Amir Blumenfeld "The Curious Comedian". Speaking about the role his education had in shaping his humor, Blumenfeld said: "I went to Jewish schools growing up and that's where my sense of humor was cultivated. Everybody was funny." Blumenfeld has said he is influenced by television programs that he watched while growing up, including "The Simpsons", "Seinfeld", and "Saturday Night Live", which he says "taught me how to think ... absurdly ... creatively and originally about jokes that people were making" and make "jokes on jokes". He has cited Larry David as an influence, and also likes "Louie" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Blumenfeld
David Mirkin David Mirkin David Mirkin (born September 18, 1955) is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer. Mirkin grew up in Philadelphia and intended to become an electrical engineer, but abandoned this career path in favor of studying film at Loyola Marymount University. After graduating, he became a stand-up comedian, and then moved into television writing. He wrote for the sitcoms "Three's Company", "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show" and served as showrunner on the series "Newhart". After an unsuccessful attempt to remake the British series "The Young Ones", Mirkin created "Get a Life" in