ANDY COWAN is an award-winning writer/producer/performer, with Cheers (multiple episodes) Seinfeld, 3rd Rock From the Sun (both staff) and numerous other comedies and talk/variety shows among his writing credits. He began his Hollywood career as a segment producer, writer and performer on The Merv Griffin Show during the ‘80s, and interviewed hundreds of luminaries, from Orson Welles to Jerry Seinfeld. He produced, wrote and hosted his CableACE award-winning 60 Minutes send-up, 6 Minutes, for Showtime, drawing praise from 60 Minutes’ own creator, Don Hewitt. He’s written several feature _______scripts and over half a dozen original pilots (and hosted some) including several for Fox and CBS, wrote for Ellen DeGeneres’ 2001 Emmy-hosting stint, has performed in comedy clubs throughout the country, jazz clubs throughout Los Angeles, and as a voiceover artist on Seinfeld, 3rd Rock, Lucas Films’ Star Wars, Dark Empire I & II audio books, and numerous other projects. He regularly contributes humor pieces to the L.A. Times, regularly writes for the Jack FM Radio Network, and wrote over 70 comic panels in 2007-08 (one of which sent up Tim Russert and was featured on NBC’s Meet the Press) for King Features' Bizarro, the National Cartoonists Society three-time "Best Newspaper Cartoon Panel" and replacement to Gary Larson's Far Side. A 2007 Song of the Year “Suggested Artist” and “Honorable Mention” winner for his song (writing and vocals) Hitchin’ on the Highway of Life, it was also a top 20 finalist in the 2007 Unisong International Songwriting Competition, winner of a 2007 The Great American Song Contest Honor Award, semi-finalist in the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest, and will be featured in the upcoming Michael Madsen action movie, Hired Gun. His 2008 short comedy feature he wrote and appears in, Knocked Down, is an official selection in the 2008 San Fernando Valley International Film Festival. On the development front is Opposite Andy, a comedy hybrid he is executive producing and starring in, which centers on his exploits tackling "the opposite" in his own life, the theme of an acclaimed top ten Seinfeld episode he wrote. In addition, his comedy talk radio show, Up & Down Guys, is in the Westwood One and CBS Radio pipelines. Profiled in Who’s Who in America, he earned his Masters Degree in Broadcasting from Boston University and began his broadcasting career in radio and TV news in Pennsylvania.

IMDB profile: (doesn’t include all credits from 2000s, nor pilots…) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184518/

Hitchin' On The Highway of Life Top 20 finalist in the 2007 Unisong International Songwriting Competition, it's an infectious country/pop tune...

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Nina Beck	12/26/2007 11:17:31 PM Andy, your song is lots of fun and it has that poignant quality you are so good at conveying with your well-crafted lyrics. The demo is good and very lively. It's nice that we can perform the tune on gigs - in fact, someone who heard us with the band at the Santa Monica Food Fair a few months ago (the first one we did), wants to come to another gig we may have, so I gave him the address of the outdoor gig we have in the S.F. Valley this Sunday, Dec. 30th! Nice publicity!...See you soon! Nina
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