Early Work
Before joining SNL, Forte was a member of The Groundlings and a comedy writer on television series. His first work as a staff writer was on the sketch show The Jenny McCarthy Show on MTV. He also wrote for the short lived The Army Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and short lives comedy Action. Forte wrote a pilot called Dos Hermanos about brothers John and Dean which introduced him to Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner. He was given a development deal to turn the pilot into a feature film script and put on staff at 3rd Rock from the Sun and later That '70s Show, as a writer. He was a consultant on the short-lived animated series, God, the Devil and Bob and producer during the 2001-2002 season of That '70s Show.
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