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Alan Zweibel, an original Saturday Night Live writer and a producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm, talked at the Y's Funny People Series with Susie Essman on September 15, 2008, on the eve of the publication of his new book, Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories. In the audio excerpt above, he talks about his early writing career with Catskills comedians and selling the $7 joke.
The full program will be broadcast on the weekly From New York’s 92nd Street Y program in a new time slot this Sunday at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm, 9pm, 11pm and Monday at 3am EST on the SIRIUS XM STARS Channel. If you're not a subscriber, go to www.sirius.com/freetrial for a 3 day free trial.
You can also download the MP3. [2 MB]
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Upcoming: Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America with Amy Sedaris, Richard Belzer, Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon (Dec 7) and Calvin Trillin in Conversation with Garrison Keillor: Politics in Rhyme (Dec 22)
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