In this week’s episode we take a look at the comedy writing lingo and the rules of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, the film making trio that brought you Airplane!, The Naked Gun and Top Secret! Showing that even in comedies as seemingly scattershot as the ZAZ films, there is a method to the madness. You have to know why the rules work before you break them, or you may find you have deadly silence in places where you were expecting laughs to be. (I’ve been there. It’s not fun.)
Plus! Soccer talk! The confusing corporate structures of “The Office”. We totally recognize people on “Last Comic Standing”. And a desperate plea for a listeners to google something. We would do it ourselves, but you know, we’re, like, busy and stuff.
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Hey guys, this was a cool podcast… do you by any chance know of a networking site for writers. Also, any tips on how to write humor? I’ve given it a shot, but I’m semi-reluctant to share it just because of what should come off as dark, satirical humor could really be a pathetic cry.
The intro on football was pretty good, and actually made me look up the etymology of the word soccer. If you still care, originally it was called Football in the US as well, and it is also known as “association football.” Soccer comes from an abbreviation of Association (Assoc) which later evolved to the word Soccer.
OK! European here!
American Football is Rugby for girls.
Basketball is Netball with bouncing.
Baseball is just Rounders with helmets on.
Ice Hockey is just Hockey on ice.
Netball, rounders, and hockey are what girls play in Europe while the boys play rugby and football. We may be playing an American child games, but you guys are playing European little girl games. Thank you!
Anyways, great podcast!