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David Steinberg CM (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and mid 1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States.
In 1982 Steinberg made his directorial debut with the feature Paternity (1981) and, the following year, his TV directorial debut with an episode of Newhart (1982). In the 90s, he became the executive producer of the popular CBS-TV Designing Women (1986) and continued to direct.
Comedian David Steinberg, born in 1942, grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. He left home to attend the University of Chicago. The family moved to Chicago when he was a teen. It was there that he saw a performance by the Second City Chicago Troupe and it changed the course of his life.
Jul 14, 2021 · As a stand-up and on television appearances, the former rabbinical student, now 78, belonged to a generation that pushed stand-up away from mother-in-law and airline-food jokes to something...
Showtime’s “Inside Comedy”. Photos. Scrapbook. Biography. Info & Connect. Recently, The New York Times called David Steinberg “a comic institution himself”. A legendary comedian of the 60′s through the 80′s, David is now regarded as.
Feb 1, 2014 · Legendary comedian David Steinberg is the subject of a new Showtime documentary called Quality Balls. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Steinberg, whose controversial routine was responsible for...
Jun 16, 2021 · Older readers will remember David Steinberg, one of the best-known comics of the 1960s and ’70s, from his appearances on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (contributing to the show’s cancelation) and his more than ten dozen appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
