Unusual Things: A Guide to Sketch Comedy
Marina Tempelsman, Niccolo A Moretti, Kevin Hines, Madalyn Baldanzi, Matt Gehring, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Kate Sidley, Jonathan Braylock, Tristan Griffin, Kristen Bartlett, Dru Johnston, Ben Wietmarschen, Monique Moses, PMA place for all things sketch comedy & writing. Subscribe to hear more about the forthcoming book!
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Sketch teachers discuss the Shane Gillis SNL episode
A lot to say about this episode!
And we get into all of it.
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Discussing the Dakota Johnson SNL episode with Jonathan Braylock!
Why does an impressive prop sometimes interfere with a sketch?
How do you know if a sketch isn’t set in the “right” place?
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Former Academic Director of UCB Training Center. Author of upcoming book "Unusual Things: A Guide to Sketch Comedy." Featured by The New Yorker, Comedy Central, and more. Co-writer/director of THIS WILL NEVER WORK
Me
I am a guy who is bad at writing profiles. Hello!
comedy writer, director, and teacher
I am Matt Gehring
Los Angeles formerly NYC formerly Texas. Actor, Writer, Director & Teacher
Kate is a WGA Award and Peabody Award-winning, Emmy-nominated comedy writer and performer who most recently wrote for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Her first book, How to Be a Saint, is out now.
Kristen is a five-time Emmy-nominated writer. Her credits include How to Die Alone, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and Saturday Night Live. One time, someone broke into her car and decided none of her stuff was worth stealing.
Writer. Actor. Runner. Idiot. Longtime writer and performer at the UCB NY and The Chris Gethard Show. My work has been featured in The New Yorker, Funny Or Die, Slate and Short of the Week.
Signed up while listening to The Pixies' Where Is My Mind, I think that's pretty much all you need to know
Human writer and fan of hedgehogs.
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