| Description |
viii, 376 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Previous edition, published in 2010, has other title information: at the writers' table with Hollywood's top comedy writers. |
| Contents |
Walter Bennett: The Steve Harvey Show, The Cosby Show -- Yvette Bowser: Living single, A different world -- David Breckman: Monk, Saturday Night Live -- Peter Casey: Fraiser, Cheers -- Ed Decter: There's something about Mary, The Santa Clause 2 -- Michael Elias: The jerk, The Frisco kid -- Heather Hach: Freaky Friday, Freaky Monday -- Mitch Klebanoff: Beverly Hills ninja, The disorderlies -- Dennis Klein: The Larry Sanders Show, Buffalo Bill -- Bob Myer: Mike & Mollly, Roseanne -- Hank Nelken: Saving Silverman, Are we done yet? -- Tracy Newman and Jonatha Stark: According to Jim, Ellen -- Dan O'Shannon: Modern family, Back to you -- Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio: Despicable me, Bubble boy -- Charlie Peters: Three men and a little lady, Blame it on Rio -- Heide Perlman: Cheers, The Tracey Ullman Show -- Phil Rosenthal: Everybody loves Raymond, Coach -- Lew Schneider: The Goldbergs, The new adventures of old Christine -- Sherwood and Lloyd Schwartz: Gilligan's Island, The Brady bunch -- Paul Chitlik and Marc Sheffler: Who's the boss?, Charles in charge -- Elliot Shoenman: Home improvement, Maude -- Marley Sims: Home improvement, Sabrina the teenage witch -- Cheri and Bill Steinkellner: The Jeffersons, Cheers -- Leonard Stern: The honeymooners, Get smart. |
| Summary |
Authors Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis present 24 of Hollywood's top comedy writers with the same generic comedy premise and examine how each writer approaches the creative writing process. |
| Subject |
Television comedies -- Authorship.
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Comedy films -- Authorship.
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Television comedy writers -- United States -- Interviews.
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Screenwriters -- United States -- Interviews.
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Comedy films -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst00869096
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Screenwriters. (OCoLC)fst01109351
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Television comedies -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst01146833
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Television comedy writers. (OCoLC)fst01146838
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
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| Added Author |
Davis, Jeffrey, author.
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| ISBN |
9780757004452 (paperback) |
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0757004458 (paperback) |
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