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Richard Dahm (often credited as Rich Dahm) is an American comedy writer from Wisconsin. Currently a Co-Executive Producer on the sitcom The Middle, he was formerly Co-Executive Producer and Head Writer for The Colbert Report. He also wrote for Dennis Miller Live and Da Ali G Show.
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Dahm attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the late 1980s, where his professional career began as a writer for the then-new The Onion. He is the author of The Cultural Idiocy Quiz and co-author of several other humor books. A six-time Emmy Award winner, Dahm currently resides in Los Angeles, with his wife, author/screenwriter Leyla Kader Dahm.
Works
The Cultural Idiocy Quiz, Adams Media Corp, 1997. ISBN 1-55850-796-5 Fanfare for the Area Man: The Onion Ad Nauseam Complete News Archives, Vol. 15, Three Rivers Press, 2004. ISBN 1-4000-5455-9