Steve Young was a television writer for ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is a

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graduate and former writer for the

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. He also wrote ''

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'' season eight episode "

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". Young adapted the holiday book ''

Olive, the Other Reindeer ''Olive, the Other Reindeer'' is a 1999 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy musical film written by Steve Young, based on the children's book by J. Otto Seibold, and directed by Academy Award-nominated animator Steve Moore. The featur ...

'' for the animated holiday special. He won an

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in 2000 for his screenplay. Young's other television writing credits include ''

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''. Young is the co-author, along with Mike "Sport: Murphy, o
''Everything's Coming Up Profits – The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals''
an illustrated history of musicals written for company conventions and sales meetings, told through the rare souvenir record albums. Young stars in the 2018 documentary

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detailing his discovery and pursuit of Industrial Musicals. During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike Young, along with fellow ''Late Show'' writers Eric Stangel,

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, Bill Scheft, Matt Roberts, Tom Ruprecht, Jeremy Weiner, Lee Ellenberg, Joe Grossman and Bob Borden posted their "thoughts and observations".lateshowwritersonstrike.com
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