Dan Guterman

Dan Guterman
Born	Brazil
Occupation	Television writer
Period	1999–present
Genre	Humor

Dan Guterman is an American television writer and producer. He is best known for being a writer for The Onion between 1999 and 2010. He has also worked on The Colbert Report, Community, and Rick and Morty. Guterman received an Emmy in 2013 for his work on The Colbert Report.

Life and career

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Guterman became interested in comedy after watching Saturday Night Live and Kids in the Hall—shows that, he said, "genuinely frightened me," as comedy in Brazil was mostly lighthearted in tone.^[1]

Credits

Print

• The Onion (1999–2010) – writer, head writer
• Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition (2007)
• America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't (2012)

Television

• The Colbert Report (2011–14) – writer
• Community (2014–15) – executive story editor, writer
  • "Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality"
  • "Basic RV Repair and Palmistry"
• Rick and Morty (2015) – producer, writer
  • "The Ricks Must Be Crazy"
  • "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate" (with Ryan Ridley & Justin Roiland)
  • "Look Who's Purging Now" (with Ryan Ridley & Justin Roiland)

References

1. Mike Sacks (2014). Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers. Penguin.

External links

• Emmy Winners List at