Hidden Tools For Writing A Comedy Screenplay - Steve Kaplan [FULL INTERVIEW]

[@filmcourage]

What did you learn?

[@SubWorldOn]

comedy is art, how to tell the truth.

[@noelwood4169]

Cows don't question their food source. They just masticate on whatever's in front of them. The comedian is the one cow in the herd who raises his head and observes, "Hey, we're eating grass here!"

[@noelwood4169]

Drama helps us dream about what we could be., but comedy helps us live with who we are.

[@sethflix]

@@noelwood4169No, it's the one cow named Jimmy Dore who points out they're eating corn and should be eating crass.

[@dale9933]

Perfect timing for this topic! Many thanks...I'll be listening to this one multiple times I'm sure. Love your channel!

[@_Otii]

One of the best. I took a lot of points home.

[@christheother9088]

"art of telling the truth". Oh, how nostalgic.

[@Pazu84Vaucluse]

bring good comic back please :) i think society needs a good laugh

[@EllerthePeridot]

I’m not a writer but he is spot on about that episode of “Raymond.” It was hilarious and with the length and not really anticipating what he would say, that line was 100% Ray. I think it also represents what the average person’s reaction might be as well😂

[@Dazgul]

I liked the key jangling. Reminds me of the technique in many recent films and shows.

[@Wordsley]

These Rock!

[@shawshank178]

13:06 I have question for you Sir. So in the movie Step Brothers, when Will Ferrell rubs his unmentionables on his brother’s drum set, is that funny or comedy?

[@stevekaplan1170]

Neither? Both? It's your call.

[@Sketching4Sanity]

One Love

[@user-wh4lx9by2o]

He said he hated "This is Us," and you didn't ask him why. ARRRRGH!!! (Or if you did ask, you edited out his answer.) The key to a good interview, as master interviewer Bryant Gumbel once said, is to ask the question the audience would ask.

[@martaferguson-dun645]

Funny. I also hated This Is Us. I mean...