Alan Zweibel: 10 books
From the Bottom Drawer of: Alan Zweibel
The Prize, The Ride Home, Sexting with Alan Dershowitz
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Alan Zweibel dusts off some hilarious material written years ago that stand the test of time. An original Saturday Night Live writer, award winning author and playwright, Zweibel releases three never before published short stories: ''The Prize'', ''The Ride Home'', and ''Sexting with Alan Dershowitz''...
From My Bottom Drawer, Vol. II
I'm a What? - Livingston - Grave Discussion
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Alan Zweibel is back with more hilarious stories pulled out of his bottom drawer. An original Saturday Night Live writer, award winning author and playwright, Zweibel offers up three morsels of humor: “I’m a What?”, “Livingston”, and “Grave Discussion” the latter of which the Huffington...
Clothing Optional
And Other Ways to Read These Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
“Garry, it’s Alan. Look, I’m calling because I just felt the need to tell someone that I’m forty-four years old, and about an hour ago, for the first time in my life, I put suntan lotion on my ass. I’ll explain later. Bye.”
In Clothing Optional, Alan Zweibel offers a collection...
Bunny Bunny
Gilda Radner: A Sort of Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
In a series of funny, tender, and touching dialogues, former Saturday Night Live writer Zweibel recalls his buddy-and-almost-lover friendship with SNL actress Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer. Zweibel claims he “merely scribbled the dialogues playing in my head ” and, indeed, these recreated...
For This We Left Egypt?
A Passover Haggadah for Jews and Those Who Love Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The book you hold before you is no ordinary Haggadah. If you’ve ever suffered through a Seder, you’re well aware of the fact that the entire evening can last as long as the exodus from Egypt itself. There are countless stories, dozens of blessings, and far too many handwashings while the meal...
by Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
If the Future has any remedy for this situation, do not hesitate to provide it. That is to say, Ike and Claire Wanzandae, HELP! HELP HELP HELP. I am (perhaps not for long), Benjamin Franklin Ike Saturday has seen better days. For one thing, his pen pal, Benjamin Franklin (yes, that Benjamin Franklin),...
A Field Guide to the Jewish People
Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them…and Much More. Maybe Too Much More
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
Why do random Jewish holidays keep springing up unexpectedly? Why are yarmulkes round? Who was the first Jewish comedian? What's "Christian humor" and have you ever even heard of that phrase? Who is "the Golem" and whom do you want it to beat up?
These baffling questions and many more are answered...
by Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
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. Jeffrey Peckerman is the proud and loving father of a star athlete in the girls’ ten-and-under soccer league, and he’s not exactly happy with the ref.
The...
The Other Shulman
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Shulman, a chubby, middle-aged stationery-store owner from New Jersey, has always claimed that he’s been gaining and losing the same thirty-five pounds since junior high–and that if you added all of that discarded weight together, he had lost an entire person. Another Shulman. A Shulman he never...
by Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Dear Mr. Franklin, First of all, let me just say that this Assignment is Stupid. 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. Before...