Ellis Weiner (born 31 October 1950) is an author and humorist who has previously worked as an editor of '' National Lampoon'' and a columnist for '' Spy Magazine''. His humor has also appeared in '' The New Yorker '', '' Paris Review'', and '' The New York Times Magazine''. Weiner was raised in

Pikesville, Maryland Pikesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore. The population was 30,764 at the 2010 cens ...

. He attended Wellwood Elementary School, Sudbrook Junior High,

Pikesville High School Pikesville High School (PHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district. The school was opened in 1964 as Pikesville Senior High S ...

and the University of Pennsylvania. In college, he played drums and sang in a rock band called Droylesden Wake. His first produced work was the 1967 Pikesville High Junior Play, an original parody using music from '' H.M.S. Pinafore'' and other

Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan was a Victorian era, Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which ...

operas. Weiner was a split end in the Development Football League from 1961 to 1964 with the Summit Park Colts Association (SPCA). He works regularly as an editor and ghostwriter for Kevin Anderson & Associates Inc.

Publications

Books

* ''The Great Muppet Caper!: The Making of the Masterpiece'' (mock behind-the-scenes book about the film '' The Great Muppet Caper'') (1980) * '' National Lampoon's Doon'' (1984) * ''Howard the Duck'' (

novelization A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent of ...

of '' Howard the Duck'') (1986) * ''Decade of the Year'' (1987) * ''The Dream Team'' (

of '' The Dream Team'') (1989) * ''The

Northern Exposure ''Northern Exposure'' is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It received 57 ...

Cookbook: A Community Cookbook from the Heart of the Alaskan Riviera'' (1993) * ''Letters from Cicely'' (1992) * ''Drop Dead, My Lovely'' (2004) * ''The Joy of Worry'' (2004) * ''The Big Boat to Bye-Bye'' (2005) * ''Santa Lives!: Five Conclusive Arguments for the Existence of Santa Claus'' (2005) * ''Oy! Do This, Not That!'' (2009) * ''The Templeton Twins Have an Idea'' (2012) * ''The Templeton Twins Make a Scene'' (2013) * ''Atlas Slugged AGAIN: The "Secret Sequel" to the Towering Masterpiece'' (2015)

With Barbara Davilman

* ''Yiddish With Dick and Jane'' (2004) * ''Yiddish With George and Laura'' (2006) * ''Arffirmations: Meditations for Your Dog'' (2007) * ''How to Profit From the Coming Rapture'' (2008) * ''How to Raise a Jewish Dog'' (2009) * ''CATechisms: Fundamentals of Feline Faith'' (2010) * ''The Big Jewish Book for Jews'' (2010)

With Steve Radlauer

* ''Monsters of the Ivy League'' (2017)

With
Sydney Biddle Barrows Sydney Biddle Barrows (born January 14, 1952) is an American businesswoman and socialite who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as "The Mayflower Madam". She has since become a management co ...

* ''Mayflower Manners: Etiquette for Consenting Adults'' (1991)

Essays

Subject: Our Marketing Plan
published in '' The New Yorker''

References

American humorists American parodists American satirists Parody novelists People from Pikesville, Maryland Living people National Lampoon people 1950 births {{US-comedian-stub