On Comedy Writing

The Last Episode of On Comedy Writing (with Neal Sharma) May 08, 2019

Neal Sharma (medical student, once turned in a research paper six months late) joins Alan to “make it weird” on the last ever episode of On Comedy Writing. Thanks for listening!

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#102 - Moss Perricone May 01, 2019

Moss Perricone (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj) joins Alan to talk about why you should just go out and do an open mic, problems with NYU, and interviewing for his current job.

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#101 - Jason Kim Apr 24, 2019

Jason Kim (Barry, Girls) joins Alan to talk about why playwrights are having so much success in television, writing a musical about K-pop, and the pitching process.

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#100 - Brian Wysol Apr 17, 2019

Brian Wysol (Hot Streets, Rick and Morty) joins Alan to talk about doing Channel 101, making animations on his own, and creating his own show.

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#99 - Glenn Boozan Apr 10, 2019

Glenn Boozan (I Love You, America, Adam Ruins Everything) joins Alan to talk about the differences between UCBs on both coasts, doing the Second City Comedy Studies program, and why improv can sometimes be harmful in writing,

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#98 - David Rabinowitz Apr 03, 2019

David Rabinowitz (BlacKkKlansman, The Pack Theater) joins Alan to talk about going to Quinnipiac University (hell yeah), how he got BlacKkKlansman made without representation, and taking a tequila shot with Brie Larson at the Oscars.

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#97 - Eric Moneypenny Mar 27, 2019

Eric Moneypenny (AOK, The Pack Theater) joins Alan to talk about recording a sketch comedy album, going on tour with his sketch group opening for Drew Carey, and why there aren’t many sketch comedy television shows.

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#96 - Claire Friedman Mar 20, 2019

Claire Friedman (Desus and Mero, Saturday Night Live) joins Alan to talk about doing stand-up in New York as a teen, working on the Harvard Lampoon, and moving from the business side of entertainment to creative.

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#95 - Eric Drysdale Mar 13, 2019

Eric Drysdale (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) joins Alan to talk about writing on a Canadian sketch show as a teen, his Crazy Davis bit, and working on The Colbert Report.

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#94 - Lucas Gardner Mar 06, 2019

Lucas Gardner (Miracle Workers, The New Yorker) joins Alan to talk about free writing to generate ideas, self-publishing humor novels, and working with Simon Rich.

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#93 - Mike Scollins Feb 27, 2019

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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#92 - Karen Chee Feb 20, 2019

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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#91 - Ben Warheit Feb 13, 2019

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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#90 - Sam Brown Jan 23, 2019

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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#89 - Bob Vulfov Jan 16, 2019

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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On Comedy Journalism with Jesse David Fox Jan 09, 2019

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

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#87 - David Angelo Dec 19, 2018

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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Graduate School with Kelsey Harper Dec 12, 2018

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

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#85 - Scott Vrooman Dec 05, 2018

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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#84 - Zach Rice Nov 28, 2018

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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#83 - Carrie Wittmer Nov 14, 2018

Carrie Wittmer (The Belladonna Comedy, New Erotica For Feminists) joins Alan to talk about her comprehensive writing major, making herself write humor pieces every week, and being an entertainment journalist. New Erotica For Feminists is out now! https://www.amazon.com/New-Erotica-Feminists-Satirical-Fantasies-ebook/dp/B07D22FBSD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542162549&sr=8-1&keywords=new+erotica+for+feminists

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#82 - Asher Perlman Nov 07, 2018

Asher Perlman (The Opposition) joins Alan to talk about doing ComedySportz in high school, the Second City approach to sketch, and how to train for Improvised Shakespeare Company.

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#81 - Zhubin Parang Oct 31, 2018

Zhubin Parang (The Daily Show) joins Alan to talk about why he likes South Park, being a lawyer and doing comedy at night, and the difference in writing for Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah.

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#80 - Joanna Bradley Oct 24, 2018

Joanna Bradley (The Break with Michelle Wolf, Saturday Night Live) joins Alan to talk about playing jazz in high school, creating characters, and writing on SNL the week of the 2016 election.

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#79 - Pat Cassels Oct 17, 2018

Pat Cassels (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, College Humor) joins Alan to talk about starting as an intern at College Humor, the College Humor show, and writing political comedy.

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#78 - Alison Leiby Oct 10, 2018

Alison Leiby (The Opposition, The President Show) joins Alan to talk about taking a stand-up class, self-publishing a parody book, and writing satire through characters.

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#77 - Django Gold Oct 03, 2018

Django Gold (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about absurdity in comedy, the death of digital comedy, and starting out on the digital team at Colbert.

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#76 - Kristen Bartlett Sep 26, 2018

Kristen Bartlett (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Saturday Night Live) joins Alan to talk about working standards and practices at Adult Swim, starting an indie sketch group, and drawing comedy from real life.

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#75 - Broti Gupta Sep 19, 2018

Broti Gupta (Speechless, Friends From College) joins Alan to talk about originally being pre-med in college, writing political humor pieces, and being the youngest in a writer’s room.

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#74 - David Young Sep 12, 2018

David Young (College Humor, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) joins Alan to talk about doing magic as a kid, selling a show just before the writer’s strike, and writing on a docuseries.

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#73 - Caitlin Bitzegaio Sep 05, 2018

Caitlin Bitzegaio (The Rundown with Robin Thede, UCB) joins Alan to talk about discovering UCB while in grad school, the pitfalls of sketch students, and how she comes up with characters.

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#72 - Mike Drucker Aug 29, 2018

Mike Drucker (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) joins Alan to talk about interning at SNL, writing for Nintendo, and writing infotainment.

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#71 - Heather Anne Campbell Aug 22, 2018

Heather Anne Campbell (Saturday Night Live, Corporate) joins Alan to talk about starting improv at 14, The Midnight Show ending, and the development process.

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#70 - Josh Comers Aug 15, 2018

Josh Comers (Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) joins Alan to talk about handing out flyers in Times Square for stage time, starting a blog to write monologue jokes, and writing on the Comedy Central Roasts.

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#69 - Mike Upchurch Aug 08, 2018

Mike Upchurch (Mr. Show, The Chris Rock Show) joins Alan to talk about writing a sketch comedy thesis, the Mr. Show writing process, and teaching at The Pack Theater.

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#68 - Bryan Tucker Aug 01, 2018

Bryan Tucker (Saturday Night Live, Chappelle’s Show) joins Alan to talk about playing 500 shows with his college group, writing the Racial Draft sketch, and what he looks for in SNL packets.

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Making An Independent Comedy Film with Daniel Shar Jul 25, 2018

Alan talks with Daniel Shar about writing and directing SCRAPS, an independent comedy film. See the Los Angeles premiere of SCRAPS at the Downtown Independent on August 8th at 8pm! For more information, check out scrapsmovie.com.

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#66 - Tom Ruprecht Jul 18, 2018

Tom Ruprecht (Late Show with David Letterman, The Nightly Show) joins Alan to talk about starting out as an intern at Letterman, the development process, and working on the Jon Stewart HBO animation series.

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#65 - Caitlin Kunkel Jul 11, 2018

Caitlin Kunkel (The Belladonna Comedy, New Erotica For Feminists) joins Alan to talk about going to grad school, starting the Online Satire program at Second City, and writing a book.

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#64 - Steve Young Jun 27, 2018

Steve Young (Late Show with David Letterman, Maya and Marty) joins Alan to talk about his time at The Harvard Lampoon, writing a Simpsons episode, and being the star of an upcoming documentary.

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#63 - Anthony DeVito Jun 20, 2018

Anthony DeVito (The Break with Michelle Wolf) joins Alan to talk about starting stand-up late, doing road gigs, and writing for the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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Tech with Michael Goldenberg Jun 13, 2018

Alan talks with Michael Goldenberg (The Pack Theater) about doing stage tech in Los Angeles.

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#61 - Taryn Englehart Jun 06, 2018

Taryn Englehart (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Reductress) joins Alan to talk about growing up in a religious house, the fall-out from one of her Reductress articles, and producing a segment for Hillary Clinton.

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#60 - Justin Tyler May 30, 2018

Justin Tyler (The Opposition, Jetpacks Go!) joins Alan to talk about studying street theater for a year, selling a pilot with Jon Gabrus, and directing commericals.

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#59 - Arthur Meyer May 23, 2018

Arthur Meyer (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Pangea 3000) joins Alan to talk about comedy superheroes not existing, watching SNL, and the way he was hired for Late Night.

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#58 - River Clegg May 16, 2018

River Clegg (The Opposition, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about working on his college’s humor magazine, making his own version of The Onion as a kid, and working with a writing partner. Check the @OnComedyWriting Twitter to read Alan's sketch used in the pitch segment!

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#57 - Seth Reiss May 09, 2018

Seth Reiss (Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about the successes and failures of his sketch group, being the head writer of The Onion, and getting on staff at Comedy Bang! Bang! through a Twitter DM.

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Sketch Classes with Michael Goldenberg May 02, 2018

Alan talks with Michael Goldenberg (The Pack Theater) about sketch classes in Los Angeles.

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#55 - Sal Gentile Apr 25, 2018

Sal Gentile (Late Night with Seth Meyers, UCB) joins Alan to talk about working on MSNBC for Chris Hayes, covering presidential elections from journalistic and comedic perspectives, and writing the A Closer Look segment.

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#54 - Anna Drezen Apr 18, 2018

Anna Drezen (Saturday Night Live, Reductress) joins Alan to talk about her “tense" relationship with writing, doing open mics, and writing a packet for SNL.

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#53 - Evan Waite Apr 11, 2018

Evan Waite (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The President Show) joins Alan to talk about teaching English in China, writing comedy about Trump, and working with Tina Fey.

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#52 - Gary Richardson Apr 04, 2018

Gary Richardson (Saturday Night Live, Miracle Workers) joins Alan to talk about starting out in Chicago, getting his first writing job from a short film, and his first year writing on Saturday Night Live.

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#51 - Scott Sherman Mar 28, 2018

Scott Sherman (The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight) joins Alan to talk about archiving sketches at Second City, working on packets, and how writing for The Colbert Report was like a math problem.

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#50 - Beth Newell Mar 21, 2018

Beth Newell (Reductress) joins Alan to talk about political cartoons, her time as the Managing Director of Sketch at The Magnet, and the early days of Reductress.

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#49 - Chelsea Davison Mar 14, 2018

Chelsea Davison (The Opposition, @midnight) joins Alan to talk about doing stand-up for the first time because of a college class, getting an agent because of her Lena Dunham impression, and being a cast member on the rebooted MadTV.

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#48 - John Reynolds Mar 07, 2018

John Reynolds (The President Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) joins Alan to talk about Celebrity Deathmatch, writing children’s animation, and his webcomic, A Fistful of Babies.

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#47 - James Folta Feb 28, 2018

James Folta (The New Yorker, Paul Ryan Magazine) joins Alan to talk writing online humor, parody magazines, and the state of political satire.

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#46 - Dan Chamberlain Feb 21, 2018

Dan Chamberlain (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Above Average) joins Alan to talk about how bad commercial auditions led him to writing, doing sketch open mics at UCB, and the state of digital comedy.

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#45 - Daniel Kibblesmith Feb 14, 2018

Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ClickHole) joins Alan to talk about how he sold his first book, writing comic books, and the early days of Colbert’s Late Show.

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#44 - Dan Gregor Feb 07, 2018

Dan Gregor (How I Met Your Mother, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) joins Alan to talk about starting the NYU sketch comedy group, getting stuck in the development process, and writing and directing his first movie.

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#43 - Ana Fabrega Jan 31, 2018

Ana Fabrega (The Chris Gerhard Show, The Truth About Pangea) joins Alan to talk about working in finance, creating characters in her room, and working on an HBO pilot with Fred Armisen.

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#42 - Sam West Jan 24, 2018

Sam West (The Onion, Our Cartoon President) joins Alan to talk about working on The Onion movie, creating Adult Swim infomercials, and writing for animation.

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#41 - Andy Bobrow Jan 17, 2018

Andy Bobrow (Brooklyn 99, Last Man on Earth) joins Alan to talk about working in advertising for 15 years, making a pilot, and writing on Community.

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#40 - Noah Garfinkel Jan 10, 2018

Noah Garfinkel (New Girl, The President Show) joins Alan to talk about hosting a show at Rififi, why Kroll Show was the most fun job, and writing on the last season of New Girl.

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#39 - Dave Horwitz Jan 03, 2018

Dave Horwitz (Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23, Dealbreakers) joins Alan to talk about making videos as a kid, having his book optioned for television, and splitting up with his writing partner.

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#38 - Emmy Blotnick Dec 27, 2017

Emmy Blotnick (The President Show, @midnight) joins Alan to talk about working as a Late Night with Jimmy Fallon blogger, writing roast jokes for Jewel, and preparing for her half-hour special.

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#37 - David Phillips Dec 20, 2017

David Phillips (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Rick and Morty) joins Alan to talk about being a writer’s assistant on Parks and Recreation, using the story circle on Rick and Morty, and the hallmarks of a successful Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode.

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#36 - Achilles Stamatelaky Dec 13, 2017

Achilles Stamatelaky (Broad City, UCB) joins Alan to talk about being on Maude Night and a Digital Team at the same time, being the Associate Artistic Director at UCB, and doing punch up work.

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#35 - Mitra Jouhari Dec 06, 2017

Mitra Jouhari (The President Show, Miracle Workers) joins Alan to talk about dropping out of college to pursue comedy, being a writer’s assistant on Full Frontal, and getting hired for her first sitcom job because of a humor piece.

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#34 - Streeter Seidell Nov 29, 2017

Streeter Seidell (Saturday Night Live, College Humor) joins Alan to talk about the early days of online sketch comedy, meeting Lorne Michaels, and writing David S. Pumpkins.

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#33 - Sean Conroy Nov 15, 2017

Sean Conroy (Mr. Pickles, Gentlemen Lobsters) joins Alan to talk about writing scripts freehand, what it’s like between writing jobs, and working in the Key and Peele writer’s room.

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#32 - Alison Rich Nov 08, 2017

Alison Rich (Saturday Night Live, Party Over Here) joins Alan to talk about doing theater at school, the differences between Maude Night on each coast, and acting in a sketch show on network television.

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#31 - Josh Johnson Nov 01, 2017

Josh Johnson (The Daily Show, The Tonight Show) joins Alan to talk about political correctness in comedy, why Chicago is great place to hone your craft, and doing an hour on the road.

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#30 - Matt Klinman Oct 25, 2017

Matt Klinman (Problematic, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about how Facebook is ruining digital comedy, filming a movie in one day through Sketch Cram, and Pitch, his new joke writing app.

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#29 - Nick Rutherford Oct 18, 2017

Nick Rutherford (Good Neighbor, Dream Corp, LLC) joins Alan to talk about shelving videos that didn’t work, the concept for the Good Neighbor pilot that never aired, and being a writer on Saturday Night Live.

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#28 - Brian Kiley Oct 11, 2017

Brian Kiley (The Tonight Show, Conan) joins Alan to talk about taking a class taught by Denis Leary, the early days of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and writing late night comedy for 23 years.

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#27 - Laura Willcox Oct 04, 2017

Laura Willcox (I Am Bride, The Jim Jefferies Show) joins Alan to talk about writing branded content, struggling to adapt her web series into a television show, and writing a satirical wedding book.

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#26 - Craig Rowin Sep 27, 2017

Craig Rowin (Search Party, @midnight) joins Alan to talk about taking UCB classes every summer during college, getting writing jobs in New York, and how writing on Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later was a dream job.

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#25 - Jeff Loveness Sep 20, 2017

Jeff Loveness (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Marvel) joins Alan to talk about how doing sketch comedy for his campus television station led directly to getting a job at Kimmel, contributing for The Onion in college, and leaving late night to work on a sitcom.

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#24 - Lauren McGuire Sep 13, 2017

Lauren McGuire (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Wrecked) joins Alan to talk about studying psychology in college, getting over her fears and taking classes at UCB, and being the only woman on a writing staff.

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#23 - Chris Kula Sep 06, 2017

Chris Kula (Wrecked, @midnight) joins Alan to talk about the early days of UCBNY, working on Community with Dan Harmon, and writing sports comedy.

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#22 - Nick Wiger Aug 30, 2017

Nick Wiger (Doughboys, Comedy Bang! Bang!) joins Alan to talk about why he stopped performing, why it’s "unfun" to write comedy about politics, and how he left a job for a sitcom that was cancelled before it was written.

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#21 - Scott Aukerman Aug 23, 2017

Scott Aukerman (Mr. Show, Comedy Bang! Bang!) joins Alan to talk about not being interested in modern talk shows, the problems with making Run Ronnie Run, and almost getting a movie starring Rainn Wilson made.

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#20 - Anthony King Aug 16, 2017

Anthony King (Silicon Valley, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later) joins Alan to talk about writing an off-Broadway musical, creating the Maude team system at UCB, and how Playing House uses improv to create scripts.

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#19 - Nate Dern Aug 09, 2017

Nate Dern (Funny or Die, Not Quite A Genius) joins Alan to talk about not getting on the staff of The Harvard Lampoon, struggling to do his own comedy while being the Artistic Director at UCB, and his new book, “Not Quite A Genius,” which you can buy at the link below! https://www.amazon.com/Not-Quite-Genius-Nate-Dern/dp/1501122207/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501801951&sr=8-1&keywords=not+quite+a+genius

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#18 - Neil Campbell Aug 02, 2017

Neil Campbell (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) joins Alan to talk about writing and performing a new sketch every Friday in college, taking the first UCB LA sketch class taught by Scott Aukerman, and how Comedy Bang! Bang! changed and evolved over time.

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#17 - Joey Clift Jul 26, 2017

Joey Clift (25 Minutes of Silence, Chats on Cats) joins Alan to talk about interning for The Mighty Boosh, the differences in sketch between different theaters in Los Angeles, and doing Internet bits.

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#16 - Jenny Jaffe Jul 19, 2017

Jenny Jaffe (Nikki & Sara Live, Big Hero 6) joins Alan to talk about doing sketch at NYU, working full time at College Humor while finishing college, and writing monologue jokes.

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#15 - Jamie Loftus Jul 12, 2017

Jamie Loftus (CAFE, The Bechdel Cast) joins Alan to talk about starting in a smaller comedy community, writing and animating cartoons, and eating Infinite Jest.

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#14 - Matty Smith Apr 14, 2017

Matty Smith (Our Fascinating Planet, Tales of Titans) joins Alan to talk about directing commercials and branded content, writing for animation, and creating his own web series.

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#13 - Carl Tart Mar 10, 2017

Carl Tart (MADtv, Brockmire) joins Alan to talk about using the Second City process to write sketch, the challenges of writing on a television sketch show, and his fast writing process.

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#12 - Matt McConkey Mar 02, 2017

Matt McConkey (Bajillion Dollar Properties, Heathers) joins Alan to talk about starting out as an actor, being a writer’s assistant on Marry Me, and writing on a semi-scripted show.

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#11 - Caroline Anderson Feb 24, 2017

Caroline Anderson (Comedy Bang! Bang! and Hampton DeVille writer’s assistant) joins Alan to talk about her crazy start at Earwolf, how an award’s show writer’s room operates, and being a good writer’s assistant.

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#10 - Tamara Federici Feb 16, 2017

Tamara Federici (The Daily Show, Important Things with Demetri Martin) joins Alan to talk about doing improv in Chicago with Del Close, faxing jokes to SNL, and working on Chappelle’s Show. Videos We Talk About: The Daily Show “I on News” - http://www.cc.com/video-clips/xlgfwp/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-i-on-news---24-hours Important Things with Demetri Martin “Parking Fight” - http://www.cc.com/video-clips/okbp5l/important-things-with-demetri-martin-parking-fight

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#9 - Alan Johnson Minisode Feb 08, 2017

This episode of On Comedy Writing is about defining some terms and giving background on the Los Angeles comedy scene. Host Alan Johnson also talks about why he came to LA. Rate, review, and subscribe!

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#8 - Evan Susser and Van Robichaux Jan 26, 2017

Evan Susser and Van Robichaux (Fist Fight, Wedding Crashers 2) join Alan to talk about producing the “What’s Going On? with Mike Mitchell” pilot, pitching on existing properties, and the making of their first feature, Fist Fight.

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#7 - Leann Bowen Jan 18, 2017

Leann Bowen (Netflix’s Dear White People, Funny or Die) joins Alan to talk about going to art school, how she got on a Maude team, and writing a pilot to get her first television writing job.

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#6 - Bradford Evans and Nick Ciarelli Jan 11, 2017

Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans (Tween Fest, Billy on the Street) join Alan to talk about writing for a Maude team each month, writing fake scripts, and writing good satire about the Internet.

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#5 - Jon Millstein Jan 04, 2017

Jon Millstein (ClickHole, Funny or Die) joins Alan to talk about writing literary humor in college, the differences between stage and video sketches, and becoming one of the first contributors at ClickHole.

Videos We Discuss:

Where Does The Smell Of A Kiss From- https://vimeo.com/150626200

The Big Test - https://vimeo.com/175911323

Boarding with Jon #3 - The Kickflip -https://vimeo.com/150626169

Jeff Unworthy’s “You Might Be A Millennial” -https://vimeo.com/183575705

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#4 - Jack Allison Dec 28, 2016

Jack Allison (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Funny or Die) joins Alan to talk about the most valuable Matt Besser class he ever took, the problem with current political comedy, and leaving Jimmy Kimmel Live! to focus on his own projects.

Videos We Discuss:

The Fixer Upper Brothers Fix The Debt Ceiling - http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fa3e6d7f47/the-fixer-upper-brothers-fix-the-debt-ceiling?_cc=__d___&_ccid=4cf42e34-e878-42c6-892f-b4cca8c5d628

Funny or Die’s Halloween Anthology with Marilyn Manson - http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f65a47da1c/are-these-tales-spooky-to-you?_cc=__d___&_ccid=4cf42e34-e878-42c6-892f-b4cca8c5d628

New Brooklyn Nets -http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/768041076b/the-new-brooklyn-nets?_cc=__d___&_ccid=4cf42e34-e878-42c6-892f-b4cca8c5d628

Reading Rainbow’s New Theme Song with LeVar Burton - http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c61f805aa7/reading-rainbow-s-new-theme-song-with-levar-burton?_cc=__d___&_ccid=4cf42e34-e878-42c6-892f-b4cca8c5d628

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#3 - Amanda Meadows and Geoffrey Golden (The Devastator) Dec 21, 2016

Amanda Meadows and Geoffrey Golden, founders of The Devastator — the only all-comedy book publisher in America — join Alan to talk about writing comedy for the internet, how to write a comic book, and what they look for in pitches for The Devastator.

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#2 - Devin Field Dec 19, 2016

Devin Field (Workaholics, Billy on the Street) joins Alan to talk about writing monologue set-ups for Conan, getting the bad writing out in college, and creating a themed sketch show.

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#1 - Joe Saunders Dec 14, 2016

Joe Saunders (Comedy Bang! Bang!, UCB House Team “Oh Brother) joins Alan Johnson to talk about being a PA on The Simpsons, writing for The Emmys, and teaching sketch at UCB. Videos We Discuss: Regardez Qui Parle: Criterion Collection Edition (Look Who's Talking) - a PARODY by UCB's Pantsuit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0iyFQqfZtE FACES: Why Do We Hate Them - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4N8b_4J9JE

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