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{{BLP sources|date=November 2023}}{{Short description|American writer, comedian, satirist & actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Andy Borowitz
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| occupation = Comedian, [[satirist]]
| alma_mater = [[Harvard College]]
| known_for = ''The Borowitz Report'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[Susan Borowitz|Susan Stevenson]]|1982|2002|reason=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|[[Olivia Gentile]]|2008}}}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.borowitzreport.com}}
}}
'''Andy Borowitz''' (born January 4, 1958)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/|title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019|
==Early life==
Borowitz was born to a marginally observant [[Reform Jewish]] family<ref name=Festival>Borowitz, Andy (2005-12-25). [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/fashion/sundaystyles/25BOROWITZ.html?_r=0 "The Festival of Loot"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.
In 1980, Borowitz graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard College]], where he lived in [[Adams House (Harvard University)|Adams House]] and was president of the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notable former writers for Harvard Lampoon|url= http://www.boston.com/yourtown/cambridge/gallery/former_writers_for_harvard_lampoon?pg=6|publisher=Boston.com}}</ref> He also wrote for the [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]]. Borowitz studied with playwright [[William Alfred]] and wrote his undergraduate thesis on [[Restoration comedy]].
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=== Hollywood===
After graduating from Harvard, Borowitz moved to [[Los Angeles]] to work for producer [[Bud Yorkin]] at [[Tandem Productions]], the company Yorkin co-founded with producer [[Norman Lear]]
During his marriage to writer and producer
In 1998, Borowitz co-produced the film ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]'', starring [[Reese Witherspoon]], [[Tobey Maguire]], [[William H. Macy]], [[Joan Allen]], and [[Jeff Daniels]].<ref name="Farhi"/> It was nominated for three [[Academy Award]]s, including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.
In 2004 Borowitz appeared in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Melinda and Melinda]],'' starring [[Will Ferrell]], and in ''[[Marie and Bruce]]'', starring [[Julianne Moore]] and [[Matthew Broderick]].
=== Political satire ===
In the late 1990s, Borowitz began e-mailing humorous news parodies to friends. In 2001, he founded ''The Borowitz Report'', a site that posts one 250-word [[news satire]] every weekday.
In 2007, he started blogging for the ''[[Huffington Post]]''. His posts were featured on the home page of the blog and quickly became one of its most popular features.
In 2009, The Borowitz Report began a [[Twitter]] feed, which was voted the number-one Twitter account in the world in a ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine poll in 2011. Eventually, he abandoned the feed.<ref>{{cite
On July 18, 2012, Borowitz announced that ''[[The New Yorker]]'' had acquired the Borowitz Report website, the first time that the magazine had ever made such an acquisition. In its first 24 hours as a ''New Yorker'' feature, ''The Borowitz Report'' garnered the most page views on the entire ''New Yorker'' website.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
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===Stand-up comedy===
Borowitz's success as a television performer led to his becoming a strong draw as a stand-up comedian, and he started headlining at major comedy clubs across the country, including [[Carolines on Broadway]], where he hosts a monthly show called ''[[Next Week's News]]''. Other major comedians who have appeared with him in that show include [[Amy Sedaris]] and [[Susie Essman]]
For four consecutive years starting in 2004, he performed at [[The Comedy Festival]] in [[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]], [[Colorado]].
In September 2007, he headlined an edition of Next Week's News at the [[Bumbershoot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bumbershoot.org/lineup/history/ |title=Bumbershoot: History – 2007 |
In 2008, he hosted a series of sold-out shows at New York City's [[92nd Street Y]] called "Countdown to the Election".
He continued to tour the country performing stand-up, including a performance at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] in April 2008. The university newspaper, ''[[Daily Nexus]]'', reported that Borowitz played to a packed house and had the audience "erupting with laughter".<ref>Leong, Stephanie (May 1, 2008). [http://www.dailynexus.com/2008-05-01/borowitz-bowls-over-campbell-hall/ "Borowitz Bowls Over Campbell Hall"]. ''[[Daily Nexus]]''. Retrieved August 20, 2012.</ref>
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===''The New Yorker''===
In 1998, Borowitz began contributing humor to ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine. He quickly became one of the magazine's most prolific humor contributors, writing dozens of essays including "Emily Dickinson, Jerk of Amherst",<ref>{{cite
In addition to writing for ''The New Yorker'', Borowitz has written for many other magazines, including ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and ''[[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]]'', and was a primary contributor to the cult magazine ''[[Army Man (magazine)|Army Man]]''.
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===The 50 Funniest American Writers===
In 2011, [[Library of America]] chose Borowitz to edit an anthology of American humor
===''An Unexpected Twist''===
In 2012, Borowitz wrote his first autobiographical work, ''An Unexpected Twist''
In his book review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Dwight Garner (critic)|Dwight Garner]] wrote, "Andy Borowitz is the funniest human on Twitter, and that's not mean praise. His first original e-
In his review of the book, journalist [[Seth Mnookin]] wrote, "Borowitz has become one of the most lauded satirists in the
On June 25, 2012, Amazon named
===Other===
Since 1999, Borowitz has been the primary host of ''[[The Moth]]'', a New York-based storytelling group. He sings with the literary rock band [[Rock Bottom Remainders]], a group with a rotating cast of players including [[Dave Barry]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Roy Blount Jr.]], [[Stephen King]], [[Amy Tan]], [[Robert Fulghum]], [[Barbara Kingsolver]], and [[Scott Turow]]
In October 2012, he became the host of the BBC comedy series ''News Quiz USA''. The hit comedy series has millions of listeners on BBC Radio 4 in the U.K. and is broadcast on the public radio station WNYC in New York.
==Personal life==
He was married to [[Susan Borowitz]], the co-creator of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''. After their divorce he married [[Olivia Gentile]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Kompanek |first=Christopher |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Funny Side of the Street |url=https://nypost.com/2010/10/14/funny-side-of-the-street/ |newspaper=New York Post |
==Awards==
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==Books==
{{inc-lit|date=August 2012}}
* 2000{{spaced ndash}} ''The Trillionaire Next Door{{spaced ndash}} The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading''.
* 2003{{spaced ndash}} ''Who Moved My Soap?{{spaced ndash}} The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison''.
* 2004{{spaced ndash}} ''[[Governor Arnold]]{{spaced ndash}} A Photodiary of His First 100 Days in Office''.
* 2004{{spaced ndash}} ''The Borowitz Report{{spaced ndash}} The Big Book of Shockers''.
* 2006{{spaced ndash}} ''The Republican Playbook''.
* 2009{{spaced ndash}} ''Who Moved My Soap?{{spaced ndash}} The CEO's Guide to Surviving in Prison{{spaced ndash}} The [[Bernie Madoff]] Edition''.
* 2011{{spaced ndash}} ''The 50 Funniest American Writers* (*
* 2012{{spaced ndash}}
* 2022{{spaced ndash}} ''Profiles in Ignorance{{spaced ndash}} How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber''. New York: Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|978-1-66800-388-6}}.
==Notes==
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* [http://www.borowitzreport.com/ The Borowitz Report]
* {{IMDb name|97273}}
* ''[[CBS Sunday Morning]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20160109033942/http://www.cbs.com/video/video.php?pid=Lu5bd47RwBRl_xY8cuw4vz_5gkWjVWqa profile of Andy Borowitz]
* [http://www.creators.com/opinion/andy-borowitz.html Andy Borowitz Features] at [[Creators Syndicate]]
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