I enjoyed reading this autobiography. Even if the name is not familiar the shows and comedians he has written for will be. My favorite part was the early days of SNL and his friendship with Gilda. The book will have you laughing and crying. It is well written and easy to read. Enjoy.

Alan Zweibel has worked with numerous comedy greats, and he covers a lot of ground in this funny memoir. It's fascinating to see someone keep pace with all the changes in comedy, from the Borscht Belt to SNL to Curb Your Enthusiasm. I especially enjoyed reading about It's The Gary Shandling Show, a program I LOVED as a kid and still have fond feelings for. This book is a must for comedy fans.

This was a great book to read in between all the thrillers I’ve been reading. It’s told through the eyes of one of the original SNL writers, a show I’ve watched consistently for decades. It was especially interesting hearing so much about Gilda Radner as she was before my time. Thank you to Netgalley and Abrams for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

Although I've been enjoying his writings since I was a little kid watching things that he wrote on the original Saturday Night Live, this is the first book I've read by Alan Zweibel.

When I saw that it was about his entire career as a comedy writer, I became excited to read it. In addition to SNL, I was also a huge fan of It's Gary Shandling's Show, which Alan co-created, produced and wrote for.

Because I was such a fan of those shows, I had a strong feeling I was going to enjoy this book. And I was right. In addition to learning a lot of things about those shows, I also loved reading stories about other very funny people that Alan has worked with or been friends with, including some of my personal favorites like Richard Lewis, Billy Crystal, and Larry Sanders. And there are a lot of other legendary comedians that Alan shares stories about. One of my favorites, without giving any of it away, involves an encounter that Alan had with Henny Youngman.

As I read the book, I found that I really enjoyed Alan Zweibel's voice as a storyteller, which inspired me to buy and start reading his novel, The Other Schulman, before I was even finished reading this book. I'm thoroughly enjoying that one too, but I'll save that for another review. As for this one, I thought it was very informative, entertaining, funny, and moving.

To say that I enjoyed Laugh Lines would be a very big understatement.

I loved this book. Loved, loved, loved, loved, loved this book.


*I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via Netgalley, in exchange for a fair review.

Interesting bio of a very funny guy. I enjoyed my glimpse into his world and would recommend the book.

For those of us who were fans of the glory years of Snl with Gilda Radner Chevy Chase Dan Akroyd this is a behind the scenes look at these days the author takes us behind bathe scenes shares with us his love for his best friend Gilda Radner.He takes us into the writers room where he helped write many of the iconic scripts.
Alan Zweibel started out with Billy Crystal ,Larry David as a comic Billy still one of his closest friends,.
This was a sweet open read about his career as a writer so many famous people who he
wrote with and for and his at times difficult relationship with Gary S handling while they worked on Garrys series
A terrific read for all fans of Snl and the group of comics who worked the circuit in those years that to the author were friends,& family,#netgalley#abramsbooks