Alan Zweibel
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Alan Zweibel is an American comedy writer and producer best known as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and a longtime collaborator of Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal.
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| Alan Zweibel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Zweibel Context triple: [Dragnet (film, 1987), screenwriter, Alan Zweibel]
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A.
David Dorfman
David Dorfman is an American actor best known for playing the young boy Aidan Keller in the horror film "The Ring" and its sequel.
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B.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
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C.
Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen is an American political philosopher known for his work on democratic theory, deliberative democracy, and justice, often engaging with and extending the ideas of John Rawls.
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D.
Dan Charnas
Dan Charnas is an American author, journalist, and music industry veteran best known for his influential writings on hip-hop history and culture.
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E.
Michael Zaslow
Michael Zaslow was an American actor best known for his long-running roles on daytime soap operas, particularly as complex, often villainous characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Zweibel Target entity description: Alan Zweibel is an American comedy writer and producer best known as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and a longtime collaborator of Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal.
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A.
David Dorfman
David Dorfman is an American actor best known for playing the young boy Aidan Keller in the horror film "The Ring" and its sequel.
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B.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
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C.
Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen is an American political philosopher known for his work on democratic theory, deliberative democracy, and justice, often engaging with and extending the ideas of John Rawls.
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D.
Dan Charnas
Dan Charnas is an American author, journalist, and music industry veteran best known for his influential writings on hip-hop history and culture.
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E.
Michael Zaslow
Michael Zaslow was an American actor best known for his long-running roles on daytime soap operas, particularly as complex, often villainous characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy writer
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human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Billy Crystal
NERFINISHED
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Garry Shandling NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilda Radner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-05-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University at Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Saturday Night Live NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Zweibel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
stand-up and sketch comedy writing
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television comedy ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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satire ⓘ |
| givenName | Alan ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Alan Zweibel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live
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collaborations with Billy Crystal ⓘ collaborations with Gilda Radner ⓘ work on It’s Garry Shandling’s Show ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radner, A Sort of Love Story
NERFINISHED
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It’s Garry Shandling’s Show NERFINISHED ⓘ Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier NERFINISHED ⓘ North NERFINISHED ⓘ Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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comedy writer ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Robin Zweibel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radner, A Sort of Love Story
NERFINISHED
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For This We Left Egypt? NERFINISHED ⓘ Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier NERFINISHED ⓘ North NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Tree Named Steve NERFINISHED ⓘ The Other Shulman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteFor |
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
NERFINISHED
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Saturday Night Live NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alan Zweibel Description of subject: Alan Zweibel is an American comedy writer and producer best known as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and a longtime collaborator of Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.