title: Barry W. Blaustein
text: # Barry W. Blaustein
  
  Barry W. Blaustein is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live and What's Alan Watching? and the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America and The Nutty Professor all written in collaboration with David Sheffield.
  
  Blaustein directed, wrote, produced, and narrated the wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Writing credits
  
  * Saturday Night Live (1980–1983) (TV)
  * Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
  * Coming to America (1988)
  * What's Alan Watching? (1989) (TV)
  * Boomerang (1992)
  * The Nutty Professor (with Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk) (1996)
  * Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
  * The Honeymooners (2005)
  * Coming 2 America (2021)
  
  ### Directing credits
  
  * Beyond the Mat (1999)
  * The Ringer (2005)
  * Guys N' Divas: Battle of the Highschool Musicals (2009)
  * Peep World (2010)
  