Jon Savitt performs stand-up at the Phoenix Theater. HOST: Twin Cities-based comedian Jon Savitt has been told his whole life that he'd have to move to places like New York or LA to pursue a career in ...

Saturday Night Live, and other sketch shows, are a blast. (I have bookmarked our post on the 80 best SNL sketches, and I keep pulling it up and watching a handful of them every day.) I love shows like ...

In the eyes of Jen Spyra (Communication MFA ’12), successful comedic writing boils down to two key elements: confidence and perseverance. “Confidence in your comedy is what keeps you going,” Spyra ...

Recently, I spoke with Michael Jamin, Emmy-nominated screenwriter and author of “A Paper Orchestra.” Known for his work on “King of the Hill,” “Just Shoot Me,” “Maron,” “Tacoma FD” and more, Jamin ...

Comedy writing is difficult work. Not physically demanding, but mentally and emotionally exhausting in ways that non-writers don't understand. Isolation, rejection, financial instability, uncertainty ...

Gene Perret, who began a decades-long comedy writing career contributing jokes to stand-ups Slappy White and Phyllis Diller before joining the Emmy-winning writing staff of The Carol Burnett Show, ...