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The Permission Scream.
I’m finally surfacing again after doing a full-time job at the same time as producing The Just So Stories for the last couple of months. There’ll be a full update about me-me-me shortly, but in the meantime, why not feast your eyes upon the new trailer for upcoming British horror flick Stormhouse: Stormhouse is written […]
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Letters From America: Funny Man
originally posted 4th March 2004— Stand up comedy occurred last night. It seemed to go down well, though it’s difficult to tell when you’re actually performing. I got laughs, and was told that it was excellent for a first timer, so it’s all downhill from here. I have one definite gig next week, then I’ll […]
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Location, Location, Location
For the last few months, I’ve been part of the writing team for a new comedy sketch show known as Splendid. The sketches going into the pilot have been selected, and it’s due to start filming next month. But – it’s a pilot! And alas we cannot simply throw money at problems like, for example, […]
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Letters From America: Me And My Big Mouth
originally sent on the 18th February, 2004— So there I was in a comedy club last Wednesday that’s run by afriend-of-a-friend. And I’ve been talking for years about wanting to try my hand at stand-upcomedy. And another friend of mine who used to be a professional standup isin the area this week. And I’d had […]
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Clams and Toppers.
If you don’t have Jane Espenson‘s blog on your must-read list, you really ought to. She writes regularly on the process of creating spec scripts. Also, about what she had for lunch, but as that’s a story on a par with Tom Baker’s Scarf, we’ll let it slide. Having started out as a comedy writer, […]