Name: Documentary Screening and Discussion with SNL Writer Tim Herlihy
Start: 2025-10-26T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-26T14:30:00-05:00
Location: Paramount Theatre

Documentary Screening and Discussion with SNL Writer Tim Herlihy

Join us at the Paramount Theatre for a screening of Written By: A Week Inside
the SNL Writer’s Room and a discussion with writer Tim Herlihy
About this Event

Join us at the Paramount Theatre for a screening of "Written By: A Week Inside the SNL Writer’s Room," from the Peacock Series SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025), with a post-screening discussion with SNL writer, Tim Herlihy.

Venue: Paramount Theatre

Date: October 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM (Central Time)

Co-sponsored with the Austin Film Festival.

Tim Herlihy has written or co-written the feature films Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, Bedtime Stories, Grown Ups 2, Pixels, The Ridiculous Six, and Hubie Halloween. He has also served as a producer or executive producer on eighteen films, including the upcoming release Roommates. Herlihy was previously a writer, head writer, and ultimately a producer of the television variety series Saturday Night Live. He was nominated for a Tony Award® for the Broadway musical version of The Wedding Singer, which he co-wrote. Herlihy also co-wrote, produced, and appears in Happy Gilmore 2, which was released on Netflix in July 2025.

This program is free and open to the public. Austin Film Festival badge and film pass holders will have priority access.

Please have your reservation confirmation ready upon entering. A reservation does not guarantee a seat. The line forms upon the arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes prior to the event. Doors to the theater will open approximately 30 minutes before the event begins.

Caption: Lynn Goldsmith, [Saturday Night Live Season 1 writers], ca. 1976. Lorne Michaels Collection. Harry Ransom Center.