Daniel O'Keefe (born ) is an American television writer and producer, who has worked on such shows as ''

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Early and personal life

O'Keefe was born to writers Deborah and Daniel O'Keefe, who was best known as the creator of the holiday Festivus. O'Keefe has two brothers: composer Laurence O'Keefe and screenwriter Mark O'Keefe. O'Keefe graduated from

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in 1990. He currently resides in

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Career

As a television writer, O'Keefe was responsible for popularizing the holiday Festivus on the 1997 ''Seinfeld'' episode " The Strike"."Festivus 2009: Holiday creator Dan O'Keefe takes your questions"
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''. December 21, 2009. Festivus had been invented in the 1960s by O'Keefe's father, editor and author Daniel O'Keefe (1928–2012). In 2005, Dan O'Keefe published a book about the holiday and its history, titled ''The Real Festivus''.O'Keefe, Dan
''The Real Festivus''
Perigee, 2005.

References

Notes Bibliography * ''The Real Festivus'' (2005)

External links

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