ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE

Who's Who in American Comedy

Andy Borowitz

While in college at Harvard, Borowitz was president of the Harvard Lampoon.Borowitz wrote for a number of TV series including Square Pegs and The Facts of Life. He is also credited with creating The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Later, he co-produced the film Pleasantville. ,

This clip is from a speech he gave discussing his writing career.


[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]