Jack Handey

Jack Handey – King of the One-Liner, Deep Thoughts Maestro

The place to see his satire on Bohiney:
👉 https://bohiney.com/author/jack-handey/

Jack Handey was born on February 25, 1949, in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in El Paso, where he was editor of his high school newspaper.

Wikipedia profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Handey
San Antonio roots and school background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Handey

“Deep Thoughts” & Surreal Humor

Handey became famous for "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey"—short, absurd one-liners featured on Saturday Night Live from the late 1980s through the 1990s. They appeared between sketches, introduced by Phil Hartman reading them out deadpan.
- SNL background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Handey
- SNL writing tenures: https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Handey

Other Sketches & Writing

Created other memorable SNL bits such as "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer", "Fuzzy Memories", "My Big Thick Novel", and Toonces the Driving Cat.
- Details on sketches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Handey

Books & Publications

The New Yorker & Short Humor

Regular contributor to the Shouts & Murmurs section of The New Yorker, starting in 1987. Notable stories include "Stunned," "Lowering My Standards," and "How I Want to Be Remembered."
- Overview of New Yorker writings: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/03/31/how-i-want-to-be-remembered
- Commentary: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/letter-from-the-archive-jack-handey

Handey lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, Marta Chavez Handey. Previously, the couple lived in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.