How To Write Funny
Episode 49 | Dan Povenmire
Apr 11, 20231h 3m
Writer, director, cartoonist, and voice artist Dan Povenmire talks about his adventures in Hollywood creating the enormously successful Phineas and Ferb for Disney.
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How To Write Funny
Hosted by Scott Dikkers · Arts · EN
About this Podcast:
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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What is How To Write Funny about?
Scott Dikkers, founder of 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.
Who hosts How To Write Funny?
How To Write Funny is hosted by Scott Dikkers. The show has published 49 episodes to date.
What has How To Write Funny covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Episode 49 | Dan Povenmire" (11 April 2023, 63 minutes), "Episode 48 | Alex Stevenson" (13 March 2023, 63 minutes), and "Episode 47 | JaMarr John Johnson" (7 May 2022, 79 minutes).
How often does How To Write Funny publish?
How To Write Funny publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 49 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on How To Write Funny?
Booking probability for How To Write Funny is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. How To Write Funny requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. How To Write Funny's contact route on record: verified email.
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Scott Dikkers hosts How To Write Funny, an arts podcast with 49 episodes published.
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Episode #48
Episode 48 | Alex Stevenson
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Episode 47 | JaMarr John Johnson
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How To Write Funny
Episode 46 | Sean Tejaratchi
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Episode #45
Episode 45 | Justine Bateman
May 20, 20211h 8mActress, 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.
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Episode #44
Episode 44 | Patton Oswalt
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Episode #43
Episode 43 | Mike Sacks
Sep 17, 202058 minMike 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.
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Episode 42 | Anne Libera
Jul 24, 20201h 3mFounder of the Comedy Studies program at Columbia College and comedy professor Anne Libera talks comedy history, comedy theory, and why it all matters.
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Episode 41 | Michael Gerber
May 22, 20201h 30mMichael Gerber talks about his hard-won career in comedy writing for TV, writing parody novels, and finally editing and publishing The American Bystander magazine.
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Episode 40 | Margaret Cho
Apr 30, 202047 minVeteran 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.
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Episode 39 | Jen Kirkman
Mar 25, 20201h 4mStand-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.
Episode #38
Episode 38 | Matt Braunger
Feb 4, 202054 minScott talks with veteran stand-up comedian and comic actor Matt Braunger about getting started, making it in stand-up, and making it in acting.
Episode #37
Episode 37 | Liana Spiro
Dec 6, 201951 minScott 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.
Episode #36
Episode 36 | How to write satire
Aug 1, 201951 minScott walks through the specific steps for writing a satirical article, essay, stand-up bit, or sketch.
Episode #35
Episode 35 | Ryan Creamer
Jul 9, 201948 minScott asks Ryan Creamer how he became the hot new thing in comedy by doing hilariously wholesome videos on Pornhub.
Episode #34
Episode 34 | Merrill Markoe
May 15, 20191h 27mScott 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...
Episode #33
Episode 33 | How to Write a Joke
Apr 20, 201944 minHost 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...
Episode #32
Episode 32 | Levni Yilmaz
Mar 29, 20191 hourLev talks about how he found success doing the animated "Tales of Mere Existence" series on YouTube, which has racked up millions of views.
- Mar 16, 201934 min
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.
Episode #30
Episode 30 | Tim Clue
Feb 27, 201955 minTim 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.
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