Do You Know Who Wrote Your Favorite Comedies?

After seeing the new crop of comedies that haveThat's not to say that I didn't love this film. The
been released over the past few years, I started tochemistry between Sandler and Rogen was great.
wonder who was responsible for coming up withSandler can act! Apatow wrote and directed this film
some of the funniest and most politically incorrectand will be keeping very busy for at least the next
movies in Hollywood today.decade since he has penned another 12 films that are
The Internet Movie Database also known as IMDB is acurrently all in the development phase. Just a footnote
great tool to find the answers about anything- he is also responsible for scripting Pineapple Express,
Hollywood. So I dove in with a few of my favoritesYou Don't Mess With The Zohan and The Dewey
and came up with some surprising insight.Cox story.
Superbad: This teen coming of age comedy is aAnchorman: Seeing this in the theater many years ago,
roadmap for parent's worst fears. Scripted by SethI didn't get it. Then I saw the unrated version and things
Rogen and Evan Goldberg it is amazing how perfectlybecame clear. This was a very funny movie. Will
they were able to pen an extremely accurateFerrell penned this script and along the way was also
portrayal of high school life over the past decade.responsible for writing Talladega Nights, Step Brothers
The 40 Year Old Virgin: Ricky Gervais is responsibleand A Night at the Roxbury.
for the creation of the office in the UK. When a hitYear One: This movie proves that even the best of
show catches on with the BBC, it consists ofthe best can make mistakes. Harold Ramis wrote this
approximately 8 - 12 episodes. However, byfilm that I will have to say doesn't really get any worse
syndicating the office throughout the world Gervaisthan this. However, we can forgive him for this one
was responsible for launching the career of Stevesince he was responsible for such classics as
Carrell. After Carrell penned Virgin (with Apatow), hisGroundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack and the
career fell into place and doesn't show any signs ofbiggest grossing comedy of all time Animal House.
stopping anytime soon.The new group of Apatow talent in Hollywood today
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: A hilarious look atare in a class by themselves. Steve Carrell, Seth
relationships in tinsel town starring Jason Segel (fromRogen, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd (I didn't mention that he
How I Met Your Mother and I Love You Man). Segel iswrote Role Models, rather than throwing him in front of
just plain funny. Except for a bit much of Jasonthe bus), Will Farrell, and Evan Goldberg will hopefully
showing off his man parts this is a great movie.continue making us laugh with their offbeat style of
Funny People: A not so funny movie about comedy.raunchy humor for years to come.