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Janis Hirsch (born c. 1950) is a comedy writer best known for producing and writing for television series, including Frasier, Will & Grace, My Wife and Kids, Anything But Love, LA Law, The Nanny, Til Death, Square Pegs, the National Lampoon Show, Murphy Brown, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
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janis hirsch young photos janis hirsch bio easy street janis hirsch national lampoon act ii Janis Hirsch (born c. 1950) is a comedy writer best known for producing and writing for television series, including Frasier, Will & Grace, My Wife and Kids, Anything But Love, LA Law, The Nanny, Til Death, Square Pegs, the National Lampoon Show, Murphy Brown, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Oct 8, 2015 · Interview with comedy writer and producer Janis Hirsch, telling us about her time working (not as a writer) for the National Lampoon.
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Though she’d never visited the Sunshine State before moving to Rollins, Hirsch found that the college’s size and strong theatre programsuited her well. Of course, there were a few false starts. “I was a pinball, trying this and that,” she says. And despite feeling that her Northern Jewish roots made it hard for her to connect with some students who...
Following graduation, Hirsch flung herself toward the entertainment business, not getting very far at first, but having funny encounters along the periphery. One of her early jobs was working for a woman, who by then was known as the world’s oldest stripper. Nonetheless, the woman managed a legitimate and profitable theater in Massachusetts that pr...
Twenty-five years after that dismissal, Hirsch believes female comedy writers still face barriers, though acceptance is greater. She works with female writers in Los Angeles to help shape their proposals for possible TV series. She hopes that bringing more women into her field will make it more likely to create enduring shows like Murphy Brown, whi...
These days, Hirsch is writing the book for a musical, developing a TV pilot with another former Lampoon editor, pitching a screenplay, and working on a memoir. She also volunteers with Faith in America, a group that works with parents and religious leaders to ease acceptance of children who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. It was started...
Aug 16, 2018 · Janis Hirsch, who endured her own #MeToo moment on 'It's Garry Shandling's Show,' advises misbehaving men to apologize and own their blame: "I bullied you because my ego is as fragile as...
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Oct 18, 2017 · Janis Hirsch was asked to quit after an actor put his genitalia on her shoulder when she wasn’t looking.
The television and film writer, producer, and author Janis Hirsch '72 '15H encourages graduates to make happiness the truth and burn brighter than the sun.Fo...
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