SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep 420 – The Farrelly Brothers, Ray Romano and How To Write Comedy
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author Steve Kaplan. As an expert who coaches Comedy, Steve Kaplan is the author of ‘The Hidden Tools of Comedy,’ a guidebook on Comedy writing. They talk about why we laugh at things and what approach to Comedy Kaplan says is most effective.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author Steve Kaplan.
As an expert who coaches Comedy, Steve Kaplan is the author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy, a guidebook on Comedy writing. They talk about why we laugh at things and what approach to Comedy Kaplan says is most effective.
During this study of Comedy, he mentions The Farrelly Brothers, Ray Romano and Jim Carrey. Even Sarah Cooper, the comic who made a name for herself by making videos lip-syncing Donald Trump.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Steve Kaplan on IMDb
- Steve Kaplan on Twitter
- Steve Kaplan on Facebook
- Steve Kaplan website
- Steve Kaplan's Book - The Hidden Tools of Comedy
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.
