Joel Moss Levinson

Joel Moss Levinson
Levinson in July 2005
Born	1979/1980 (age 36–37)
Website	happyjoel.com

Joel Moss Levinson is a writer, comedian from Yellow Springs, Ohio. He often collaborates with his older brother, Stephen Levinson, as the Levinson Brothers.

The pair were a part of TedX Dayton 2014, speaking about successful collaboration.

Along with their third partner, CONAN and former Daily Show writer Rob Kutner, the Levinson Brothers released "2776" a comedy/musical album benefitting the charity OneKid OneWorld. Featuring Aimee Mann, Patton Oswalt, Ed Helms, Ashanti, Reggie Watts, Ira Glass, Nina Totenberg, Will Forte, Rebirth Brass Band, Yo La Tengo, Margaret Cho, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Dick Cavett, Dick Gregory, k.d. lang, Will Arnett, Alex Trebek and more, the album appeared briefly on the Billboard Comedy charts. The album's liner notes were written by George Saunders and appeared in the New Yorker Joel composed the music for all but two of the 28 tracks.

n 2012, the Levinson Brothers and Rob Kutner released an EP called "It's OK To Do Stuff" in celebration of the 40th anniversary of "Free To Be You And Me." Made up of songs satirizing the original with songs about gender, childhood, equality and relationships. "It's Okay to Do Stuff is first and foremost meant to be funny — and it is, most of the time. Here, the earnestness of Free to Be is replaced with satire, but irony is the ethos of our age, remember?" The album features Lizzy Caplan, Fred Willard, Jane Weidlin, Steven Page, Colin Hanks, Fred Stoller, Eddie Pepitone, Eugene Mirman and others.