Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Tag: Jason Alexander

  • Everything’s Relative (Twice)
    Everything’s Relative (Twice)

    Mitchell Hurwitz created a sitcom about a man who is trying to rid himself of a troublesome family. It starred Jeffrey Tambor. It was not Arrested Development. A few years before he created that show, he created Everything’s Relative, for NBC. It was cancelled after just four episodes, leaving two more unaired. It’s not to…

  • Listen Up!
    Listen Up!

    After the demise of Bob Patterson, Jason Alexander would return to the sitcom scene in 2004, with CBS’s Listen Up! (yup, it has that exclamation mark). The series was developed by Jeff Martin, a long time writer of The Simpsons, and was based loosely on the life of sports writer Tony Kornheiser. Consider the fate…

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…