Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers
✍ Scribed by Sacks, Mike
- Book ID
- 108449204
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101613276
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Amy Poehler, Mel Brooks, Adam McKay, George Saunders, Bill Hader, Patton Oswalt, and many more take us deep inside the mysterious world of comedy in this fascinating, laugh-out-loud-funny book. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories--from a day in the writers' room at The Onion to why a sketch does or doesn't make it onto Saturday Night Live to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of _Monty Python's Flying Circus --Poking a Dead Frog _is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers and pop culture junkies alike.
"No one generates more interesting, revealing, or entertaining interviews than Mike Sacks. Poking a Dead Frog is a classic."
-- Bob Odenkirk
"This book is what I really look forward to in a book about humor: rich with words and humor, and funny stories with words. Thank you for your time."
**-- Will Ferrell
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"These interviews go to dark depths and...