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John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky

Comedy writers

John Altschuler grew up in Carbondale, Illinois and then Greenville, North Carolina. Dave Krinsky grew up in Boston and then Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They met at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill where they created the first student produced comedy show on UNC Student Television. They then wrote for the now defunct humor magazine National Lampoon before moving to Hollywood to spend a few glorious years as production assistants (errand boys) on various movies and commercials. Their first professional job was on the World Wide Pants produced "The High Life" series for HBO before moving on to "King of the Hill" for 12 years. They have been the Executive Producer/Show Runners for the last 7 years.

In Features they co-wrote "Blades of Glory" starring Will Ferrell and independently produced Mike Judge's most recent movie, "Extract" starring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, and Ben Affleck. They have received several Emmy nominations and have won an Environmental Media Award.

John and Dave are Executive Producers and Co-Creators of the Goode Family and have formed "Ternion Productions" a film and television production company with Mike Judge.

May 25, 2011

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