Fred began work as a stand-up comedian in the early days of the comic boom in Los Angeles and started submitting jokes to Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, et. al., which propelled him from performing into writing. After a series of smaller writing assignments, Fred's big break came when he was asked to be a staff writer for SNL in the early 80s. His success there springboarded into a series of plum writing jobs, and after SNL went through a down period, they re-structured their staff, replaced all t ...[Read Story]