Garry Trudeau

Writing

Garry Trudeau

Born

1948-07-21 (78)

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

The Colbert Report poster
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The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.

The Colbert Report

2005

Frasier poster
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After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

Frasier

1993

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A look at the blending of fact and fiction in Tanner ‘88 and Tanner on Tanner.

Fact & Fiction

2004

Killer App poster
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About battles in the computer world of Seattle.

Killer App

1998

Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card poster
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A full musical comedy, originally done for the stage by Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) and Elizabeth Swados. Sixteen interlinking musical numbers (mostly not rap) each attack some political position of 80s U.S. president Ronald Reagan's or examine the effects Reaganomics had on the American economy and culture of the 1980s.

Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card

1988

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Director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau discuss their collaboration on Tanner ‘88 in a conversation recorded in June 2004.

Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau

2004

Film credits

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