Episode 19 | Steve Dildarian
TV and commercial copywriter Steve Dildarian enjoyed three seasons of his own funny and critically acclaimed animated series on HBO, The Life and Times of Tim.
Apr 11, 2016•51 min•Ep. 19
How To Write Funny
Scott Dikkers, founder of TheOnion.com and The Onion's editor-in-chief for most of the last 25 years, interviews celebrities, writers, and other people in the comedy industry about their background, philosophy and process.
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Episode 18 | Jermaine Affonso
Scott talks with Jermaine Affonso, a former writer for The Onion who's now the Editor in Chief of Clickhole, which many have called the funniest site on the Internet.
Feb 18, 2016•53 min•Ep. 18
Episode 17 | Jerry Rocha
Jerry Rocha, from Dallas, TX, has been performing stand-up for 20 years. He's appeared on Conan . Last Comic Standing , and his TV special, The Gentleman Jerry Rocha , presented by Gabriel Iglesias, premiered this month on Fuse.
Oct 31, 2015•56 min•Ep. 17
Episode 16 | Beth Newell
Beth Newell founded, with Sarah Pappalardo, the women's news parody website Reductress.
Oct 10, 2015•45 min•Ep. 16
Episode 15 | Louie Anderson
Louie Anderson is one of the most successful stand-up comics of the last 30 years. He created and starred in the animated TV series Life With Louie . He’s written several books, including Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child , and The F Word: How to Survive Your Family . For a time he was the host of TV's Family Feud .
Sep 23, 2015•52 min•Ep. 15
Episode 14 | Daniel Greenberg
With the worst audio quality yet, Scott talks via wax cylinder and copper wire with literary agent Daniel Greenberg, who represents humor writers, comedians, and comedy celebrities. He also discovers new talent in the humor sphere and gets them book-publishing deals.
Sep 10, 2015•47 min•Ep. 14
Episode 13 | Andy Borowitz
Scott and Andy Borowitz take a ride through his varied career, from being President of the Harvard Lampoon , creating the hit TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, stand-up and lecturing, to having his homegrown humor email list become so popular it was subsumed by The New Yorker .
Aug 31, 2015•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 13
Episode 12 | Bob Einstein
Scott picks up the phone and talks with master comedy actor, writer and producer Bob Einstein, the man behind Super Dave Osborne.
Aug 24, 2015•46 min•Ep. 12
Episode 11 | Todd Rosenberg
Todd Rosernberg created one of the first viral online cartoon series, Odd Todd.
Aug 17, 2015•54 min•Ep. 11
Episode 10 | Anna Lefler
Scott talks with Anna Lefler, a humor author who got started as a Mommy blogger. Her first comic novel, Preschooled , comes out this fall. Her previous book was The Chicktionary: From A-Line to Z-Snap, The Words Every Woman Should Know. She's also written and performed for the Nickelodeon/NickMom TV show Parental Discretion with Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, and is a three-time faculty member of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Aug 10, 2015•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 10
Episode 9 | Rich Dahm
Scott chats with Rich Dahm, a two-time Emmy winner who's written for Da Ali G Show , Dennis Miller Live , The Onion , and was co-executive producer of The Colbert Report for 6 years. He currently writes for ABC-TV's The Middle.
Aug 03, 2015•51 min•Ep. 9
Episode 8 | Julia Sweeney
Scott talks with Julia Sweeney, who became famous for her performance as "Pat" on SNL . She later became a humor author, speaker, and producer and star of the one-woman show Letting Go of God.
Jul 27, 2015•54 min•Ep. 8
Episode 7 | Adam Resnick
Scott talks with Adam Resnick, co-creator of the Fox TV series Get a Life , staff writer for Late NIght with David Letterman , writer-director of Cabin Boy , and author of Will Not Attend .
Jul 20, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 7
Episode 6 | Andrew Daly
Andrew Daly patches in remotely to talk with Scott about his prolific career in improv, stand-up, writing, and acting. The star and executive producer of Comedy Central's Review , Andrew has appeared in a number of other movies and TV shows, including Semi-Pro , Eastbound & Down and Yogi Bear. He also pops up frequently as a number of different characters on Comedy Bang Bang .
Jul 13, 2015•56 min•Ep. 6
Episode 5 | Weird Al Yankovic
Scott sits down with parody-music superstar Weird Al Yankovic, who is, believe it or not, the top-selling comedy recording artist of all time.
Jul 06, 2015•40 min•Ep. 5
Episode 4 | Kelly Leonard
Scott talks with Kelly Leonard, who runs Chicago's Second City. He recently wrote (with Tom Yorton) Yes And , a book outlining the practical applications of The Second City's core comedy philosophy.
Jun 29, 2015•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 4
Episode 3 | Ellie Kemper
Scott talks with Ellie Kemper, star of Tina Fey's Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt , who also played Erin on The Office and Becca in Bridesmaids .
Jun 22, 2015•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 3
Episode 2 | Ben Bailey
Scott chats with Ben Bailey, stand-up comedian and Emmy-winning host of Cash Cab .
Jun 15, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 2
Episode 1 | David Javerbaum
Scott talks with multiple-Emmy-winning comedy writer David Javerbaum about his work on The Daily Show , America: The Book , and his insanely popular twitter feed, @TheTweetOfGod, based on his book, The Last Testament: A Memoir , recently adapted into a Broadway play, An Act of God , starring Jim Parsons as God.
Jun 06, 2015•53 min•Ep. 1
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