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Punching Up with Sean Conroy
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Punching Up with Sean Conroy

Hosted by Sean Conroy · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 20 episodes

★★★★★5.0(7 ratings · Apple Podcasts)

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20
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29m
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45
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About this podcast

I'm Sean. I'm a comedian and a writer. I've written TV for over twenty years, and comedianed for way longer than that- stand-up, sketch, improv, one-person shows, podcasts... If you want to learn to write a sitcom pilot, I'm gonna share some of the insights I wish I had when I was starting (maybe even all). I'm also gonna talk to lots of writers about career paths, comedy, and writing habits. We're gonna talk extensively about the craft of television writing, and of comedy writing in general. Performing, too. And the art! Comedy is an art! Check out the show. See you there.

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About the host

Sean Conroy hosts Punching Up with Sean Conroy, a comedy show with 20 episodes published.

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The "Second Draft" of Life: Notes from the Universe and New Beginnings

May 26, 202623mEp. 1S2

Welcome to Season 2 of Punching Up with Sean Conroy ! I'm Sean, and just so you know, this episode gets pretty intensely personal. I'm a TV writer and comedian, and because of some stuff that's gone in my real life recen

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Decoding Your Sitcom Pilot's DNA: Shortcut To A Better Script

Apr 13, 20269mEp. 19S1

There's a lot of stuff I think about now when I'm starting to figure out how to write a TV pilot script that I would have liked to know when I started out, if somebody was like "hey here are some screenwriting tips for b

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Creative Discipline: Why Showing Up is 90% of the Battle

Apr 6, 20268mEp. 18S1

I've been working on my creative process lately, struggling with overcoming perfectionism and writing consistency, and I feel like I'm kind of winning. A little. Discipline is to creatives as ice cream is to lactose into

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Writing 4 Pilots a Year: Ed Herro on Overcoming Creative Fear

Mar 31, 20261h 3mEp. 17S1

In this episode I talk to Ed Herro, who wrote for (among other things) Jeff and Some Aliens and American Housewife. Most recently he co-created and co- ran The Sticky for Amazon Prime. In this showrunner interview, we ge

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3 Easy (?) Things You Can Do To Get Better At Writing Sitcoms

Mar 23, 202616mEp. 16S1

One thing I've always struggled with as a writer is "paralysis by analysis"- maybe if I read THIS book or follow THIS method or use THIS structure I'll get it right, and everything will be easy. So in this episode I talk

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Trailer 1: Punching Up With Sean Conroy

Mar 21, 20261m

TV writer and comedian Sean Conroy and his guests talk about how to write a great sitcom pilot, how to have a career in comedy, how to develop good habits as a writer, and his struggles with all of those things. He gives

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Did They Steal My Script? The Idea Is King, But Execution is Everything

Mar 16, 202635mEp. 15S1

Have you ever seen a movie trailer and thought, "That’s my idea!"? This week, Sean Conroy shares a devastating morning spent on Twitter discovering a project that mirrored his current screenplay beat-for-beat. He talks a

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The Art and Science Of The Cold Open

Mar 9, 202628mEp. 14S1

The cold open of your sitcom pilot may be the most important two pages you will ever write in your life, unless you write a long ransom note for yourself or jot down an ancient family recipe to pass on. You have so much

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Why I Stopped Outlining And Started Writing (And Why It’s Terrifying)

Mar 2, 20262mEp. 13S1

I’ve always written all my TV scripts according to a very methodical screenwriting process. I break the story, do somestory mapping, write an incredibly detailed script outline (including lots of dialogue and jokes), THE

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Marcus Perkins Bejarano is Punching Up: How To Get Into A Hollywood Writing Program

Feb 23, 20261h 7mEp. 12S1

What happens when a high-stakes commercial real estate lawyer decides to trade the courtroom for a writer’s room? This week I talk to Marcus Perkins Bejarano, a graduate of the Nickelodeon Writing Program and writer on t

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The Audience Hated Me, But I Just... Kept... Going

Feb 16, 202613mEp. 11S1

All comics have horror stories. Some involve heckling. Some involve check drops, or check disputes. Some are... quieter. This is mine. In this episode I'm talking about the worst set I ever had, which happened at the leg

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Break The Rules! (But Know Why)

Feb 9, 20266mEp. 10S1

I'm a comedian and a writer, and in this episode of my podcast I'm talking about when to follow the 180-degree rule in filmmaking and when to break it for the sake of a laugh. And obviously I'm doing this to make a large

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Q&A: Improving Your Joke Construction and more

Feb 2, 202637mEp. 9S1

What does it actually take to break into a Hollywood writer’s room? In this "A M Anything" episode, AKA "Ask Me A.," producer Dean Sharp and I get into the business of television. We talk about the reality of landing an

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A Tale of Two Pilots: Is There Such A Thing As A Far Far Better Thing?

Jan 26, 202643mEp. 8S1

Why do some sitcom pilots feel like a sprint while others feel like a slow crawl? In this episode I manage to apply Newton’s Laws of Motion to the reading of a pilot script, and explain why I stay in motion (that is, con

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Owen Burke Is Punching Up With Sean Conroy: Stay Joyful

Jan 19, 20261h 17mEp. 7S1

In this episode of Punching Up, I’m talking to my old friend the hilarious Owen Burke. Starting with his early days as a production assistant , to his time as a development executive at Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary

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Getting Notes, and How Not To Take Them

Jan 12, 202626mEp. 6S1

A big part of the television pilot development process (and any scriptwriting process) is getting notes from other people. In this episode I talk about handling creative criticism and your relationships with TV producers

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Productivity: One Goal to Change Your Writing Year

Jan 5, 202614mEp. 5S1

I’ve been lucky enough to work in the competitive world of television and sitcom writing for over twenty years (on stuff like Mr. Pickles and Key and Peele ).. In this episode I talk about a weakness that can hold even t

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Carl Tart on SNL, Grand Crew, and TV Comedy Writing

Dec 29, 20251h 3mEp. 4S1

In this episode of Punching Up with Sean Conroy , host Sean Conroy sits down with the incredibly talented Carl Tart , a powerhouse in the world of comedy. Known for his sharp wit as a current Saturday Night Live (SNL) wr

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Welcome to Punching Up

Dec 22, 20255mEp. 1S1

Welcome to Punching Up , a podcast dedicated to the craft of comedy writing and the reality of life in Hollywood . Hosted by Executive Producer and comedian Sean Conroy , each episode dives deep into the writing process,

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The New TV Landscape: Sitcoms, Dramedy, and Viewership Changes in The Streaming Era

Dec 22, 202536mEp. 3S1

Sitcoms still matter (trust me, bro). No really- the world is changing, AIA is coming for us, corporate mergers are beiging everything, billionaires are exploiting thte proletariat, but we still need comfort food for our

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