On Comedy Writing

Ana Fabrega (The Chris Gerhard Show, The Truth About Pangea) joins Alan to talk about working in finance, creating characters in her room, and working on an HBO pilot with Fred Armisen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam West (The Onion, Our Cartoon President) joins Alan to talk about working on The Onion movie, creating Adult Swim infomercials, and writing for animation.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Bobrow (Brooklyn 99, Last Man on Earth) joins Alan to talk about working in advertising for 15 years, making a pilot, and writing on Community.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noah Garfinkel (New Girl, The President Show) joins Alan to talk about hosting a show at Rififi, why Kroll Show was the most fun job, and writing on the last season of New Girl.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Horwitz (Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23, Dealbreakers) joins Alan to talk about making videos as a kid, having his book optioned for television, and splitting up with his writing partner.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emmy Blotnick (The President Show, @midnight) joins Alan to talk about working as a Late Night with Jimmy Fallon blogger, writing roast jokes for Jewel, and preparing for her half-hour special.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Phillips (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Rick and Morty) joins Alan to talk about being a writer’s assistant on Parks and Recreation, using the story circle on Rick and Morty, and the hallmarks of a successful Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Achilles Stamatelaky (Broad City, UCB) joins Alan to talk about being on Maude Night and a Digital Team at the same time, being the Associate Artistic Director at UCB, and doing punch up work.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitra Jouhari (The President Show, Miracle Workers) joins Alan to talk about dropping out of college to pursue comedy, being a writer’s assistant on Full Frontal, and getting hired for her first sitcom job because of a humor piece.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Streeter Seidell (Saturday Night Live, College Humor) joins Alan to talk about the early days of online sketch comedy, meeting Lorne Michaels, and writing David S. Pumpkins.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Conroy (Mr. Pickles, Gentlemen Lobsters) joins Alan to talk about writing scripts freehand, what it’s like between writing jobs, and working in the Key and Peele writer’s room.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alison Rich (Saturday Night Live, Party Over Here) joins Alan to talk about doing theater at school, the differences between Maude Night on each coast, and acting in a sketch show on network television.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Johnson (The Daily Show, The Tonight Show) joins Alan to talk about political correctness in comedy, why Chicago is great place to hone your craft, and doing an hour on the road.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Klinman (Problematic, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about how Facebook is ruining digital comedy, filming a movie in one day through Sketch Cram, and Pitch, his new joke writing app.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Rutherford (Good Neighbor, Dream Corp, LLC) joins Alan to talk about shelving videos that didn’t work, the concept for the Good Neighbor pilot that never aired, and being a writer on Saturday Night Live.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Kiley (The Tonight Show, Conan) joins Alan to talk about taking a class taught by Denis Leary, the early days of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and writing late night comedy for 23 years.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura Willcox (I Am Bride, The Jim Jefferies Show) joins Alan to talk about writing branded content, struggling to adapt her web series into a television show, and writing a satirical wedding book.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Rowin (Search Party, @midnight) joins Alan to talk about taking UCB classes every summer during college, getting writing jobs in New York, and how writing on Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later was a dream job.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Loveness (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Marvel) joins Alan to talk about how doing sketch comedy for his campus television station led directly to getting a job at Kimmel, contributing for The Onion in college, and leaving late night to work on a sitcom.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren McGuire (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Wrecked) joins Alan to talk about studying psychology in college, getting over her fears and taking classes at UCB, and being the only woman on a writing staff.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices