Lew Schneider (born July 18, 1961) is an American television producer, writer, director, actor and comedian.

Career

In the fall of 1989, Schneider landed his first regular TV job as the host of the

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game show, ''

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''. He hosted the show until 1990. His stand-up act was featured on

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's ''

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'' in 1992 and in guest appearances on Comedy Central's ''

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''. He starred in two TV sitcoms, ''

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'' (1990) and ''

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'' (1992–93). Schneider appeared as Marty in the 2004 film comedy '' Seeing Other People''. Schneider began writing for television in 1993. His credits include ''

The George Wendt Show ''The George Wendt Show'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from March 8 to April 12, 1995. Based on the public radio show ''Car Talk'', the series was a star vehicle for George Wendt after co-starring in the NBC sitcom '' ...

'', ''

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'', and '' The Naked Truth''. He began writing for ''

Everybody Loves Raymond ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American television sitcom created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and Wor ...

'' in its first season and also served as a supervising and executive producer on the series. As part of the production team for ''Raymond'', he was the recipient of two

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s for Outstanding Comedy Series (2003 and 2005). Since ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', he has written for the television shows ''

American Dad! ''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker (producer), Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, with the r ...

'', '' The New Adventures of Old Christine'' and the

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-winning ''

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''. He is currently an executive producer and director on ABC's '' The Goldbergs''. Schneider's essays have been published in the anthologies, ''Afterbirth: Stories You Won't Read in a Parenting Magazine'' (St. Martin's Press) and ''Fathers and Sons and Sports'' (ESPN Books). He has also taught a writing course at the

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. He can frequently be heard as a contributor on ''The

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Show'' on KPCC.

Personal life

Schneider was born in

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, and grew up in

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, graduating from

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in 1979.Beggy, Carol and Shanahan, Mark (November 6, 2003
"Monet goes to Vegas; Kerry goes out on the town"
''

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''. Accessed: February 17, 2008. He graduated

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from the

in 1983. While at Penn he got his first taste of sketch comedy as a member of the all-male musical and comedy performing troupe The

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Club. Schneider married Elizabeth Abbe in 1986, and the couple have three sons.

References

External links

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The Mask and Wig Club
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