Dave Polsky grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Later in his life, he moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania. When he graduated, he moved to New York to pursue a career an investment banking and then was a social worker. After that, he moved to Maine with his wife and his first son was born in Portland. Then he got into the industry of television, through his friend Mark Cronin who hired him as a freelancer for Singled out. When he got the job, the producers were impressed and promoted him to a staff writer. Since then, Dave Polsky has been writing for a few shows such as South Park. He also wrote for Scary Movie and the sequel.