- Lew Schneider
Lew Schneider (born
July 18 ,1961 inChapel Hill, North Carolina ) is anEmmy Award winning Americantelevision producer ,writer ,actor , andstand-up comedian .Schneider grew up in
Brookline, Massachusetts , graduating fromBrookline High School in 1979. [Beggy, Carol; and Shanahan, Mark. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/11/06/monet_goes_to_vegas_kerry_goes_out_on_the_town/ "Monet goes to Vegas; Kerry goes out on the town"] , "The Boston Globe ",November 6 ,2003 . AccessedFebruary 17 ,2008 .] . He graduatedcum laude from theUniversity of Pennsylvania in1983 . While at Penn he got his first taste of sketch comedy as a member of the all male musical and comedy performing troupeThe Mask and Wig Club .In the fall of
1989 , Schneider landed his first regular TV job as the host of the Nickelodeon game show, "Make The Grade". His stand-up act was featured onHBO 's " One Night Stand" in1992 . He starred in two TV sitcoms "Wish You Were Here" (1990), and "Down the Shore " (1992 - 93).Schneider began writing for television in
1993 . His credits include "The George Wendt Show ", "The John Larroquette Show ", and "The Naked Truth". He began writing for "Everybody Loves Raymond " in its first season and also served as a Supervising and Executive Producer on the long running series. As part of the production team for Raymond he was the recipient of twoEmmy s for Outstanding Comedy Series (2003 and2005 ).Schneider appeared as Marty in the
2004 Comedy "Seeing Other People ".Schneider is a Consulting Producer for Fox's "
American Dad ".Schneider married Elizabeth Abbe in 1986 and has three sons. He is a
New England Patriots ,Boston Bruins , Red Sox, and Celtics fan. His favorite baseball player isCarl Yastrzemski .References
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* [http://www.maskandwig.com/ The Mask and Wig Club]
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