Mark "Babaloo" Mandel and his partner Lowell Ganz are responsible for writing some of the most popular comedies in contemporary American cinema. They met in a Hollywood comedy club where Mandel worked as a gag writer. Ganz was also working as a writer on the TV comedy The Odd Couple. They found they had a lot in common: both were from New York, and both idolized Billy Wilder. It was Ganz who suggested they team up to write for popular television sitcoms such as Laverne and Shirley; it was Laverne, actress Penny Marshall, who later directed one of their most popular hits, A League of Their Own (1992). They made their feature film debut with the black comedy Night Shift (1982). The stories they tell, such as the Oscar-nominated Splash (1984), are easily recognizable for their strong narrative structure and full bodied characterizations. Mandel is also notable as being a master of hardhitting punchlines.
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Tooth Fairy
Screenwriter |
2010 | |||
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An Evening With Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
Participant |
2006 | |||
| 2006 | ||||
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Fever Pitch
Screenwriter |
2005 | |||
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Robots
Screenwriter |
2005 | |||
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Where the Heart Is
Screenwriter |
2000 | |||
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EDtv
Screenwriter |
1999 | |||
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Fathers' Day
Screenwriter |
1997 | |||
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Multiplicity
Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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Forget Paris
Screenwriter |
1995 | |||
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Screenwriter |
1994 | |||
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Greedy
Screenwriter |
1994 | |||
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A League of Their Own
Screenwriter |
1992 | |||
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Mr. Saturday Night
Actor, Executive Producer, Screenwriter |
1992 | |||
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City Slickers
Screenwriter |
1991 | |||
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Pure Luck
Screenwriter |
1991 | |||
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Parenthood
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1989 | |||
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Vibes
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1988 | |||
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Gung Ho
Screenwriter |
1986 | |||
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The Money Pit
Screenwriter |
1986 | |||
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Spies Like Us
Screenwriter |
1985 | |||
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Splash
Actor, Screenwriter |
1984 | |||
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Night Shift
Screenwriter |
1982 | |||
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Laverne & Shirley: The Dentist
Screenwriter |
1978 | |||
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Laverne & Shirley: Cruise, Part 2
Screenwriter |
1977 |


