Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers

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.