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Show Me the Funny!

At the Writers' Table with Hollywoods Top Comedy Writers

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By Peter Desberg

By Jeffrey Davis

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On Sale
Dec 14, 2010
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
ISBN-13
9781402783227

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$4.99

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$6.99 CAD

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ebook (Digital original)

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Enjoy a unique glimpse into the intelligent and quirky inner workings of the comedic mind! This special e-version of Show Me the Funny! presents 28 top comedy screenwriters–including three bonus interviews not in the original print book–from the revered figures of televisions “Golden Age” to todays 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 (Gilligans 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 Theres Something About Mary) o plus three e-book only interviews: Marley Simms (Home Improvement, Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Dan O’Shannon (Modern Family, Frasier, Cheers), and Charlie Hauck (Maude, Cheers)

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Peter Desberg

About the Author

Peter Desberg is the author of 16 books. A licensed clinical psychologist who specializes treating stage fright, he has worked with many top stand-up comedians. Peter has been full professor at California State University Dominguez Hills for the past 30 years and has done extensive research on the psychology of humor. He is frequently quoted in national publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Readers Digest, Psychology Today, and Cosmopolitan.

Jeffrey Davis began his career writing jokes for Thicke of the Night. Among his situation comedy credits are Love Boat, Give Me a Break, Different Strokes, and Night Court. He has also written for such shows as Americas Funniest People, Americas Funniest Home Videos, and Bugs Bunnys 50th Birthday, and has had film projects developed by Bette Midlers All Girl Productions. He is an associate professor of film and TV writing at Loyola Marymount University.

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