Steve Young is a television writer for ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is a

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graduate and former writer for the

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. He also wrote ''

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'' season eight episode " Hurricane Neddy". Young adapted the holiday book '' Olive, the Other Reindeer'' for the animated holiday special. He won an

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in 2000 for his screenplay. Young's other television writing credits include '' Not Necessarily the News''. Young is the co-author, along with Mike "Sport" Murphy, of ''Everything's Coming Up Profits – The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals'', an illustrated history of musicals written for company conventions and sales meetings, told through the rare souvenir record albums. Young stars in the 2018 documentary '' Bathtubs Over Broadway'' detailing his discovery and pursuit of industrial musicals. During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike Young, along with fellow ''Late Show'' writers Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Bill Scheft, Matt Roberts, Tom Ruprecht, Jeremy Weiner, Lee Ellenberg, Joe Grossman and Bob Borden posted their "thoughts and observations".lateshowwritersonstrike.com
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