Books written by Alan Zweibel

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o T H E R B o o K S B Y D A V E B A R R Y F I C T i O N The Bridge to Never Land (with Ridley Pearson) Peter and the Sword of Mercy (with Ridley Pearson) Science Fair (with Ridley Pearson) Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (with Ridley ...
Outstanding Short Plays

Inside of it was this ball, and a note which said, “Yes, I remember. ... Because I don't know exactly how much it was worth your getting me and my Dad back together again but, as far as I'm concerned, I'm the one who got the bargain.
Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories

That experience is only one of the hysterically inspired anecdotes (“Comic Dialogue”) in this quirky compilation.
Roseanne Roseannadanna's "Hey, Get Back to Work!" Book

Star Tracks Ryan's Hope No , Ryan O'Neal , 37 , is not showing Roseanne Roseannadanna , 31 , how good he was in “ Love Story " with Ali McGraw , 39. What Tatum's dad is pointing to are the photogs that were snapping pictures of R.
A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them...and Much More....

A Jewish fellow, Schwartz, buys a house right next door to Rockefeller—a nearly identical house. What's more, he hires the same gardener and buys the same car. One day Rockefeller sees Schwartz coming out of his house, and he says, ...
The Other Shulman: A Novel

I wanted to have mine and it made me cringe every time my mom would tell me how much she liked Bobby Stewart.” “Who's Bobby Stewart?” “That's what she used to call Rod Stewart.” “Why?” “I'm not sure,” Paula answered while still ...
Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier

... we got no nibbles from Scarlett Johannsen, Kate McKinnon, or Amy Schumer. Emma Stone's manager wouldn't even give it to her to read. We did more drafts. Made Emma a street singer with recording contract aspirations. And funnier.
Benjamin Franklin: You've Got Mail

In this hilarious sequel to Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My . . . , Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel take Ike and B-Freezy's antics to the next level as this ill-paired (and sometimes actually ill) duo hold the future of the world in their ...
Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in my...

You are Dead. Why am I writing a letter to Some dead guy I've never even met? This is the start to a most unlikely pen pal relationship between thirteen-year-old Franklin Isaac Saturday (Ike) and Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin: You've Got Mail

In this hilarious sequel to Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My . . . , Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel take Ike and B-Freezy's antics to the next level as this ill-paired (and sometimes actually ill) duo hold the future of the world in their ...
Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in my...

In the midst of adjusting to middle school and having a girlfriend, Franklin "Ike" Saturday's life becomes even more complicated when he writes a letter to Benjamin Franklin as an extra-credit assignment and gets a reply, beginning a ...
For This We Left Egypt?: A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them

A hilarious parody of the Passover Haggadah from three award-winning comedy writers.
Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in my...

You are Dead. Why am I writing a letter to Some dead guy I've never even met? This is the start to a most unlikely pen pal relationship between thirteen-year-old Franklin Isaac Saturday (Ike) and Benjamin Franklin.
North

Unmarked typescript, dated Second Draft Rev. 02/01/93.
Lunatics

An uproarious tale told in alternating voices and co-written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and an Emmy Award-winning original Saturday Night Live writer follows the stories of a pet shop owner and a curmudgeon who find themselves on ...
Laugh Lines: Forty Years Trying to Make Funny People Funnier

In Laugh Lines, Zweibel takes readers through his 40-year career in the comedy-writing business and charts the story of American comedy over the decades.
From the Bottom Drawer of Alan Zweibel: The Prize, the Ride Home, Sexting with Alan Dershowitz

" The co-writer of the screenplays for the films "Dragnet," "North," and "The Story of Us," Alan recently received an honorary PhD. from the State University of New York and in 2010 the Writers Guild, East gave him a Lifetime Achievement ...
Lunatics

Philip Horkman is a happy man, the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for a local kids’ soccer league.
Our Tree Named Steve

With a surprising lack of anthropomorphizing, this is a uniquely poignant celebration of fatherhood, families, love, and change.
Bunny, Bunny: Gilda Radner, a Sort of Romantic Comedy

The script to the touching and funny play by Alan Zweibel about his relationship with famed comiedienne Gilda Radner.