    steven alexander wright (born december 6, 1955) is an american comedian, actor and writer. he is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations. ==early life and career== wright was born at mount auburn hospital in cambridge, massachusetts, and grew up in burlington, massachusetts, one of four children of lucille "dolly" (nÃ©e lomano) and alexander k. wright.{{cite news|last=|first=|title=cover story; the (sur)real steven wright; he laughs easily, works hard for material|pages=|work=the atlanta journal-constitution |date=august 1, 1
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