Kristin Gore pays visit to Viewpoint School
Comedy writer won Emmy for 'Saturday Night Live'

CREATING COMEDY- Television writer Kristin Gore, daughter of Al Gore, discusses her career with students at Viewpoint School.

Kristin Gore, daughter of Al and Tipper Gore, shared her experiences as a television comedy writer for such programs as "Futurama" and "Saturday Night Live" at a packed gathering sponsored by Viewpoint School's Cum Laude Society.

Addressing students, faculty and parents at the organization's Speaker-At-Lunch program on Jan. 24, Gore said she never planned t o be a comedy writer. Soon after her arrival at college, however, she realized that, "All the smartest and funniest people I met at Harvard were all involved with The Harvard Lampoon, and I wanted to be a part of that as well."

She delighted the assembly gathered in the Ahmanson Foundation Black Box Theater when she revealed that she had been a member of the Cum Laude Society at National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C.

The Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 as a national secondary school organization modeled after the collegelevel Phi Beta Kappa Society. Scholastic achievement is honored by induction into the society either in a student's junior or senior year.

Gore attended Harvard University while her father was vice president. She began her writing career as the only female writer on the satiric college magazine The Harvard Lampoon. She said her time at the Lampoon gave her the confidence and skills to write comedy and soon after graduation, she became the only female writer on the Emmy awardwinning animated series "Futurama," created by Matt Groening of "The Simpsons."

Gore won an Emmy in 2002 for her writing on the episode of "Saturday Night Live" that was hosted by her father.

The 30yearold author is working on her third novel, but said she checks her own political agenda at the door when she writes.