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By: Jerry Beck,
on 12/8/2014
Blog: Cartoon Brew (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Kathy Mirkin,
on 11/6/2014
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National Public Radio (NPR) has an interview with John Cleese about his new autobiography So, Anyway... Check it out to discover what the British wit whose comic characters and hit movies, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Time Bandits, and A Fish Called Wanda, has to say about writing funny.
Here's a highlight from the NPR interview:
Cleese's advice for young comedy writers
"I tell them to steal, because comedy is extraordinarily difficult. It's much, much harder than drama. You only have to think of the number of great dramatic films and then compare that with the number of great comic films ... and realize that there's very, very few great comedies and there are lots and lots of very great tragedies, or dramas. That tells you, really, which is the hard one to do. So at the very beginning, to try to master the whole thing is too difficult, so pinch other people's ideas and then try to write them yourself, and that'll get you started."
To read and listen to the NPR interview, click on this link to NPR's website:
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By: Jerry Beck,
on 12/8/2014
Blog: Cartoon Brew (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Kathy Mirkin,
on 11/6/2014
Blog: The Write Words (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: NPR, Monty Python, National Public Radio, comedy writing, John Cleese, Holy Grail, Time Bandits, A Fish Called Wanda, So Anyway, Add a tag
National Public Radio (NPR) has an interview with John Cleese about his new autobiography So, Anyway... Check it out to discover what the British wit whose comic characters and hit movies, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Time Bandits, and A Fish Called Wanda, has to say about writing funny.
Here's a highlight from the NPR interview:
Cleese's advice for young comedy writers
"I tell them to steal, because comedy is extraordinarily difficult. It's much, much harder than drama. You only have to think of the number of great dramatic films and then compare that with the number of great comic films ... and realize that there's very, very few great comedies and there are lots and lots of very great tragedies, or dramas. That tells you, really, which is the hard one to do. So at the very beginning, to try to master the whole thing is too difficult, so pinch other people's ideas and then try to write them yourself, and that'll get you started."
To read and listen to the NPR interview, click on this link to NPR's website:
Do you agree that it's hard to write funny?
Hope you enjoyed this post! To be notified of future updates, use the subscription options on the right side bar.
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