IFH 194: The Art and Craft of Writing a Comedy w/ Peter Desberg & Jeffrey Davis

Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast · Nov 6, 2017 · 1h 16m

If you ever wanted to know some of the secrets of how to write a comedy then today's guest might be able to help. Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis are the authors of Now That’s Funny! The Art and Craft of Comedy Writing, a new book that provides an intimate look into the minds of twenty-nine of Hollywood’s funniest comedy writers from movies and TV shows like:

Saturday Night Live

Frasier

The Simpsons

Everybody Loves Raymond

Monk

Modern Family

The Honeymooners

There's Something About Mary

Dumb and Dumber

Cheers

Home Improvement

The writers were asked to develop a generic comedy premise created…