The Great Day Podcast with Meir Kay

Jeffrey Gurian - Why Comedy Matters - Episode 4


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Did you ever wonder if all comedians wrote their own material? If you thought they couldn't have come up with any of that material themselves who writes it? Meet Jeffrey Gurian. Jeffrey has been writing jokes for comedians for over 3 decades. He got his start from the people at Saturday Night Live, and saw his jokes performed on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and was written up in a cover story in the NY Times for having multiple careers. 


He's written and collaborated with some of the biggest legends in the industry; Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, Phil Hartman, Andrew “Dice” Clay, Gilbert Gottfried, George Wallace, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and many more. He has more than 500 interviews on his Comedy Matters TV You Tube channel with every big star in comedy from Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Hart on down. In writing for the famed Friars Roasts he wrote for Bruce Willis, Rich Little, Willie Nelson and Jerry Lewis. Woody Allen was his inspiration and encouraged him to make films, which he did, but it's not all laughs with Jeffrey. He's written three movies and six books most recently, "Healing Your Heart, By Changing Your Mind: A Spiritual and Humorous Approach To Achieving Happiness.”, which hit Best Seller status on Amazon. And he’s a former Cosmetic Dentist and Clinical Prof. at N.Y.U. in Oral Medicine and Oro-Facial Pain.


Jeffrey was one of the first recordings of my brand new podcast and I am very excited to bring the stories and positivity to The Great Day Podcast


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