you got it all wrong, he's NOT her husband! That's what makes it funny. How are they not married after all that time together?! Gosh!

Whitney is unwatchable because of studio audience.

Do you feel the same way about Seinfeld?

Because most good shows nowadays don't use an audience or laugh tracks, I think a lot of people equate laugh tracks and studio audiences as antiquated and a sign of poor quality.

I've never seen How I Met Your Mother...but I hear this show is an exception.

fsoyars,

Have you alone or with a team of writers attempted to come up with a catch phrase? If so, I would love to hear them and how they were/would have been used in context.

e.g. Cut it out, you got it dude, how rude, etc

Scott Aukerman came up with the name. Kremer doesn't like potty humour.

Yeah that's kind of my point. The laugh track itself doesn't ruin a show. It's just that multicams and laugh tracks are out of style atm.

No. A while back when I was a writers' assistant on a show called Quintuplets one of the characters had a catch phrase. It was "You likey?" He said it once every episode. I forget how it came about. I think it was in the pilot and people thought it was funny so it got called back and then suddenly it was his catch phrase.

My wife and I quit watching Whitney 10 minutes into the first ep because the laugh teach was so terrible.

The first episode wasn't so great but the show got MUCH better in the next few episodes.

Isn't Whitney Cummings also the creator of 2 Broke Girls? Is she the new Chuck Lorre?

What did you do before this? From college till 29?

No, and I can get over it with HIMYM. With regard to Whitney, it is an utter distraction and disables whatever makes my brain think something is funny.

rooting for your show man, gonna watch. don't hate Fogler, actually really love Balls of Fury, underrated little comedy.

Balls of fury was a good movie. My fav
Work of Fogler was Fanboys (not sure I have the right name)

Here's a question, wtf is with CBS? all their new shows come out, they look horrific, and just like that "America's highest rated new drama/comedy/this/that." Does every house with a Neilson box only get one station? Do old people not have remote controls? They must use subliminal messaging.

I watch more tv than a healthy human should, and the only shows I've ever really watched on cbs were Survivor, Amazing race, and a few original CSIs.

Yes she is.

Let's hope not.

Lots of things that I think were detailed itt but not sure. Did some travelling and waiting tables and what not until moving to LA in 2001. Did more waiting tables/random jobs until getting a job as an assistant at a small, ****ty talent agency. After that a friend got me a job as a production assistant on a sitcom called "A Minute With Stan Hooper" starring Norm Macdonald. I parlayed that into a writers assistant job on a few different sitcoms over the next three years or so. Got sick of that and grinded MTTs online for a year, during which time my partner and I wrote our spec that landed us with our agent who helped us get our first staff job. I actually had a good chunk of makeup at that time so I grinded on nights and weekends until clearing it and then parted ways with him. Sick brag.

Thanks. He's by far the funniest part of the show. Tomorrow night at 8:30 on ABC. Tune in, people. The pilot is good but the show gets much funnier after the pilot imo.

Honestly, I think part of that is kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. They find angles to promote their shows as #1 with many qualifications but then basically just cram that **** down people's throats until they eventually surrender and just watch it. They definitely have a dumbed-down, mass appeal, but it works and they get the numbers.

Missed this thread first time around, but really enjoying it thanks.

How invested do you get in the show you write for? ie Would you be upset if it was scrapped? Or would you just kind of shrug and move onto the next project?

It's insane, this guy's taint

Dan Harmon was on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast a while back and based on that podcast, I can see how he could be somewhat hard to work for. He seems to be a perfectionist and has issues that he discusses that might make working for him not the most fun environment.

Anthony Jesselnik got his start writing monologue jokes for Jimmy Fallon, so it seems like it'd be a good stepping off point. He mentioned though that it is hard work and you basically read newspapers/internet all day and have to turn in a crapload of jokes every day which is not easy to do.

Would make some sense if Scott Aukerman (aka Hot Saucerman, Scottabot, Mott Skokerman) came up with the name of Who Charted? b/c it is produced in Earwolf studios (which he owns and created) and he is married to the co-host Kulap Vilaysack. Only vaguely knew of Howard Kremer before Who Charted? as Dragon Boy Suede (his comedy rap act) and his guest spots on other comedy podcasts, but he is really funny and Kulap's and his chemistry on Who Charted? make it a great podcast.

BTW, I'm a bit of a comedy podcast nerd if you couldn't tell by now.

Is there such thing as a freelance comedy writer?

Also, do you think you have a good enough resume by now, that if this show doesnt work out (like i said, I'm rooting for you, no jinx) you have a great shot of landing another job quickly? As an outsider, i think your resume is insane, but I don't know how things work in the real world.

Would you have your agent seek work you'd like? Say you told him to try and get you on Parks and Rec or something, can he pitch you to them, or is the process different?

CBS has football, and running promos during football which I'm guessing is huge. It is in the fall when shows start and everyone watches it.

Also:
Taint Misbehavin' (a go-to for a team name)
Taint Your Wagon

Depends on the show. You're almost always a little bit upset if your show gets scrapped bc it means your paycheck stops (unless you're on an overall deal with the studio). I've been on shows where I really believed in the show and I've been on shows where I thought it was mediocre. But when any show is cancelled you pretty much shrug and move on. That's just the nature of the job.

1. Yes. All writers are pretty much what most people would consider freelance. The exception would be when you are on an overall deal, where a studio contracts you to work solely for them. But those usually are just for a year or two (barring you develop a hit show with them).

2. Yes. We've been lucky enough to be consistently staffed over the past four years and I think we have the resume, reputation and writing samples to feel good about getting work. We also have good reps.

3. Yes, if we told him to get us a meeting on Parks and Rec he would send them our samples, call them up and pitch us and try to get us a meeting. No guarantee he would be able to though.