Podcasts by Act Three Comedy Writers Podcast
Comedian Chip Dwyer talks with TV comedy writers about their start in the business, the writing process, and the best parts of the job.
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Django Gold / The Onion from 2015-02-09T19:30:07
Django is a senior writer for The Onion. Chip joined Django in Chicago to talk about the many steps it took to write for America's Finest News Source. We get to hear about the endless effort and...
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Joe Toplyn / Letterman&The Tonight Show from 2014-07-09T05:07:56
Act Three has hosted Emmy winners, late-night writers, and authors. Joe Toplyn is all three. Joe joins Chip to discuss his new book, "Comedy Writing for Late-Night TV". He draws from deep late n...
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Dan St. Germain / Comedy Central&FOX from 2014-06-25T06:10:58
Dan joins Chip to discuss the process for writing his web series, new work for network TV, and tapping every inch of his life to help craft shows. A rare combo of both stage animal and accomplis...
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Selena Coppock // New Rules For Blondes from 2014-04-23T05:56:30
Selena is a New York comedian, writer, and editor. She's studied improv and sketch comedy at UCB, iO, and ImprovAsylum. She joins Chip to talk about writing her book "New Rules For Blondes", her...
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Dan Wilbur / How Not To Read from 2014-03-26T10:14:16
Dan joins Chip to discuss his book "How Not to Read" (Penguin Books), and the journey from a fun Tumblr account (Better Book Titles) to a literary agent to being published. He discusses the proc...
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Emily Heller / Surviving Jack from 2014-03-05T04:32:55
Chip joins Emily in Los Angeles to talk about her recent move from New York, and her experience in the writers room for a new show. Emily shares her experience of how she was hired, and the gold...
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Ward Roberts / Dust Up from 2014-01-31T05:08:55
Chip joins an old friend, Ward Roberts, in Los Angeles to discuss the writing, direction and production of his latest film, Dust Up. The movie is rightfully billed as a kickass action c...
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Nate Fernald / The Pete Holmes Show from 2014-01-15T04:25:44
Nate joins Chip to talk about writing for The Pete Holmes Show. He shares his infamous story of quitting a hated day job, and how it helped him focus on his goals with standup and writing. It wo...
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Andy Haynes / Ground Floor from 2013-12-31T23:44:14
Andy joins Chip to talk about his his experience in the writers' room for Ground Floor on TBS, and his standup career, which spans several cities and scenes. Clarity and appropriately aggressive...
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Matt Goldich / The Jeselnik Offensive&Letterman from 2013-12-18T06:12:28
Chip and Matt met at Paper or Plastik in Los Angeles to discuss Matt's many writing credits: Letterman, Ellen, The Jeselnik Offensive, Yahoo!, and countless others that would not fit in an episo...
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Tracey Wigfield / The Mindy Project&30 Rock from 2013-12-04T04:15:59
Chip joins Tracey in Los Angeles to talk about her early days at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and starting as a writer's assistant at 30 Rock. Tracey joined the writing staff officially...
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Michael James Nelson / MTV VMAs&Betty White's Off Their Rockers from 2013-11-20T04:10:12
Chip joins Michael in Los Angeles to talk about his early forays into standup, sketch, and radio that compelled him to go West as a young man. Tenacity and passion have kept Michael in the busin...
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Brendan McLaughlin / Nikki&Sara Live from 2013-11-06T05:45:53
Brendan McLaughlin from MTV's Nikki & Sara Live joins Chip to discuss his early days as an intern on Conan, a soulless job in the real world, and his Shawshank Redemption that ultimately led to ...
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Josh Gondelman / McSweeney's&New York Magazine from 2013-10-16T05:47:05
Josh joins Chip to talk about the early days of his comedy career in Boston, and the many writing feats he has achieved since arriving in New York. His focus on working hard to make sure he enjo...
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Dave Hanson / Chelsea Lately&Waiting for Waiting for Godot from 2013-10-02T06:13:48
Dave Hanson recently wrote and starred in "Waiting for Waiting for Godot" in The New York International Fringe Festval. Before Dave moved to NYC to rekindle his success with theater, he tried hi...
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Alyssa Wolff&Alison Leiby / Lean Over from 2013-08-21T05:51
Alysa and Alison join Chip to discuss Lean Over, their parody of Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In. They walk through their journey producing the book, navigating traditional and independent publis...
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Adam Conover / Best Week Ever / The Exquisite Corpse Project from 2013-08-07T04:50:16
Adam Conover from VH1's Best Week Ever joins Chip to discuss writing for the film The Exquisite Corpse Project. He shares his experience as one of five writers on the movie, a unique collaborati...
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Frank Lesser / The Colbert Report from 2013-07-23T05:28:30
Frank Lesser from The Colbert Report and author of "Sad Monsters" joins Chip to discuss writing for The Colbert Report and wrangling his love of monsters into a successful book. There is never o...
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Eli Yudin&Carey O'Donnell / @NotTildaSwinton from 2013-07-10T12:16:25
Eli Yudin & Carey O'Donnell created the @NotTildaSwinton Twitter account. In less than a year, it enabled them to get a manager, literary agent, and opportunities to submit to top comedy TV writ...
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Brooke Van Poppelen / Girl Code from 2013-06-26T12:07:09
Brooke Van Poppelen from MTV's Girl Code joins Chip to talk about her evolution as a writer/performer, her beginnings in Chicago, and her role as a writer and producer in New York. Brooke descri...
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Aparna Nancherla / Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell from 2013-06-11T00:11
Aparna Nancherla from FX's Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell joins Chip to talk about her comedy journey from Los Angeles to New York, and the experience of her first TV writing job. She discuss...
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Chase Mitchell / Nikki&Sara Live from 2013-05-29T16:21:01
Chase Mitchell from MTV's Nikki & Sara Live joins Chip to talk about the early days of his writing career, including College Humor, someecards, and ultimately writing for TV. He breaks down his ...
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Mike Drucker / Jimmy Fallon from 2013-05-15T20:03
Mike Drucker from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon joins Chip to talk about his many writing jobs, the imortance of context for joke writing, and the future of comedy content.
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