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Richard Appel graduated from Harvard Law School, clerked for Judge John Walker at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and prosecuted criminals for three years at the United States attorney's...
When starting out as a comedy writer, Appel recalled: "One reason I caught up to my contemporaries is that when I started to send out my scripts, the idea that I'd been on the Lampoon, even 8 or 10 years before, was a credential I could use."
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About. Johnathan Appel is a comedian and writer based in New York City. He knows that’s very generic. He is currently a writer for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. He’s won three Emmy’s for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series, a Peabody, and two Writers’ Guild Awards for Best Comedy/Variety Talk Series.
Background. Appel was born in New York City, New York and grew up in Wilmette, Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University. While at Harvard, he wrote for The Harvard Lampoon with Conan O'Brien and Greg Daniels. He originally worked as a lawyer. He began a career in television writing in 1994. Appel married author Mona Simpson in 1993.
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Johnathan Appel. Photo: Celia Bradley. Johnathan Appel ( @johnathanappel) is a comedian and writer based in New York City. His writing has been featured in The New Yorker and McSweeney’s....
Growing up in Wilmette, Illinois, Appel developed a love of comedy and dreamt of a career as a comedy writer; he attended Harvard University and wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. Following in his mother's footsteps Appel instead became a lawyer.
Nov 11, 2022 · With the film drawing immense praise from critics and viewers after its release on Roku, Appel has become a much hotter commodity in Hollywood, and Sony Pictures was the first to strike by hiring...
