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Mark O'Keefe is a comedy screenwriter for feature films and television. He wrote and produced the 2003 film Bruce Almighty, starring Jim Carrey and the 2006 film Click, starring Adam Sandler. O'Keefe resides in Los Angeles.

His brothers are Broadway and movie songwriter Laurence O'Keefe (also called Larry), composer and lyricist of shows like and ; and Seinfeld writer and producer Daniel O'Keefe (also called Danny). Their father, Daniel O'Keefe Sr., invented their private family holiday Festivus, which gained national exposure when depicted in an episode of Seinfeld (written by Danny), and which is now celebrated across the globe.

Mark created the short-lived TV show The O'Keefes, which was loosely based on his family (except that Larry was turned into a girl, named Lauren). The show, starring Judge Reinhold, was on The WB in the summer of of 2003, but only 5 episodes aired before it was cancelled. The show generated controversy among people who felt that it depicted homeschooling in a negative light.

His most recent project, Evan Almighty was released in the Summer of 2007.

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Screenwriters, scenarists, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. Many of them also work as "script doctors," attempting to change scripts to suit directors or studios; for instance, studio
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Bruce Almighty is a 2003 comedy movie directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe, and Steve Oedekerk. It stars Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Aniston.
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Jim Carrey

Carrey at Adam's House in February 2007.
Birth name James Eugene Carrey
Born January 17 1962 (1962--) (age 45)
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada


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Click is a 2006 comedy/drama/fantasy film directed by Frank Coraci and written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe.
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Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning, American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons. Many of its catchphrases have entered into the pop culture lexicon.
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Daniel J. O'Keefe(1950--) is an American communication and argumentation theory scholar. He is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University.
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Daniel J. O'Keefe(1950--) is an American communication and argumentation theory scholar. He is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University.
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Festivus is an annual holiday invented in 1966<ref name="ljworld" /> by Reader's Digest writer and editor Dan O'Keefe. It was introduced to popular culture by O'Keefe's son Daniel, a scriptwriter for the TV show Seinfeld
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Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning, American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons. Many of its catchphrases have entered into the pop culture lexicon.
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The O'Keefes is a very short-lived American television series, shown on the WB Television Network and premiered on May 22, 2003.

The series concerned the O'Keefe family: Harry (played by Judge Reinhold) and Ellie (played by Kirsten Nelson, best known for her role in
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Judge Reinhold

Birth name Edward Ernest Reinhold Jr.
Born May 21 1957 (1957--) (age 50)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
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The WB Television Network

Type Defunct broadcast television network
Country United States
Availability    United States,  Canada, and  Mexico (Northern)
Founder Jamie Kellner
Owner Time Warner
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Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home, typically by parents or guardians, rather than in a public or private school.
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Evan Almighty is a 2007 comedy film, and sequel to the 2003 film Bruce Almighty.
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