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Fred Wolf is an American film director, screenwriter, television writer, and former stand-up comedian. Career. Wolf began his career performing stand-up in Los Angeles in the 1980s, and landed his first major television role as co-host (with Paul Provenza) on the Comedy Central variety series Comics Only in the early 1990s.
Fred Wolf. Writer: Grown Ups. Fred began work as a stand-up comedian in the early days of the "comic boom" in Los Angeles, and after more than 100 TV appearances and a two year stint co-hosting the popular Comedy Central show "Comics Only" with Paul Provenza, Fred began submitting jokes to Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, and many others, propelling ...
- January 1, 1
- 1.91 m
- New York City, New York, USA
- Writer, Actor, Director
Fred Wolf. Writer: Grown Ups. Fred began work as a stand-up comedian in the early days of the "comic boom" in Los Angeles, and after more than 100 TV appearances and a two year stint co-hosting the popular Comedy Central show "Comics Only" with Paul Provenza, Fred began submitting jokes to Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, and many others, propelling ...
- November 7, 1964
Fred Wolf was born on 13 September 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Box (1967), DuckTales (1987) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987).
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Tommy Boy Was Written by The Creators of Two Very Successful Sitcoms.
- Rob Lowe Originally Had The David Spade role.
- Lowe Was Not Even Credited For His Appearance in The Movie.
- Fred Wolf Also Worked on The Film Without Attribution.
- David Spade Refused to Let The Film’S Stylists Work on His Hair.
- Farley and Spade Got Into A Spat During Filming.
- Farley’s Two Brothers Both Appear in The Movie.
- Tommy’s Catchphrase Was A Young Farley’s Own Invention.
- The Character’S Alma Mater Was Also Borrowed from Farley.
- Tommy Callahan Had Some Well Known classmates.
Tommy Boy was the final film penned by married screenwriting team Terry and Bonnie Turner, who had previously collaborated on Wayne’s World and its sequel, Coneheads, and The Brady Bunch Movie. After the Farley/Spade movie, the Turners set their sights on the small screen, going on to create 3rd Rock from the Sun and That ’70s Show.
It’s tough to imagine a Tommy Boythat doesn’t feature the diminutive, uptight Spade as foil to the larger-than-life Farley. However, the original story envisioned by Lorne Michaels would have featured Rob Lowe as Farley’s character’s brother and primary screen partner. After Spade was brought on board as second billing, Lowe was demoted to a villai...
Although Lowe stayed in the picture after Spade’s hire, he never actually got screen credit for his work. Due to a concurrent role on ABC’s miniseries adaptation of The Standby Stephen King, Lowe was forced by contract to keep his name off the Farley movie entirely. Lowe now jokes that it took about 15 years for the public to notice this oddity.
Following completion of the Turners’ Tommy Boy script, Saturday Night Live writer Fred Wolf was brought in for touch-ups. Like Lowe, however, Wolf was never credited for his work on the movie. One year later, Wolf wrote the screenplay for Farley and Spade’s second starring vehicle, Black Sheep.
Spade wanted to maintain a naturally unkempt hairdo in keeping with the nature of his character, the perpetually flustered Richard Hayden.
An infamous incident from the set of Tommy Boyinvolved Farley becoming angry and violent with his costar and close friend after finding out that Spade had gone out with Lowe the night before without inviting him. Farley reportedly taunted Spade about the hangout and stomped on his hand, prompting Spade to leave set for the day.
Kevin and John, the middle and youngest of the three Farley brothers respectively, both appear in Tommy Boyduring the wedding reception of Brian Dennehy and Bo Derek’s characters.
At several points in the movie, Farley shouts the nonsense phrase, “Holy schnikes!” According to director Peter Segal, Farley created this saying in childhood in light of his parents’ strict rule against using obscenities.
Like Tommy Callahan, Chris Farley graduated from Marquette University. (He likely didn’t squeak by with a D+ in History 201 after attributing the signing of the Declaration of Independence to Herbie Hancock.)
Early on in the film, viewers catch a couple of quick glimpses of Farley’s character’s History 201 class roster. Among the names listed are “Helen Keller” and “Debbie Little,” printed last name first so as to read “Little, Debbie,” as in Little Debbiebrand desserts and snacks.
Wolf has been the key writer or co-writer on many top-ranking box office movies, such as “Grown Ups” and “Grown Ups II,” “Without a Paddle” and “Black Sheep.” Wolf, along with Adam Sandler, co-wrote the hit movie “Grown Ups,” which won a People’s Choice Award for Best Comedy.
Fred Wolf. Biography. Fred began work as a stand-up comedian in the early days of the "comic boom" in Los Angeles and started submitting jokes to Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, and many others, which propelled him from performing into writing.
