Andrew Moraitis interviews comic and writer Tim Ferguson, who talks about how the principles of comedy including misdirection, irony and comic situations can relate to Australian comedy. “Don’t preach to me about romance, Annie! I had a three-way in a hot-air balloon,” arrogant former lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) tells his college study group in…
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DIALOGUE SCHMIALOGUE
Before you start typing scenes from your Sitcom – stop! Beginning the comedy writing process with actual writing is as useful as cooking with spices only. It is not particularly creative for the reason that it doesn’t create anything useful. Dialogue-jamming is easy and fun. This is why we love to do it. But, to…