Emily Prager

Born April 21, 1948 · Tucson, Arizona, USA

Emily Prager is an American author, journalist, actress and comedian. Initially a star on the live, daily soap opera The Edge of Night from 1968 to 1972 Prager chanced on a copy of National Lampoon in the dressing room and immediately wanted a job there. She soon got acting work on The National Lampoon Radio Hour, appeared in their High School Yearbook Parody, and began her writing career as a contributing editor for National Lampoon under editors Doug Kenney, Henry Beard, & Michael O'Donoghue. Prager & O'Donoghue would collaborate further in 1979 on the NBC pilot turned cult film Mr. Mike's Mondo Video. In addition to being a writer-performer on Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, Prager was the cinematographer on the "Home Movie" sketch and co-songwriter of "The Haunting Theme from Mondo Video" with O'Donoghue. In 1986 she was a writer-performer on Arena Brains directed by Robert Longo. Her bibliography includes a compendium of 25 years of humor writing, In the Missionary Position, the acclaimed short story collection A Visit From the Footbinder and Other Stories, the novels Eve's Tattoo, Clea and Zeus Divorce, and Roger Fishbite, and a memoir, Wuhu Diary. She has been a columnist for Penthouse, the Village Voice, The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Guardian.