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David Javerbaum | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Education | Harvard University(BA) New York University(MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, lyricist |
| Spouse | Debra Bard (m. 2002) |
David Adam Javerbaum/ˈdʒævərˌbɔːm/ (born 1971) is an American comedy writer and lyricist. Javerbaum has won 13Emmy Awards in his career, 11 of them for his work onThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He runs the popularTwitter account @TheTweetOfGod, which at its peak had 6.2 million followers. The account was the basis for his playAn Act of God, which opened onBroadway in the spring of 2015 starringJim Parsons, and again in the spring of 2016 starringSean Hayes.[1] The play has gone on to receive over 100 productions in 20 countries and 11 languages.
Javerbaum was hired as a staff writer withThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 1999. He was promoted to head writer in 2002 and became an executive producer at the end of 2006. His work for the program won 11Emmy Awards, aGrammy Award, threePeabody Awards andTelevision Critics Association Awards for both Best Comedy and Best News Show. He was also one of the three principal authors of the show's textbook parodyAmerica (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which sold 2.6 million copies and won the 2005Thurber Prize for American Humor. He became a consulting producer at the start of 2009 and spearheaded the writing of the book's 2010 sequel,Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race; his co-production of the audiobook earned the2011 Grammy Award for Best Spoken-Word Album. He left the show in 2010. In 2013 he was hired byFusion to create and executive-produce two news-parody shows,No, You Shut Up! andGood Morning Today, in conjunction withThe Henson Company. In 2015 he worked as a producer forThe Late Late Show with James Corden onCBS. In 2016 Javerbaum co-created theNetflix sitcomDisjointed withChuck Lorre.[2] He was also a consulting producer and one of three writers on Lorre's 2018 Netflix showThe Kominsky Method. As of 2020 he is co-Executive Producer of the upcoming revival ofBeavis and Butt-Head for Comedy Central.
Javerbaum's other work includes serving as head writer and supervising producer for both Comedy Central's first-everComedy Awards andThe Secret Policeman's Ball 2012, writing and producing the original musical-comedy pilotBrowsers for Amazon in 2013, and writing three episodes for the 2011 relaunch ofBeavis and Butt-Head. He wrote for theLate Show with David Letterman from 1998 to 1999.
In addition to co-writing the two Daily Show books he is the sole author of three: the 2009 pregnancy satireWhat to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters; 2011'sThe 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-authoredNeil Patrick Harris's 2014 memoir,The Choose Your Own Autobiography of Neil Patrick Harris.
Javerbaum graduated fromHarvard University. While there, he wrote for the humor magazineThe Harvard Lampoon and served as lyricist and co-bookwriter for two productions of theHasty Pudding Theatricals. Later he spent three years contributing headlines toThe Onion, and is credited as one of the writers for its first book, 1998'sOur Dumb Century.
"A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney," his humorous essay written forThe New York Times, appeared in April 2012.[3]
Javerbaum's score for the 2008 Broadway musicalCry-Baby, which he co-wrote withAdam Schlesinger, was nominated for aTony Award for Best Original Score. Along with composer/co-librettist Robert S. Cohen, he wroteSuburb,[4] which was nominated for Outer Critics' Circle and Drama League awards for Best Off-Broadway Musical in 2001.
Javerbaum is the son of Tema and Kenneth S. Javerbaum ofWatchung, 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 inSpringfield, 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 inMaplewood, New Jersey,[7] where he attendedColumbia High School, graduating in 1989.[8]
He was a finalist on the 1988Jeopardy!Teen Tournament and its 1998Teen Reunion Tournament.[9]Jon Stewart also called him as his phone-a-friend when Jon was onCelebrity Millionaire.
| Preceded by Mitch Epner | Jeopardy! Teen Tournament first runner-up 1988 | Succeeded by Stanley Wu |
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