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Alan Wieder

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Hello. My name is Alan Wieder. It just so happens that in 2005, the Year of the Rooster, I acted like a real cock. It was an interesting coincidence. I wrote a book about it. It's out now. I'm still kind of a cock, but now I'm a published author, so F.U. Just kiddin'. I love you all.

I am a writer and producer in Los Angeles. I graduated Columbia University in 1995 with honors and once planned on attending a high-falutin’ PhD program in Comparative Literature -–before, through a strange twist of fate, I wound up pursuing a career in decidedly low-falutin’ reality television.

As a producer, I worked on a bunch of schlocky shows that critics liked to claim spelled the end of respectable culture: Temptation Island, Joe Millionaire -- you name it...more


Cock-a-doodle-do. My mother recently revealed to me, just a few days into my 35th year of life, that I owe my existence to a hemorrhoid.

The events without which my birth would not have been possible, in sum, are as follows:

1) My mom's father, Eric Legmann, who was born in Hungary but emigrated to Paris in 1923, was one of France's leading gastroenterologists and proctologists, who, among many o... read more »
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Year of the Cock: The Remar...
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Year of the Cock by Alan Wieder
" Be warned--not a book for anyone who doesn't want to read about a guy and his relationship with his, well, you know. This is a very funny book in parts and will appeal to guys in their 20-30's, much like Tucker Max. A memoir that is much like a tr... "
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