Now that's funny!
Subtitle: the art and craft of writing comedy
By: Peter Desberg, Jeffrey Davis
Contributors: Davis, Jeffrey, author; Desberg, Peter
Publisher: Square One Publishers; Square One
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780757004452
Subjects: Comedy films; Television comedy writers; Authorship; Interviews; Screenwriters; Television comedies
Description: 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.
Notes: "How 24 top Hollywood writers create comedy in real time"--Cover.

Revised edition of: Show me the funny! : at the writers' table with Hollywood's top comedy writers. 2010.
Table of contents: title: Walter Bennett : The Steve Harvey Show, The Cosby Show; title: Yvette Bowser : Living single, A different world; title: David Breckman : Monk, Saturday Night Live; title: Peter Casey : Fraiser, Cheers; title: Ed Decter : There's something about Mary, The Santa Clause 2; title: Michael Elias : The jerk, The Frisco kid; title: Heather Hach : Freaky Friday, Freaky Monday; title: Mitch Klebanoff : Beverly Hills ninja, The disorderlies; title: Dennis Klein : The Larry Sanders Show, Buffalo Bill; title: Bob Myer : Mike & Mollly, Roseanne; title: Hank Nelken : Saving Silverman, Are we done yet?; title: Tracy Newman and Jonatha Stark : According to Jim, Ellen; title: Dan O'Shannon : Modern family, Back to you; title: Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio : Despicable me, Bubble boy; title: Charlie Peters : Three men and a little lady, Blame it on Rio; title: Heide Perlman : Cheers, The Tracey Ullman Show; title: Phil Rosenthal : Everybody loves Raymond, Coach; title: Lew Schneider : The Goldbergs, The new adventures of old Christine; title: Sherwood and Lloyd Schwartz : Gilligan's Island, The Brady bunch; title: Paul Chitlik and Marc Sheffler : Who's the boss?, Charles in charge; title: Elliot Shoenman : Home improvement, Maude; title: Marley Sims : Home improvement, Sabrina the teenage witch; title: Cheri and Bill Steinkellner : The Jeffersons, Cheers; title: Leonard Stern : The honeymooners, Get smart.