Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers
Sold out
Original price
$27.00
-
Original price
$27.00
Original price
$27.00
$27.00
-
$27.00
Current price
$27.00
Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR
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 doesn’t make it onto Saturday Night Live to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus—Poking a Dead Frog is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers and pop culture junkies alike.
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR
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 doesn’t make it onto Saturday Night Live to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus—Poking a Dead Frog is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers and pop culture junkies alike.
PUBLISHER:
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10:
0143123785
ISBN-13:
9780143123781
BINDING:
Paperback
NUMBER OF PAGES:
480
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
1.8(H) x 5.4(W) x 8.5(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English