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Web Series Pitch Competition

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Just for Laughs Comedy Conference announced a pitch competition for comedy web series. I’ve read the guidelines which are sort of on the confusing side. Even the title of the thing is confusing:
“PITCH ‘TIL YOUR SIDES SPLIT” JUST FOR LAUGHS COMEDY CONFERENCE PITCH PROGRAM and the COMEDY BOOTCAMP FOR FILM
This is how […]

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Secrets of the One Liner

Thursday, March 18, 2010

analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. (E.B. White)
Not true in Omri Marcus‘ hands.  His new post 10 Ways to Write One Liners is funny and informative:
When writing One-Liners there are 2 basic ground rules. The first is the length of the joke - the […]

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Comedy 2.0

Friday, January 29, 2010

Omri Marcus has quite a brilliant piece in the Huffington Post about comedy in the digital age:
Some things have not changed so far, so it’s safe to assume that they will remain unchanged. The laws of the classic joke, a setup that brings you into the world of the joke and preps you in a […]

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