The Formula For Writing A Great Comedy Script - Steve Kaplan

Try 23 😂

In my life, I've seen about 2 hours of Jerry Seinfeld material, and it never made me laugh - not once. Now, the chance of me seeing the only two hours' worth of unfunny material Seinfeld ever produced is so vanishingly small as to be not worthy of consideration. Conclusion? Seinfeld made some people laugh, like any other comedian.

Actors are rarely funny. Humor is organic even when written.

Interesting !!!

I don't see it making sense!

Funny story. My cat found this video very interesting

awesome information, thank you!

i did not understand anything this man said

I just started writing a short comic series and I wanted to know how to professionally write comedy dialogue and get the admiration of all age groups, and what are the writing rituals? Is it schizophrenia? Or is the writer drunk? Or what?...Oh, please don't laugh at my questions because I'm upset

I disliked this video.

I heard this and immediately Farted!

Beautiful. Really beauiful words.

Interesting interview. A well spoken man with a unique perspective. Thanks

Thank you. I needed to hear this

I was sitting home weeping softly writing haiku ... then I farted and laughed my ass off.

I always put a lot of farts in my scripts.

Whoaaaa!! This video is a gem!!! 🤩🤩
I love how he articulated every thought of his so beautifully!
Thanks FC for these incredible videos 💜

Ps: Yes, I am watching this in 2020. 😁

this is so stupid

Thanks for this Steve! This is helping me a lot with my scripts.

Who is seeing this in 2020

Wher the insprasatuin

I'll make sure my character is hamlet that is an egg and ham omelet that farts.

ugh it's one of those

There is no formula for writing comedy. Those who think so are incompetent. Television is cluttered with awful, formula sitcoms, as is the movie business.

I remember when Carrie Bradshaw farted , and the Big didn't call her afterwards.

my god 4 mins to ask first qu

1. Observe around you
2.truth about yourself and people

U CANNOT TEACH COMEDY

This is on Jonahs playlist

I completely disagree with “Comedy is the art of hope.” Comedy is the art of truth and truth Isn’t always hopeful. But hey, wtf do I know

Thank you. Very helpful. I have a play series I'm writing called " pig in a Web" poetry was my entry to playful writing

Comedy tell who we are, our truth, our vulnerabilities, never giving up hope; Drama tell who we want to be, our dream;

CNN is real News... Now thats funny.

I'm about to start writing my own show w/ a good friend of mine. This is good information.

Good explanation of comic relief👍

I’m trying to write a comedic comic but had no idea how to go about it. I might be able to apply some of this information to that!

New subscriber here amazing video 😎

So is comedy separated from irony? I mean, if you say it's the art of hope, does he mean that laughter is the hope or that the story is?

lol So.......a guy that has ZERO comedy writing credits, let alone zero writing credits (has he actually even written ANYTHING?), and just runs business comedy workshops; trying to tell others how to write.

This is probably Steve's greatest joke. "I've never done it, or had any success doing it, but listen to be. I'm the expert."

For once, I have no criticism of a statement someone made. Shocking...

does anyone else feel the need to google the rules for writing haiku? i remember we learned them in grade school.

"Comedy helps us live with who we are." Precisely.

I somehow doubt he writes oneliners...

American sitcoms just aren't funny. The UK has started to adopt the same style of comedy, I'm sick of it!! Do the writers have to wear hard hats and steel toe capped boots while they're experimenting because most of the comedy on TV is trash...?

Elizabeth the first just called-wants her chair back

I'm gonna fart the next time I watch Hamlet.

"Comedy is the art of hope" - pretty epic quote

Very helpful. Thank you very much for this, and thanks to Steve Kaplan, whose ideas are very wise - "Comedy is the Art of Hope".