Emily Prager

Biography

Emily Prager is an American author, journalist, actress and comedian. A star on The Edge of Night from 1968 to 1972 Prager chanced on a copy of National Lampoon in the dressing room. Shortly after she was cast on The National Lampoon Radio Hour, appeared in their High School Yearbook Parody, and began her writing career as a contributing editor for the 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.