| Jeffrey is currently co-writing
a book with Richie Tienken, owner and founder of the legendary
comedy club The Comic Strip, for the 35th anniversary of the
club which Tienken opened in 1976.
Tienken and Eddie Murphy discovered Chris Rock there in 1986,
and the club also launched the careers of superstars like
Larry Miller, George Wallace, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler,
and many more, all of whom will be in the book.
So far Jeffrey has interviewed about 23 of the top stars,
including Chris Rock, Larry Miller, George Wallace, Lewis
Black, Susie Essman, and Paul Reiser, with confirmations from
Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Murphy, Judah Friedlander, Bob Saget
and Ray Romano.
A documentary film on The Comic Strip, has also started shooting,
during July of 2009. It’s being shot by Emmy award-winning
producers Abby Russell and Brent Sterling-Nemetz of Letterbox
Pictures with Chris Rock as Exec. Producer. Other producers
are Richie Tienken, owner/partner Bob Wachs, and Jeffrey Gurian.
As a result of his many years of writing material for the
famed Friars Roasts Jeffrey was asked to do a book for Kensington
Press on celebrities’ favorite nasty jokes. The book
was called “ Filthy, Funny, and Totally Offensive –
Jokes So Dirty, Comedians and Enterrainers Only Tell Them
To Each Other” and it is available in Barnes and Noble
and Amazon.com.
Jeffrey is comedy star Macio’s sidekick in the new
weekly comedy extravaganza called “Macio’s Sin
City Review”, a very sexy, funny comedy show beginning
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at New York’s legendary Webster
Hall, in a very private room which can accommodate 250 people.
The "Men Who" Series, a series of short films which
Jeffrey wrote and directed, can now be seen globally on Sprint
and Microsoft cellphones, and Smart Technology devices.
Jeffrey gave his Comedy Writing class for The Learning Annex,
entitled "How To Write Comedy", and was also accepted
to the faculty of Baruch College to teach his course on "How
To Write Stand-Up Comedy."
If you would like to purchase Jeffrey's audio tape
on "How to Write Comedy," send $25.00 plus $5.99
shipping and handling, to:
Jeffrey L. Gurian
FDR Station
P.O. Box 7267
New York, NY 10150
Jeffrey was the co-writer of a one hour televison drama that
aired on NBC called De La Salle, starring the voices of Edward
James Olmos and Lynn Whitfield. The special was based on the
real school of the same name in Manhattan that serves academically
talented children from low-income families. We used the real
kids and faculty as actors.
His award-winning feature film "Face To Face" that
he wrote with actor Scott Baio made it's world premiere at
the Taos, New Mexico Talking Picture Film Festival where it
was honored, and feted as the opening night film. It starred
Dean Stockwell, Alex Rocco, Joe (Analyze This) Viterelli,
Thomas (Melrose Place) Calabro, Scott Baio, and Madchen (Twin
Peaks) Amick.
It's about three young male cousins in a close-knit Italian
family who are tired of their fathers not opening up to them
emotionally. Out of desperation, they kidnap their own fathers
for a week-end of forced male bonding. It's funny and touching
at the same time. It has since won for Best Comedy Feature
at the Marco Island Film Festival in Florida, and the Hollywood
Film Festival in CA, and was featured at festivals in Oregon,
Palm Springs, Reno, and Sedona, Arizona.
A short film he wrote called “ I Am Woody” about
a mob boss who’s obsessed with Woody Allen, featuring
famed actors Victor Argo, and Soprano’s star Vince (Johnny
Sack) Curatola, won for Best Short Film at the N.Y. Independent
Film Festival.
He was a "reporter" for the legendary comedy newspaper
Weekly World News where he wrote unusual stories like "
Tap Dancing For The Criminally Insane", "Man Slips
On Pat Of Butter, Winds Up In Next Town", and "Top
Model Has Abdominal Organs Removed for Thinner Look."
He also had his own column entitled "Gurian's
World of the Bizarre."
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He also wrote the script for a corporate film
for Ernst and Young called "Innovation", that was shot by
Firebrand Films, and he was a writer for the televised Friars
Roasts of Drew Carey, Rob Reiner, and Jerry Stiller that aired
on Comedy Central.
SPECIAL
COMEDY MATERIAL
WRITTEN FOR COMEDIANS:
JOAN RIVERS, ROBIN WILLIAMS, GEORGE WALLACE, PHIL
HARTMAN, RICHARD BELZER, GILBERT GOTTFRIED, RODNEY DANGERFIELD,
DICK SHAWN, FRED TRAVALENA, DICK CAPRI, JIM MORRIS, PAT COOPER,
RICH LITTLE, FRANK GORSHIN, MARILYN MICHAELS, MARTY INGELS,
HENNY YOUNGMAN, MILTON BERLE, JERRY LEWIS, PAULY SHORE, ALISON
LARKIN, ANDREW "DICE" CLAY
WRITTEN FOR NON-COMEDIANS:
BRUCE WILLIS, MICHAEL BOLTON, SCOTT BAIO, JIM DALE, CHUCK
SCARBOROUGH, CHAD EVERETT, MIKE DOUGLAS, ERNIE ANASTOS,
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, MAYOR DAVID DINKINS, MARTY INGELS,
SHIRLEY JONES, DONALD O'CONNOR, TONY LO BIANCO, BUDD FRIEDMAN
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