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The Comedy Bible From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide

Judy Carter

Judy Carter, guru to aspiring comedy writers and stand-up comics, tells all about the biz of being funny and writing funny in this bright, entertaining, and totally practical guide on how to draw humor from your life and turn it into a career. Do you think you’re funny? Do you want to turn your sen...

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Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

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Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Bob Odenkirk mentioned he is writing a book, currently halfway through it, about his experiences in comedy. The speakers expressed enthusiasm and anticipation for its release.

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I'm halfway through it. It's great. Fascinating.

— Episode: Bob Odenkirk

Episode: Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk mentioned he is writing a book, currently halfway through it, about his experiences in comedy. The speakers expressed enthusiasm and anticipation for its release.

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I'm halfway through it. It's great. Fascinating.

I hope you like it, Dana. I just got to the comedy club so far. I love it. I have my own lane of this life we've shared together and then where we intersected was so cool.

I'm really trying to warn people with that title. I know a lot of people know me from Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, but I want to say, yeah, I'm going to talk about comedy in Chicago in 1985 and you're probably not going to give a shit about that.

Mick Unplugged

Podcast

Mick Unplugged

David Jolly said he received the book from a friend and used its premisesetuppunchline formula as a basic guide for writing jokes.

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It wasn't ever hard, because I got a buddy of mine named Carmen Malone that gave me this book called The Comedy Bible.

— Episode: David Jolly's 5-Year Comedy and Sobriety...

Episode: David Jolly's 5-Year Comedy and Sobriety Experimen...

David Jolly said he received the book from a friend and used its premisesetuppunchline formula as a basic guide for writing jokes.

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It wasn't ever hard, because I got a buddy of mine named Carmen Malone that gave me this book called The Comedy Bible.

So, I mean, like, premise, set up, punchline. I keep that in my mind, but a lot of the times I don't even write like that.

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