Appel stresses, though, that O'Brien's college career was about more than just pranks and the Lampoon.
Appel and O'Brien concentrated in history and literature, which is honors-only. According to Appel, O'Brien was an avid reader who was "interested in ideas."
"He took classes pretty seriously," Appel says.
He Works Hard for the Funny
So despite the pull of his tight-knit Boston-based family, O'Brien headed for the West Coast.
Reiss immediately snatched O'Brien for HBO, hiring him to write for the network's current event parody show "Not Necessarily the News."
In 1988, Michaels brought O'Brien back east to write for "Saturday Night Live." He earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series in 1989.
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