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Jack Handey

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Jack Handey

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American writer

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Jack Handey is an American comedian, screenwriter, and writer. Born in San Antonio in 1949, he attended the University of Texas at El Paso. He is recognized as a male human citizen of the United States.

Handey is known for his work *Deeper Thoughts*, along with titles such as *Deeper Thoughts Pb Special*, *What I'd Say to the Martians*, *Deep Thoughts*, and *Deeper Thoughts Pb C/Px15*. He has received an Emmy Award and is included in the Grammy Winners collection.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1949
Works
15

Top works

  • Deeper Thoughts
  • Deeper Thoughts Pb Special
  • What I'd Say to the Martians
  • Deep Thoughts
  • Deeper Thoughts Pb C/Px15

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Film & TV

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Jack Handey (born February 25, 1949) is an American humorist. He is best known for his "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts, and for his deadpan delivery. Handey is also credited with creating Toonces the Driving Cat, the cat who could drive a car, although not very well. In 1992 NBC aired a…

Known for

  • An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)2024
  • Saturday Night Live — Self (voice) (uncredited)1975

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Instance of
human
Given name
Jack
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
San Antonio
Occupation
writer
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date of birth
1949-02-25
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