1. Michael Koman is an American comedian and television writer and producer.
13 Facts About Michael Koman
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On Cohen's recommendation, Michael Koman was hired to write for O'Brien's show.
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Between 2001 and 2008, Michael Koman collaborated with fellow Late Night writers including Brian Stack and Andrew Weinberg, helping to create recurring characters and bits such as "The Interrupter" and "Hannigan the Traveling Salesman".
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Michael Koman developed the concept behind the frequently reprised "Walker, Texas Ranger Lever" and spearheaded a parody of Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip called "Studio 6A", thus satirizing a program that was itself dramatizing a fictional version of the often satirical show Saturday Night Live.
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Michael Koman was ultimately dragged into the studio for the live taping and publicly humiliated.
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In 2008, Michael Koman left Late Night with the approaching transition in NBC's late-night programming that would in the following year launch the short-lived and tumultuous Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
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Martin was another alumnus of the Late Night writing staff, and Michael Koman viewed the new role as an opportunity to challenge himself with greater responsibility and outside the familiar confines of Rockefeller Center.
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Toward the end of his direct involvement with Eagleheart, which concluded with his co-writing of its third and final season, Michael Koman turned his attention to work on Nathan for You.
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Fielder had been solicited by Comedy Central to develop a pilot and had invited Michael Koman to resume their working relationship.
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Michael Koman was involved in Triumph's Election Watch 2016, produced by Funny or Die.
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Michael Koman previously won the award once, as a member of the Late Night writing team in 2007.
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Michael Koman has won six Writers Guild of America awards throughout his career.
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Michael Koman married actress and comedian Ellie Kemper on July 7,2012.