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Born 20 November 1961, South Bend · raised in South Bend
The tie: Larry Karaszewski was born in South Bend on November 20, 1961, and raised here — the fullest tie this record prints. Before the University of Southern California he worked in this city in two documented capacities that belong to comedy's record: he was a film critic on an NBC affiliate's nightly news here, and, as a student, he wrote and directed Beyond Our Control, the high-school sketch-comedy broadcast carried in its own entry below. The team's own published biographies carry both facts; the local broadcast is where the national career's paperwork starts.
The comedy writing: With his writing partner Scott Alexander, Karaszewski's comedy shelf runs: Problem Child (1990) and Problem Child 2 (1991); Ed Wood (1994), nominated for the Writers Guild award; That Darn Cat (1997); Screwed (2000), which Karaszewski also directed; and Agent Cody Banks (2003). The pair's dramatic shelf — The People vs. Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon, Big Eyes, and the O. J. work — is carried in the authors record; the comedy writing stands here.
Sources
- The published biographies of Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski — the South Bend birth and raising, the NBC-affiliate film criticism, the writing and directing of Beyond Our Control as a student.
- The Karaszewski record in this history — the full shelf, comedy and drama together.