Episode 49 | Dan Povenmire
Apr 11, 20231h 2m
Writer, director, cartoonist, and voice artist Dan Povenmire talks about his adventures in Hollywood creating the enormously successful Phineas and Ferb for Disney.
Hosted by Scott Dikkers · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 49 episodes
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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.
Scott Dikkers hosts How To Write Funny, a arts show with 49 episodes published.
Writer, director, cartoonist, and voice artist Dan Povenmire talks about his adventures in Hollywood creating the enormously successful Phineas and Ferb for Disney.
Cartoonist and writer Alex Stevenson talks about developing her web comic "Cartoons Hate Her" on social media, pushing boundaries, and building a fanbase.
"Entrepremedian" JaMarr John Johnson talks with Scott about how comedians can exploit Web3 and Crypto to make more money, starting by helping Scott create his "Jim Key" to turn fans into owners.
LiartownUSA.com is the Internet's funniest, most original, and most undiscovered treasure. Scott chats with its creator, Sean Tejaratchi, to find out where it came from and how it can be so funny.
Actress, writer, and director Justine Bateman talks about fame, being on the top sitcom in the country, getting older in show business, and why it's important to take comedy seriously.
Patton Oswalt is an Emmy- and Grammy-winning comedian and actor known for insightful comedy specials and roles in hit TV shows and movies like The King of Queens, Ratatouille, and the new M.O.D.O.K. on Hulu.
Mike Sacks is the bestselling author of Stinker Lets Loose, Passable in Pink, and the excellent comedy-writer interview books Here's the Kicker and Poking a Dead Frog.
Founder of the Comedy Studies program at Columbia College and comedy professor Anne Libera talks comedy history, comedy theory, and why it all matters.
Michael Gerber talks about his hard-won career in comedy writing for TV, writing parody novels, and finally editing and publishing The American Bystander magazine.
Veteran stand-up comic, writer and actress Margaret Cho talks about getting started in the 80s comedy boom, her TV show, and her thoughts on writing and performing stand-up.
Stand-up comic, TV writer and actress Jen Kirkman talks about her comedy, social media, pitching TV shows, and how to weather the ups and downs of the business.
Scott talks with veteran stand-up comedian and comic actor Matt Braunger about getting started, making it in stand-up, and making it in acting.
Scott talks with Harvard Lampoon President about the nation's oldest college humor magazine's humor, pranks, and castle, and how to lead a band of misfit comedy writers.
Scott walks through the specific steps for writing a satirical article, essay, stand-up bit, or sketch.
Scott asks Ryan Creamer how he became the hot new thing in comedy by doing hilariously wholesome videos on Pornhub.
Scott chats with multi-Emmy-winning comedy writer and performer Merrill Markoe about breaking into TV writing, her years working with David Letterman as he was coming up, and her audiobook (co-written with Megan Koester)
Host Scott Dikkers goes through the process of how to come up with a funny line and write a joke from scratch, illustrating the "How to Write Funny" system for joke creation. Get the cheatsheet at www.howtowritefunny.com
Lev talks about how he found success doing the animated "Tales of Mere Existence" series on YouTube, which has racked up millions of views.
Scott talks about three fundamentals of successful comedy writing and how to go after them: (1) writing 10 funny ideas every day, (2) overcoming writer's block, and (3) avoiding clichés.
Tim Clue joins Scott to discuss the craft of stand-up comedy, how to improve it, make money at it, and get better at it quickly.
Dan Povenmire
1 appearance on this show
Patton Oswalt
1 appearance on this show
Mike Sacks
political and legal journalist
1 appearance on this show
Michael Gerber
1 appearance on this show
Margaret Cho
comedian, actor, musician
1 appearance on this show
Steve Kaplan
Rtd Navy SEAL, Owner of Trident Adventures · Peachtree Blinds
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Avery
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Cooper
Admiral Nurse, Deputy Clinical Lead for Dementia UK's National Clinics Programme · Dementia UK
1 appearance on this show
Seth Reiss
Writer ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ & ‘The Menu’
1 appearance on this show
Adam Resnick
2 appearances on this show
Weird Al Yankovic
1 appearance on this show
Ellie Kemper
Early 2010s Ellie Kemper (& Retrospective)
1 appearance on this show
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