Item #298724 Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers. Mike Sacks.

Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers

Penguin Books, June 2014. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Item #298724
ISBN: 0143123785

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.

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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