Paul Weiland directed, for the most part briskly, the script by Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel.

NEWYORKER: City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly��s Gold

This feel-good comedy, directed by Ron Underwood from a script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is a depressingly efficient piece of Hollywood product.

NEWYORKER: City Slickers

But Crystal and his co-writers (Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel) aim to get behind the ironic mask of this Yiddish harlequin and reveal the fierce ambition and bitterness that fuel his put-downs.

NEWYORKER: Mr. Saturday Night