Alan Zweibel
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Oct 26, 2026
Tony KornheiserHOST
And back in 2012, I was invited by the head of the cable channel IFC to attend Saturday Night Live.
Tony KornheiserHOST
They brought us to our reserved seats, and there in the adjacent seat was Alan Zweibel.
Tony KornheiserHOST
As accomplished a man as he is, he's not necessarily a household face, but I knew him on sight and exclaimed, Alan Zweibel! He looked at me curiously and I explained that while he didn't know me, I knew who he was.
Tony KornheiserHOST
I introduced him to the head of IFC and then the four of us, including to the woman to whom Alan is related by marriage, had a wonderful conversation, which was mainly Alan telling stories and us listening.
Tony KornheiserHOST
Because when you're with Alan Zweibel, he's the one you want to be talking.
Tony KornheiserHOST
That's two and counting.
Tony KornheiserHOST
If available, I'd like to be considered for the position of official text chain also ran of the Tony Kornheiser show.
Tony KornheiserHOST
It was very nice.
Tony KornheiserHOST
On this text chain, by the way, Doug Alden and the brilliant Alan Zweibel, who created, you know, again, you have to be of a certain age, but he created Roseanne Rosanna Dana and Emily Lutella and stuff like that.
Tony KornheiserHOST
And he's brilliant.
Tony KornheiserHOST
And as a high school graduate, Hewlett High School is younger than I, and it's great to see him.
Matt WilsteinHOST
Yeah, you can move on with your life.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
Yeah, but I will say, to Larry's credit, even at that point, for a guy who didn't want to book about him, Larry has such loyalty with his friends, and it goes both ways.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And so Alan had obviously emailed Larry
Matt WilsteinHOST
in advance to say, is it okay if I talk with this guy? And Larry said,
Mark SimoneHOST
But we'll get to the real polls coming up, so stay tuned for that.
Mark SimoneHOST
And when we come back, we'll talk to the brilliant writer, producer, Alan Zweibel.
Mark SimoneHOST
He's got a show coming to Broadway you're going to be very interested in.
Mark SimoneHOST
We'll get to that next on 710WOR.
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Well, Alan Zweibel, one of the great
Mark SimoneHOST
comedy writers in the world.
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Well, Alan Zweibel, one of the great
Mark SimoneHOST
comedy writers in the world, a playwright, author, but he should get his book, Laugh Lines, Story of His Career.
Mark SimoneHOST
Very good book.
Mark SimoneHOST
A lot of great stories in there.
Mark SimoneHOST
Laugh Lines.
Mark SimoneHOST
Follow Alan Zweibel on Twitter and Instagram and all that stuff.
Mark SimoneHOST
Alan Zweibel, how you doing?
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And along the way, I started reaching out to people.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And at least it got to the point where Larry, you know, I talked to Alan Zweibel.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
He's an old friend, a comedy legend.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And he obviously would, like, you might have contacted Larry to see if it's okay to talk to me.
35 MINS LATER
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
One was a pilot for Gilbert Gottfried, and the one was this one, which was his first ever...
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
I don't know what to say, because it's not a writing credit, because it was for It's Gary Shandling Show.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
Alan Zweibel, who co-created it, hired Larry.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
But Larry's name's not on the credit because Larry worked remotely from New York and he wrote the episode.
Mark SimoneHOST
But we'll get to the real polls coming up, so stay tuned for that.
Mark SimoneHOST
And when we come back, we'll talk to the brilliant writer, producer, Alan Zweibel.
Mark SimoneHOST
He's got a show coming to Broadway you're going to be very interested in.
Mark SimoneHOST
We'll get to that next on 710WOR.
14 MINS LATER
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Yes, it was billowing.
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Absolutely.
Mark SimoneHOST
Well, anyway, Alan Zweibel, they don't make writers like you anymore.
Mark SimoneHOST
You know, we had these legendary great writers.
Mark SimoneHOST
But we'll get to the real polls coming up, so stay tuned for that.
Mark SimoneHOST
And when we come back, we'll talk to the brilliant writer, producer, Alan Zweibel.
Mark SimoneHOST
He's got a show coming to Broadway you're going to be very interested in.
Mark SimoneHOST
We'll get to that next on 710WOR.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
Meanwhile, I'm starting talking to people.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And at least it gets Jeff still working on him and at least gets to the point where when I'm speaking to someone like Alan Zweibel, who's a comedy legend in his own right and one of Larry's closest friends, you know, these people would say to Larry, like, hey, this guy Blake wants to talk to me.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
Is that OK? And Larry would be like, do whatever you want.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
So he didn't shut it down.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
So I give him credit like he could have said, please don't talk to him.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
Yes.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And then eventually when I was talking to Alan Zweibel, the flash forward, this is August of 2020.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
So seven months later.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And along the way, I started reaching out to people.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And at least it got to the point where Larry, you know, I talked to Alan Zweibel.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
He's an old friend, a comedy legend.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
And he obviously would, like, you might have contacted Larry to see if it's okay to talk to me.
35 MINS LATER
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
One was a pilot for Gilbert Gottfried, and then one was this one, which was his first ever...
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
I don't know what to say, because it's not a writing credit, because it was for It's Gary Shandling Show.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
Alan Zweibel, who co-created it, hired Larry.
Blake J. HarrisGUEST
But Larry's name's not on the credit.
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