Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier Mohammed El-Kurd from trying out for the

from trying out for the Unicorn Club's cheering squad

and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today

her housekeeper Mavis

Ashton is worried his career is dead as well

Largehearted Boy

Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier Mohammed El-Kurd from trying out for theWith his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, one of the first writers for Saturday Night Live traces the history of American comedy. Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at Saturday Night Live, where he penned classic material for