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You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom
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Phil Rosenthal is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning series Everybody Loves Raymond. Rosenthal also hosted and produced the documentary series Somebody Feed Phil.
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Phil Rosenthal
Phil Rosenthal is the creator and host of the Emmy-nominated Somebody Feed Phil. He also created the hit CBS comedy, Everybody Loves Raymond, which was nominated for over seventy Emmy awards, and won fifteen awards, including for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2003 and 2005. He is also the bestselling author of the book Somebody Feed Phil the Book. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Monica Horan (who played Amy on Everybody Loves Raymond), and their two children. Visit him at PhilRosenthalWorld.com.
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