David Javerbaum
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David Javerbaum | |
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Education | Harvard University (BA) New York University (MFA) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, lyricist |
Spouse | Debra Bard (m. 2002) |
David Adam Javerbaum
Work
Javerbaum was hired as a staff writer with
Javerbaum's other work includes serving as head writer and supervising producer for both Comedy Central's first-ever Comedy Awards and The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012, writing and producing the original musical-comedy pilot Browsers for Amazon in 2013, and writing three episodes for the 2011 relaunch of Beavis and Butt-Head. He wrote for the Late Show with David Letterman from 1998 to 1999.
Books
In addition to co-writing the two Daily Show books he is the sole author of three: the 2009 pregnancy satire What to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters; 2011's The Last Testament: A Memoir by God, in conjunction with which he created @TheTweetOfGod; and, also as "God", The Book of Pslams: 97 Divine Diatribes on Humanity's Total Failure, which was published in April 2022 by Simon & Schuster. He also co-authored Neil Patrick Harris's 2014 memoir, The Choose Your Own Autobiography of Neil Patrick Harris.
Javerbaum graduated from
"A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney," his humorous essay written for The New York Times, appeared in April 2012.[3]
Awards
Along with composer/co-librettist Robert S. Cohen, he wrote Suburb,[4] which was nominated for Outer Critics' Circle and Drama League awards for Best Off-Broadway Musical in 2001.
Personal life
Javerbaum is the son of Tema and Kenneth S. Javerbaum of Watchung, New Jersey. His mother is a former deputy New Jersey attorney general. His father is a founding partner in Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins P.C., a law firm in Springfield, New Jersey. Javerbaum grew up in a Jewish household, attending Congregation Beth El in South Orange, New Jersey.[5] He married Debra Bard in 2002.[6] Javerbaum grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey,[7] where he attended Columbia High School, graduating in 1989.[8]
He was a finalist on the 1988
References
- ^ "The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons Will Play the Almighty in An Act of God on Broadway". Broadway.com.
- ^ Holloway, Daniel (July 13, 2016). "Chuck Lorre-Kathy Bates Marijuana Comedy 'Disjointed' Ordered to Series by Netflix". Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ^ Javerbaum, David (March 31, 2012). "Opinion | A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "Suburb the Musical – History of Suburb the Musical". Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ Daniel, Jeremy (June 3, 2015). "How David Javerbaum Became Ghost Writer for God". The Jewish Forward. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "WEDDINGS; Debra Bard, David Javerbaum". New York Times. May 19, 2002. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ Meoli, Daria. "That’s Entertainment" Archived December 14, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Monthly, October 2005. Accessed December 26. "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart is still the best fake newscast on TV, thanks to Lawrenceville native Stewart and head writer and Maplewood native David Javerbaum."
- ^ Delo, Cotton. "'Daily Show' Writer Javerbaum Inducted into SOMS Hall of Fame: Maplewood native David Javerbaum graduated from SOMS in '85 and from CHS in '89.", MaplewoodPatch, September 28, 2009. Accessed August 3, 2019.
- ^ "J! Archive – David Javerbaum". j-archive.com.
External links
- David Javerbaum at IMDb
- David Javerbaum at the Internet Broadway Database
- David Javerbaum at the Internet Off-Broadway Database