Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers
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Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers
<b>A <i><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> </i>BESTSELLER</b><br> <b>NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR</b><br><br> 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 <i>The</i> <i>Onion </i>to why a sketch does or doesn€t make it onto <i>Saturday Night Live </i>to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of <i>Monty Python€s Flying Circus€"Poking a Dead Frog </i>is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers and pop culture junkies alike.
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