Poking a dead frog
Subtitle: conversations with today's top comedy writers
By: Mike Sacks
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9780143123781
Subjects: Stand-up comedy; Interviews; Comedians; Anecdotes
Description: 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 doesnt make it onto Saturday Night Live to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of Monty Pythons Flying Circus? Poking a Dead Frog is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers and pop culture junkies alike.