Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers
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Published by Penguin Books June 2014, 2014
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A ''NEW YORK TIMES' 'BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR 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.'.
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- Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers
- Author
- Mike Sacks
- Publisher
- Penguin Books June 2014
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0143123785
- ISBN 13
- 9780143123781
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR
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.
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR
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.
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About the Author
Mike Sacks is the author of three previous books including And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft. Currently on the editorial staff of Vanity Fair, he has also written for the New Yorker, the New York Times, Esquire, GQ, McSweeney’s, Vice, and Salon.
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