Andy Breckman
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Andy Breckman is the creator and executive producer of the television series Monk, on the USA Network. He was previously a member of the writing staff of Saturday Night Live and Late Night With David Letterman. One of Breckman's most famous TV comedy sketches was a Saturday Night Live segment called "White Like Me" (which he also directed), where Eddie Murphy disguises himself as a Caucasian man for a day in order to experience the societal advantages White people enjoy which African American people don't.
Breckman dropped out of Boston University in his freshman year to try his hand at stand-up comedy and folk singing. He has released two comedy folk albums, [Don't Get Killed] and [Proud Dad]. He has also written numerous comedy films including Sgt. Bilko and Rat Race.
Breckman also did comedy writing for and went on a USO tour with Al Franken. He is a co-host on the weekly comedy "call-in" radio program Seven Second Delay on WFMU, together with Ken Freedman.
Breckman lives in Madison, New Jersey with his wife, documentary filmmaker, Beth Landau, whom he met on the dating pages of Nerve.com,.Seven Second Delay, April 19, 2006 He has three daughters and a son and, in January, 2006, announced on WFMU that Beth is pregnant. Breckman was formerly married to Mary Breckman.
References
External links
- ["Seven Second Delay" on WFMU homepage]
- [Breckman's Monk production bio]
- [Transcript of Breckman's White Like Me TV sketch]
- [Andy Breckman IMDb entry]
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