A familiar face. A favorite credit.
Jack Handey
The sketches, the credits, the comedy.
All in one place.
Born February 25, 1949Age 77
Cast appearances (3)
A face that makes you laugh.
Credited work (7)
Funny from behind the scenes.
The person behind the punchline
A little backstory.
Jack Handey is an American humorist and television writer known for Deep Thoughts, the short, surreal observations presented on Saturday Night Live. Their calm delivery and pastoral presentation create a contrast with the increasingly strange ideas inside them. He also contributed the show’s Fuzzy Memories and My Big Thick Novel segments.
Handey’s television writing includes Bizarre and The New Show, as well as comedy work with Steve Martin. His humor has appeared in The New Yorker and in books collecting his short pieces. He also wrote the comic novel The Stench of Honolulu, extending his distinctive deadpan voice into a longer fictional story.
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