ISA Podcast Dec. 2011

In this podcast, sponsored by the International Screenwriter’s Association, we talk about the 8 myths of comedy. The Comedy Perception Test. And the 8 Hidden Tools of Comedy. And the last half hour is reserved for a Q&A session — your chance to have one of...

Interview, Part 2

2012-02-18 This is the second part of an interview with German journalist and film-maker Harald Dudel, recorded during the Chicago Comedy Intensive in November 2010
Happy Birthday, Andy Kaufman

Happy Birthday, Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman would have been 62 on Tuesday, January 17th. Never one to label himself a ‘comedian,’ Andy trail-blazed meta-comedy, almost daring his audience to get angry, or leave, as he read The Great Gatsby to them—in its entirety Andy was one of a kind....

Interview- Part 1

  Being interviewed at the Chicago Comedy Intensive, November 2010 by Harald Dudel, editor of a German film magazine.

The Secrets to Writing a Successful Sitcom Spec

by Steve Kaplan You’re sitting in your living room, watching TV and thinking to yourself, “That’s not funny.  I can do better.” In fact you know you can do better.  In fact, you’ve got this great idea for this great new sitcom!  What is an aspiring sitcom writer to...