- Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and television personality best known as host of NBC's late-night talk/variety show "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". NBC has announced that O'Brien will take over for Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show" in 2009. - Andy Borowitz
Andy Borowitz (born January 4, 1958) is a comedian and satirist who won the first-ever National Press Club award for humor. His main outlet is his website, the Borowitz Report. - John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series ("Rabbit, Run"; "Rabbit Redux"; "Rabbit Is Rich"; "Rabbit At Rest"; and "Rabbit Remembered"). "Rabbit is Rich" and "Rabbit at Rest" both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, … - William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. - Robert Benchley
Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at the "Harvard Lampoon" while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for "Vanity Fair" and "The New Yorker", and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life, … - Simon Rich
Simon Rich (born 1984) is an American humorist, former president of The Harvard Lampoon. He is the son of "The New York Times" editorialist Frank Rich, and his work has appeared in "The New Yorker". He graduated from Harvard University in 2007. His first book, Ant Farm, was published by Random House in April 2007 and excerpts were printed in "The New Yorker"'s "Shouts and Murmurs" column. - Mike Reiss
Mike Reiss (born September 15, 1959 in Bristol, Connecticut) is an American television comedy writer. He attended Harvard University and was president of the Harvard Lampoon. He has frequently collaborated with his writing partner Al Jean as a writer for "National Lampoon magazine", "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson", and writers/producers for many episodes of "The Simpsons". In 1994, the duo created and executive produced "The Critic". - George Plimpton
George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 - September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, editor, and actor. - Al Jean
Al Jean (b. January 9, 1961 Farmington Hills, Michigan) is a television comedy writer best known for his work on "The Simpsons". He graduated from Harrison High School and attended Harvard University, where he majored in mathematics and wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. Prior to attending Harrison, Al Jean attended Roeper City & Country School, a school for gifted children in Bloomfield Hills, MI. - George Meyer
George Meyer is a producer and writer for "The Simpsons", and arguably the writer who has contributed the most to the show over its long run. In 2000, Meyer was called the "the funniest man behind the funniest show on TV" by "The New Yorker". - John Berendt
John Berendt (1939 -) is an American author, known for writing the best-selling non-fiction book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, " which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Berendt grew up in Syracuse, New York, where both of his parents were writers. As an English major at Harvard University, he worked on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. He graduated in 1961 and moved to New York City to pursue a journalism career. - Douglas Kenney
Douglas C. Kenney was an American writer who co-founded "National Lampoon" magazine in 1970. Kenney edited the magazine and wrote much of its early material (see). - Kristin Gore
Kristin C. Gore Cusack (born June 5, 1977) is an American author and television writer. She is the daughter of former Vice President Al Gore and of Tipper Gore. - B. J. Novak
Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979 in Newton, Massachusetts), better known as B. J. Novak, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer who plays the character of Ryan Howard on the NBC sitcom "The Office". Novak is also a writer and supervising producer for "The Office". He has written the episodes Diversity Day, Sexual Harassment, The Fire, Boys and Girls, Initiation, and Safety Training. - George Santayana
George Santayana (December 16, 1863, Madrid - September 26, 1952, Rome), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. A lifelong Spanish citizen, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States, invariably wrote in English, and is considered an American man of letters. He is perhaps best known for the oft-misquoted remark, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," from "Reason in Common Sense", … - Fred Gwynne
Frederick Hubbard Gwynne (July 10, 1926 - July 2, 1993) was a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall American actor, best known for starring in the television sitcoms "Car 54, Where Are You?" and "The Munsters". For his role as Herman Munster he had to wear 40 or 50 lb (20 kg) of padding, makeup and elevator shoes. Earlier he was in the cast of "The Phil Silvers Show" as a man of enormous appetite that Sgt. - James Murdoch
James Murdoch is the CEO of British Sky Broadcasting and younger son of billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. He was formerly an executive vice-president of News Corporation, the controlling shareholder of BSkyB, and served on the boards of directors of News Datacom and of News Corporation. With his wife Kathryn, née Hufschmid, he has two children. As a teenager James was regarded as the brightest of the Murdoch children, but was also considered something of a rebel. - Ian Frazier
Ian Frazier (b.1951 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American writer and humorist. In his nonfiction books such as "Great Plains", "Family", and "On the Rez", Frazier combines first-person narrative with in-depth research on topics including American history, Native Americans, and fishing and the outdoors. Frazier grew up in Hudson, Ohio, where he attended Western Reserve Academy,and later also attended Harvard University, … - Patricia Marx
Patricia Marx is an American humorist and writer. Her writing has appeared in the "The New York Times", "The New Yorker", "Vogue", and "The Atlantic Monthly". Marx is a former writer for "Saturday Night Live" and "Rugrats", and one of the first two women elected to the "Harvard Lampoon". She is the author of the 2007 novel, "Him Her Him Again The End of Him", … - Bill Oakley
Bill Oakley (born in 1966) is an American television writer, best known for his work on "The Simpsons". Along with his writing partner Josh Weinstein, Oakley was the executive producer and showrunner during the seventh and eighth seasons. Before serving as the show's executive producers, the pair were hired onto the writing staff during the fourth season. Together, the two wrote episodes such as "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". - Owen Wister
Owen Wister was an American writer of western novels. Owen Wister was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Owen Jones Wister, was a wealthy physician. His mother, Sarah Butler Wister, was the daughter of actress Fanny Kemble. He briefly attended schools in Switzerland and Britain, and later studied at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and Harvard University, … - David Sacks
David Sacks is a television writer and producer. His writing and producing credits include "The Simpsons", "3rd Rock From the Sun" (for which he won a Golden Globe), "Malcolm in the Middle", "Game Over", "The Tick" and "Murphy Brown". Born and raised in New York City, David Sacks attended Harvard College, graduating with a degree in Government in 1984. - David X. Cohen
David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. He has written for "The Simpsons", and he is the head writer and executive producer of "Futurama". - Jon Vitti
Jon Vitti is a writer who is most noted for his well-received scripts for the television series "The Simpsons". He has also written for the "King of the Hill" and "The Critic" series, and has served as a consultant for several animated movies, including "Ice Age" (2002) and "Robots" (2005). He is one of the eleven writers currently working on "The Simpsons Movie". - Jeff Martin
Jeff Martin was a writer for "The Simpsons" during the first four seasons. He attended Harvard University, where he wrote for "The Harvard Lampoon", as have many other Simpsons writers. He left along with most of the original staff in 1993, and has since written for several TV shows, such as "Homeboys in Outer Space". He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters. - Ken Keeler
Ken Keeler (Born 1961) is an American comic writer and producer. He has written for numerous TV series, most notably "The Simpsons" and "Futurama". - Richard Appel
Richard James Appel (b. May 21, 1963 in New York) is a writer and producer of TV-shows. A graduate of Harvard University and writer for the Harvard Lampoon, he left his job as a federal prosecutor to write full-time for "The Simpsons". Since then he has divided his time between writing and producing (see below). He is married to Mona Simpson, the biological sister of Apple Computer founder and CEO Steve Jobs. - Matt Warburton
Matt Warburton is an American television writer currently working on "The Simpsons". Current show runner Al Jean made a comment that since one episode placed Bart Simpson's birthday in 1980, that they now have a writer younger than Bart, that writer (as he later pointed out), was Warburton (although he was actually born in 1978). - David Javerbaum
David Javerbaum is an American comedy writer and the Executive Producer of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". Javerbaum worked at "The Late Show with David Letterman" for about one year starting in 1998, then moved to "The Daily Show" in 1999 where he worked as a staff writer until being promoted to Head Writer in 2002. In that capacity he has won seven Emmy Awards, … - Daniel Chun
Daniel Chun is an American comedy writer. He spent most of his youth in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. His parents came to America from Korea in 1974. He is the middle child of three boys. He graduated as salutatorian from Stroudsburg High School and went on to attend Harvard University. There, he became a writer for the Harvard Lampoon. He now writes for "The Simpsons", where he currently carries the title of producer. - William Gaddis
William Gaddis was an American novelist. He wrote five novels, two of which won National Book Awards. - Rachel Pulido
Rachel Pulido is a television writer. She has written for "The Simpsons" and "Mission Hill". She is married to "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> season 7 and 8 showrunner, and "Mission Hill" co-creator, Bill Oakley. They have a daughter and a son named James, who has participated in two "The Simpsons" DVD commentaries. She attended Harvard University and was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. - George W. S. Trow
George William Swift Trow Jr. (September 28, 1943 - November 24, 2006) was an essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for "The New Yorker" for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and books. He is best known for his essay "Within the Context of No Context", first published on November 17, 1980 and later released as a book. Trow was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. - John Reed
John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 - October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, "Ten Days that Shook the World". He was the husband of the writer and feminist Louise Bryant. Reed and Bryant were the subjects of the film "Reds" (1981), directed by Warren Beatty. - Ernest Thayer
Ernest Lawrence Thayer was an American writer and poet who wrote "Casey at the Bat". Thayer was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and raised in Worcester. He graduated "magna cum laude" in philosophy from Harvard in 1885, where he was editor of the "Harvard Lampoon". Its business manager, William Randolph Hearst hired Thayer as humour columnist for the "San Francisco Examiner" 1886-88. - John Aboud
John Aboud III is a writer and comedian. With Michael Colton, he is a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows. In February 2000, the two founded Modern Humorist, an entertainment company based in Brooklyn, NY best known for its online magazine. Prior to the creation of Modern Humorist, Aboud worked as a freelance writer for magazines and Web sites. In 1996, he was among the first copywriters at Grey Advertising's online division. - Cass Sunstein
I'm writing to say that I've just accepted an appointment at Harvard Law School. It is an understatement to say that I don't take this step easily or lightly. As most of you know, I've been reflecting on this question for several years. I finally decided, for personal reasons , that I need a change. - Josh Lieb
Josh Lieb is a television writer. He wrote 27 episodes of "NewsRadio" and one episode of "The Simpsons". He was married to Rebecca Rand Kirshner, a fellow television writer and fellow member of the Harvard Lampoon. - Marty Kaplan
Marty Kaplan is Associate Dean for Programs and Planning of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of entertainment. He is on the faculty advisory council of USC Center on Public Diplomacy. He hosted the radio show "So What Else is News?" on Air America Radio until September 4, 2005. He has worked as speechwriter and deputy campaign manager for Vice President Walter Mondale, … - Richard Connell
Richard Connell, Jr. (October 17, 1893 - November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time, and his stories appeared in the "Saturday Evening Post" and "Collier's Weekly". Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter.
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