night he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at Saturday Night Live, where he penned classic material for the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. He went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows. Here Zweibel weaves together his own stories and interviews with his friends and contemporaries to create a warmhearted cultural memoir of American comedy. -- adapted from jacket