My father moved out of the house when I was ten and I started writing to make my mom laugh.
She was depressed a lot, so I tried to cheer her up with wishful thinking banged out on a loudly humming Selectric.
My writing since has all come from the same place: The need to take the edge off what life can throw at us while staying true to how absurd and strange it can be.
I’ve written comedy for magazines, the stage, the movies, books, and basic cable, which is a great place to do a lot of different things while preserving your anonymity.
While I enjoy collaboration, writing for me is often a solitary act, something that happens between me and the paper or the screen. And every now and then I get that feeling I first got when I was ten: The moment of joy that comes from being surprised by a discovery, when reality gives way, if only for a moment, to imagination.
People I’ve Written Comedy For (partial list, in no particular order): Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Ben Affleck, Michael Moore, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Steve Buscemi, Carol Kane, Tracey Morgan, Jason Alexander, Kristen Bell, Jane Lynch, Melora Hardin, Blake Shelton, Ben Stiller, John Larroquette, Amy Poehler, Tony Hale, Richard Curtis, Oscar Nunez, Adam McCay, Tracy Morgan, Arturo Castro
Selected Credits
| Executive Producer / Writer | Alternatino with Arturo Castro | Comedy Central |
| Executive Producer / Writer | Teachers | TV Land |
| Executive Producer / Writer | Key & Peele | Comedy Central |
| Head Writer | Red Nose Day Special | NBC |
| Author | Channel Blue | Head of Zeus |
| Writer | Get Hard | Warner Bros. |
| Full CV |
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