

Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers
Mike Sacks
Enjoy a unique glimpse into the intelligent and quirky inner workings of the comedic mind "Show Me the Funny " presents 28 top comedy screenwriters from the revered figures of television's "Golden Age" to today's favorite movie jokesters.
Authors Desberg and Davis put an innovative spin on the traditional interview: each writer was given the same loosely structured comedic premise and asked to develop it in any way he or she wanted-no rules, no boundaries, no limits The result is a hilarious and illuminating look at the comic process.
INCLUDES: o Leonard Stern (co-creator of "Get Smart") o Sherwood Schwartz ("Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch") o Peter Casey (co-creator of "The Jeffersons, Cheers, Wings, Frasier") o Phil Rosenthal (co-creator of "Everybody Loves Raymond") o Ed Decter (co-writer of "There's Something About Mary") o and many more
Show Me the Funny!: At the Writers' Table with Hollywood's Top Comedy Writers is a play written by Jeffrey Davis and published by Samuel French .
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