Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers
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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.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 06/24/2014
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.47w x 1.24d
ISBN: 9780143123781
Age: Young Adult
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/01/2014 pg. 50
Shelf Awareness 06/27/2014
Publishers Weekly 06/30/2014
Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 90
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.
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.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 06/24/2014
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.47w x 1.24d
ISBN: 9780143123781
Age: Young Adult
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/01/2014 pg. 50
Shelf Awareness 06/27/2014
Publishers Weekly 06/30/2014
Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 90
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.