- Wrote the 200th episode of "Love Boat" that TV Guide ranked #82 among the 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
- Likes to tell strangers he's a taxidermist or an insurance underwriter.
- Writes his screenplays by hand on a yellow legal pad.
- Graduated from New York University in 1978.
- Writes most of his screenplays with Dustin Hoffman in mind.
- Favorite movie: "Midnight Cowboy."
- Likes to work with cinematographer John Seale.
- Has been a ham radio operator since age 13 (KQ6DF, formerly WA3MZV).
- Moved to Montecito, California where he continues to write and helps aspiring writers through seminars and workshops. (November 2006)
- (January 2007-Present) Is an adjunct assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program at New York University.
- (May 22, 1992) During his last four years on "The Tonight Show," Kunes was Johnny Carson's primary monologue writer and wrote the final joke that Carson ever delivered.
- (May 20, 1992) Kunes sold an original screenplay entitled "First Comes Love" to Westport Film Partners (headed by former Warner Bros. Music president Stephen-Craig Aristei) for $1.2 million. This was the highest amount ever paid for an original screenplay at the time of its sale, and made the front page of Daily Variety.
- Delivered a TEDx talk "Square One at 60" in Philadelphia on November 14, 2021.
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