David Javerbaum is an American comedy writer and the executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production The Daily Show (known in its current incarnation as The Daily Show He was hired as a staff writer there in 1999, promoted to head writer in 2002 and attained his current position at the end of 2006, winning eight Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards and Television Critics Association Awards for both Best Comedy and Best News Show. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover Television He was also one of the three principal authors of the show's textbook parody America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which sold 2. America (The Book A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a 2004 non-fiction Bestseller written by Jon Stewart and other writers of 6 million copies and won the 2005 Thurber Prize for American Humor. The Thurber Prize for American Humor, named after American Humorist James Thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in Humor writing
Javerbaum is an alumnus of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University (NYU He graduated Harvard University where he wrote for the humor magazine The Harvard Lampoon and served as lyricist and co-bookwriter for two productions of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The Harvard Lampoon is an Undergraduate humor publication and social organization founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, known informally simply as The Pudding, is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its Burlesque Later, he spent three years writing for the satirical newspaper and website The Onion, including numerous articles for its best-selling book Our Dumb Century, which also won the Thurber Prize. For the vegetable see Onion. The Onion is an American " fake news " organization Our Dumb Century The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source is a satirical humor book written by the staff of The Onion He wrote for The Late Show with David Letterman from 1998-9. The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS
He is also a musical-theater librettist and lyricist who is co-songwriter (along with Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne) of the adaptation of John Waters' Cry-Baby which opened on Broadway on April 24, 2008 and was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score. Fountains of Wayne is an American Power pop rock band formed in 1996 and known for such singles as "Radiation Vibe" and " Stacy's Mom Cry-Baby ( 1990) is a teen Musical film directed by John Waters. He was the lyricist and co-bookwriter of Suburb, was nominated for Outer Critics' Circle and Drama League awards for Best Off-Broadway Musical in 2001. He won the $100,000 Ed Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyrics in 2005.
He was a finalist on Jeopardy!'s 1988 Teen Tournament and its 1998 Teen Reunion Tournament. The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are primarily
Javerbaum grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey[1], where he attended Columbia High School. Maplewood is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Columbia High School is a four-year comprehensive regional Public high school located at 17 Parker Avenue in Maplewood New Jersey, that serves students in grades
References
- ^ Meoli, Daria. "That’s Entertainment", New Jersey Monthly, October 2005. New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey. Accessed December 26. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. "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. "
External links
- David Javerbaum at the Internet Movie Database
- David Javerbaum at TV.com
- Suburb, the Musical Official Web Site
| Preceded by Mitch Epner |
Jeopardy! Teen Tournament first runner-up 1988 |
Succeeded by Stanley Wu |
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