Richard Dahm (often credited as Rich Dahm) is an American comedy writer from Wisconsin. A Supervising Producer and Head Writer for The Colbert Report, he has also written for Dennis Miller Live, Da Ali G Show and The Onion. ^[1] He attended the University of Wisconsin in the late 1980s, where his professional career began as a writer for the then-new The Onion. He is the author of The Cultural Idiocy Quiz and co-author of other humor books. Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq. ... The Colbert Report (pronounced or coal-BEAR re-POR, with silent Ts), is an American satirical television program on Comedy Central that stars Stephen Colbert, best known previously as a correspondent for The Daily Show. ... Dennis Miller Live was a weekly talk show on Home Box Office, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. ... Da Ali G Show is the name for two related satirical TV programs starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G. The first program was made by Channel 4, the second by HBO. The first was not shown in the US, the second was known as... The Onion is a parody newspaper published weekly in print and on the Internet. ... The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

Dahm currently resides in New York, New York with his wife, screenwriter Leyla Kader Dahm.^{[citation needed]} Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...

Works

The Cultural Idiocy Quiz, Adams Media Corp, 1997. ISBN 1558507965 Fanfare for the Area Man: The Onion Ad Nauseam Complete News Archives, Vol. 15, Three Rivers Press, 2004. ISBN 1400054559

Notes

1. ^ BroadcastingCable.com, "Wisconsin Wise Guys Plot TV Takeover"

External links

Rich Dahm at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel. ...