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Downey Wrote That (2025)
66 min | Documentary

Downey Wrote That (2025)

66 min | Documentary

Explores the sketches, contributions and influence of Jim Downey, SNL's longest-running writer who coined "strategery" mocking President George W. Bush and was called the "best political humorist alive."

Director

Brent Hodge (director)

Producer

Joe Tuck (producer)

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Oct 17, 2025 (United States)

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29 cast members

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James Downey Self Self See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
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