“Every once in a while, a new writer bursts onto the scene, which makes a disgusting mess. But, other times, a hilarious writer like Jen Spyra comes along with a fabulous collection of brilliantly ...

Jack Handey is a great writer. He's one of the best to ever write for Saturday Night Live. His skits are interesting, often outrageous, and always funny. If you're over 35, you've probably seen "Deep ...

“The Script Pile” is a biweekly column on Splitsider that takes a look at the screenplays for high-profile movie and TV comedies that never made it to the screen. While print humor has occupied most ...

I’ve read Hemingway, Faulkner, and McCarthy, but I say without facetiousness that Jack Handey has made a bigger impact on my writing than any of them. It’s almost sad to read one of his signature Deep ...

Jack Handey, author of the new "What I'd Say to the Martians" and the "Deep Thoughts" books, poses for a photograph at his Santa Fe, N.M. home. With a comedic style forged decades ago with Steve ...

"Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey was an icon of Saturday Night Live in the 1990's. Now Jack Handey has written a novel, "The Stench of Honolulu." He talks to host Rachel Martin about the book, his time ...

Jack Handey is a very nice guy who knows how to make a very lousy jerk sound funny. The former Saturday Night Live writer and creator of Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey has spent the bulk of his career ...

A recent New York Times profile celebrates “Deep Thoughts” humorist Jack Handey, whose first novel “The Stench of Honolulu” comes out Tuesday. The whole thing is worth reading if you’re interested in ...