Adam Resnick

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Adam Resnick is an American comedy writer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his work writing for Late Night with David Letterman. Additionally, Resnick co-created and wrote for Get A Life with David Mirkin and Chris Elliott. Resnick also wrote and was co-executive producer of a season of The Larry Sanders Show for HBO. Two years later, in 1994, Resnick would team up with Elliott again for the motion picture Cabin Boy. In 2000, Resnick wrote the film Lucky Numbers starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow. In 2002, Resnick wrote the Edward Norton film, Death to Smoochy, which was directed by Danny DeVito. Resnick also created and wrote the HBO television series The High Life. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam Resnick, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

Release Date1982-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1377

Vote Count52

The Larry Sanders Show

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

Release Date1992-08-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count85

Divorce

A middle-aged couple experience the pain, the relief and the trials and tribulations of a divorce in this dry, witty comedy.

Release Date2016-10-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count71

Get a Life

Surreal, twisted and hilariously funny, Get a Life is the ultimate anti-sitcom. Chris Peterson is a 30-year-old paperboy who still lives with his parents and who seems to have an ever decreasing grip on reality.

Release Date1990-09-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count11

Vote Count20

The High Life

The High Life is an American sitcom television series that aired from November 9 until December 18, 1996.

Release Date1996-11-09

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Death to Smoochy

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

Release Date2002-03-29

DepartmentSound

JobSongs

Vote Count404

Lucky Numbers

Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

Release Date2000-10-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count188

Cabin Boy

A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.

Release Date1994-01-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count107

The Mayor

18 year old goofball becomes mayor and saves the town from the deep state.

Release Date2003-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter