Editing Andy Borowitz (section)

==Early life==
Borowitz was born to a marginally observant [[Reform Jewish]] family<ref name=Festival>Borowitz, Andy (2005-12-25). [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/fashion/sundaystyles/25BOROWITZ.html?_r=0 "The Festival of Loot"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.  Retrieved 2013-09-03.</ref> in [[Shaker Heights, Ohio]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fGARAQAAMAAJ&q=andy+borowitz+born+shaker+heights|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2007|publisher=H. W. Wilson Co.|year= 2007|page =80}}</ref> and graduated from [[Shaker Heights High School]].<ref name=harvardmagazine>{{cite news|url= https://harvardmagazine.com/2009/05/andy-borowitz|title=April Fool Every Day|first=Craig|last=Lambert|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]|date=May–June 2009|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190328201720/https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2009/05/andy-borowitz|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1980, Borowitz graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard College]], where he lived in [[Adams House (Harvard University)|Adams House]] and was president of the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notable former writers for Harvard Lampoon|url= http://www.boston.com/yourtown/cambridge/gallery/former_writers_for_harvard_lampoon?pg=6|publisher=Boston.com}}</ref> He also wrote for the [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]]. Borowitz studied with playwright [[William Alfred]] and wrote his undergraduate thesis on [[Restoration comedy]].