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On Comedy Writing

Host Alan Johnson interviews working comedy writers about the business and craft of comedy writing.

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#73 - Caitlin Bitzegaio Sep 05, 2018

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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