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Sam Means

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Sam Means is an American comedy writer. He won three Emmy awards for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,[1] and wrote for both 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation on NBC as well as Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Great News, Girls5eva, and for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler when they hosted The Golden Globes.[2] Together with Robert Carlock, he created the Netflix animated show, Mulligan[3] and the upcoming NBC series The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.[4]

Means received his A.B. from Dartmouth College, and an M.Phil. in philosophy from King's College, Cambridge. He began his career as a cartoonist for The New Yorker and as a contributing writer for The Onion.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Roberts, Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne (August 31, 2006). "Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts - An Emmy Winner at 25 -- What Next? 'Swashbuckling With Helen Mirren'" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. ^ "Sam Means". IMDb.
  3. ^ Petski, Denise (March 9, 2020). "Netflix Orders Animated Comedy Series 'Mulligan' From Tina Fey & Robert Carlock". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe to lead new NBC comedy from '30 Rock' executive producers". EW.com. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
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