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On Comedy Writing

Host Alan Johnson interviews working comedy writers about the business and craft of comedy writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#77 - Django Gold

#77 - Django Gold

Django Gold (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about absurdity in comedy, the death of d... Read more

3 Oct 2018

53mins

Ranked #2

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#69 - Mike Upchurch

#69 - Mike Upchurch

Mike Upchurch (Mr. Show, The Chris Rock Show) joins Alan to talk about writing a sketch comedy thesis, the Mr. Show writ... Read more

8 Aug 2018

1hr 36mins

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#35 - Mitra Jouhari

#35 - Mitra Jouhari

Mitra Jouhari (The President Show, Miracle Workers) joins Alan to talk about dropping out of college to pursue comedy, b... Read more

6 Dec 2017

54mins

Ranked #4

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#34 - Streeter Seidell

#34 - Streeter Seidell

Streeter Seidell (Saturday Night Live, College Humor) joins Alan to talk about the early days of online sketch comedy, m... Read more

29 Nov 2017

1hr 21mins

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Graduate School with Kelsey Harper

Graduate School with Kelsey Harper

Alan talks with Kelsey Harper (The Magnet) about graduate school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform... Read more

12 Dec 2018

53mins

Ranked #6

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#54 - Anna Drezen

#54 - Anna Drezen

Anna Drezen (Saturday Night Live, Reductress) joins Alan to talk about her “tense" relationship with writing, doing open... Read more

18 Apr 2018

1hr 10mins

Ranked #7

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#45 - Daniel Kibblesmith

#45 - Daniel Kibblesmith

Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ClickHole) joins Alan to talk about how he sold his first book, ... Read more

14 Feb 2018

1hr 35mins

Ranked #8

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Sketch Classes with Michael Goldenberg

Sketch Classes with Michael Goldenberg

Alan talks with Michael Goldenberg (The Pack Theater) about sketch classes in Los Angeles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co... Read more

2 May 2018

38mins

Ranked #9

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#73 - Caitlin Bitzegaio

#73 - Caitlin Bitzegaio

Caitlin Bitzegaio (The Rundown with Robin Thede, UCB) joins Alan to talk about discovering UCB while in grad school, the... Read more

5 Sep 2018

53mins

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#8 - Evan Susser and Van Robichaux

#8 - Evan Susser and Van Robichaux

Evan Susser and Van Robichaux (Fist Fight, Wedding Crashers 2) join Alan to talk about producing the “What’s Going On? w... Read more

26 Jan 2017

1hr 15mins

Ranked #11

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#92 - Karen Chee

#92 - Karen Chee

Karen Chee (Late Night with Seth Meyers, 2019 Golden Globes) joins Alan to talk about watching old British comedy, why s... Read more

20 Feb 2019

54mins

Ranked #12

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#65 - Caitlin Kunkel

#65 - Caitlin Kunkel

Caitlin Kunkel (The Belladonna Comedy, New Erotica For Feminists) joins Alan to talk about going to grad school, startin... Read more

11 Jul 2018

1hr 5mins

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#63 - Anthony DeVito

#63 - Anthony DeVito

Anthony DeVito (The Break with Michelle Wolf) joins Alan to talk about starting stand-up late, doing road gigs, and writ... Read more

20 Jun 2018

1hr 1min

Ranked #14

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#46 - Dan Chamberlain

#46 - Dan Chamberlain

Dan Chamberlain (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Above Average) joins Alan to talk about how bad commercial audi... Read more

21 Feb 2018

1hr 34mins

Ranked #15

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#43 - Ana Fabrega

#43 - Ana Fabrega

Ana Fabrega (The Chris Gerhard Show, The Truth About Pangea) joins Alan to talk about working in finance, creating chara... Read more

31 Jan 2018

1hr 2mins

Ranked #16

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#44 - Dan Gregor

#44 - Dan Gregor

Dan Gregor (How I Met Your Mother, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) joins Alan to talk about starting the NYU sketch comedy group, g... Read more

7 Feb 2018

1hr 15mins

Ranked #17

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#96 - Claire Friedman

#96 - Claire Friedman

Claire Friedman (Desus and Mero, Saturday Night Live) joins Alan to talk about doing stand-up in New York as a teen, wor... Read more

20 Mar 2019

53mins

Ranked #18

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#13 - Carl Tart

#13 - Carl Tart

Carl Tart (MADtv, Brockmire) joins Alan to talk about using the Second City process to write sketch, the challenges of w... Read more

10 Mar 2017

50mins

Ranked #19

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#31 - Josh Johnson

#31 - Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson (The Daily Show, The Tonight Show) joins Alan to talk about political correctness in comedy, why Chicago is... Read more

1 Nov 2017

1hr 33mins

Ranked #20

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#10 - Tamara Federici

#10 - Tamara Federici

Tamara Federici (The Daily Show, Important Things with Demetri Martin) joins Alan to talk about doing improv in Chicago ... Read more

16 Feb 2017

1hr 23mins

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