On Comedy Writing

Mike Scollins (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Funny or Die) joins Alan to talk about digital comedy, writing an SNL monologue, and working on an awards show in the height of the #MeToo movement. 

 

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Karen Chee (Late Night with Seth Meyers, 2019 Golden Globes) joins Alan to talk about watching old British comedy, why she likes political satire, and internal versus external monologue jokes.

 

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Ben Warheit (Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Awesomes) joins Alan to talk about how drawing cartoons at his day job led to selling a pilot, the difficulty in directing animation voiceovers with celebrities, and the hallmarks of a good desk piece

 

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Sam Brown (Whitest Kids U’ Know, The Pack Theater) joins Alan to talk about making a pilot on film in college, the New York comedy scene in the early ‘00s, and the development process.

 

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Bob Vulfov (UCB, The New Yorker) joins Alan to talk about moving to America at 12, trying different things to generate ideas, and writing jokes on Twitter.

 

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Alan talks with Jesse David Fox (Vulture, Good One: A Podcast About Jokes) about comedy journalism.

 

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David Angelo (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) joins Alan to talk about good sitcoms for writers to watch, why film school isn’t worth it, and sneaking in a packet that got him hired.

 

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Alan talks with Kelsey Harper (The Magnet) about graduate school.

 

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Scott Vrooman (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, This Hour Has 22 Minutes) joins Alan to talk about being an economist while doing comedy, writing a book, movie, and television show with his sketch group, and breaking in to the American entertainment industry.

 

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Zach Rice (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about doing many internships, tips for applying to The Onion Fellowship, and being the only white writer in a room.

 

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