Alan Zweibel is the prolific writer of Emmy-winning TV shows (“Saturday Night Live”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show”) and a Thurber Prize-winning novel (“The Other Schulman”). He offers a great exercise he used to teach himself how to write dialog – and advice on how to get started as a comedy writer – in this exclusive interview for The Other Network Writers Room audio series.
Comedy, Creative Process, Video
Alan Zweibel on Comedy Writing and Writing Comedy

Alan Zweibel is the prolific writer of Emmy-winning TV shows (“Saturday Night Live”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show”) and a Thurber Prize-winning novel (“The Other Schulman”). He offers a great exercise he used to teach himself how to write dialog – and advice on how to get started as a comedy writer – in this exclusive interview for The Other Network Writers Room audio series.
Dear Alan,
I actually thought this was free comedy writing material that you were promoting on linkedin! If you go to my profile page on linkedin you will see among seven other blogs How to write an article. I am not a novice to writing having written tons of stuff including a lot of comedy. Please read it for free!
Have a good Shabbos!
All the best,
Chawnaw Hershel Kahn