Social Media Ideas for Comedy Writing

Stand-up comedy—like teaching, and book writing—requires “a collaboration with the audience.”

In our bathroom we have this book, “And here’s the kicker: Conversations with 21 top humor writers on their craft,” edited by Mike Sacks. It’s well suited for the throne, as you ca...

Funny Stuff: How Comedy Shaped American History and 100 Years of Laughter: American Comedy in the Twentieth Century

I  picked up these two recently published books about the history of comedy in America for something to read on my long flight to Edinburgh.  This felt ironic, because neither book...

Inside The Current Moment In Comedy Development: The Laugh List, Comedy Clubs As Incubators, Experimental Specials &...

2026 finds comedy at a moment of reinvention across platforms. The last decade has seen stand-up boom, with artists able to bootstrap their own careers like never before. TV comedy...

How to Let the Funny In

By Yahia Lababidi Lately I have been wondering how to let more of my lighthearted self creep into my writing. Though, maybe humor does not need to be added to serious writing, the...

‘The Best Comedy is Born from Pain’: Two Egyptian Directors’ Approach

  It only took one brilliant Panda (2010) commercial to get Egyptians laughing at the all-too-familiar experience of losing their cool. One short scene, one simple storyline, and o...

100 YEARS OF LAUGHTER

Berman, an author of multiple pop-culture histories, frames this story as one medium rapidly overtaken by another: Vaudeville was supplanted by silent films, then radio, then talki...

Call for Entries: VicScreen Comedy Festival: Originate Comedy pitch

New initiative calls on Victorian comedy writers and stand-ups to pitch new narrative comedy series concepts.

Who’s Laughing Now?

The comedians redefining the Arab joke with cheeky irreverence.

Of Crime and Comedy: 6 Humorous Mystery Novels

Nothing delights me more than reading a humorous mystery that combines a page-turning whodunit with laugh-out-loud shenanigans, and I’m lucky to now write them as well in my Hu Don...

The comedy festival photography exhibition capturing comedians passing on a joke

The pictures show comedians reacting to a joke

The 'Hacks' Showrunners' 12-Minute Rule for Writing Together

Have you been thinking about the Hacks series finale since it aired a few months ago, or are you mentally stable? I'm not! So I've been watching all those emotional TikTok edits of...

Stand-Up Tidbits Are Like Tequila Shots of Laughter

Comedy Skit Reels Creation Project

I want to launch a series of short, punchy comedy-skit Reels designed purely for entertainment and the chance of going viral on Instagram and TikTok. I don’t have a finished...

How This Comedy Was Edited Before Production Wrapped

In this episode of the No Film School Podcast, editor, director, and producer Whit Conway explains how the Hulu comedy Never Change! was assembled on an unusually compressed post-p...

15 Best Sketch Comedy Shows Of All Time, Ranked

Television has produced countless unforgettable comedy sketches over the decades, but only a handful of series have truly shaped the genre's lasting legacy.

What We Can Learn from These Dark Comedies

Sometimes, you're not in the mood for rainbows and cotton candy. You need something with a bit more edge, for whatever reason. There are times as a movie viewer (or human being) th...

NY Comedy Festival returns with 200 comedians, 100 shows

No joke! The largest annual comedy show in the country has announced the headliners and shows for 2026.

Carrie Talick on Mashing Up Genres and Injecting Comedy into Murder Mysteries

Just when you thought thrillers and mysteries were the only place to find a body, along comes a small army of writers who love a good romance and a lot of laughter with their untim...

Don’t Let the Silly Skits Fool You, ‘Gail Daughtry’ Is a Seriously Well-Written Screenplay

David Wain and Ken Marino tell IndieWire about their latest film's connection to "Mad Men" and "The Wizard of Oz," and how their "Wet Hot American Summer" absurdity takes careful p...

New comedy night with stellar line-up takes Edinburgh Fringe by storm

Comedian, producer and Edinburgh obsessive Stephen Gordon (Mirror, LADBible) brings Notes: Comedy B-Sides - a late-night rotating format show - to Just the Tonic at The Caves, Edin...

The Genius of Airplane!: How to Make a Comedy by Playing Everything Completely Straight

Not every 46-year-old comedy still gets laughs, but Airplane! seems only to get funnier with the decades. Some viewers too young to have caught it in its theatrical release even ta...

The Impact of Comedy on Society

yemenat Yemenat Adnan Al–Dosari | Iraqi Writer and Novelist Theatre has never been merely a stage for laughter and entertainment. It has always been, and remains, a broad space for...

‘Best Line Wins’ at Contemporary American Theatre Festival

An entertaining new work about the legendary comedy team Nichols and May, as well as an in-depth look at the discrimination women experience. By ARNOLD SALTZMAN 

David Zucker on Why Getting Two Key Things Right Determines Your Movie's Fate

I remember renting Airplane! on VHS and laughing so hard milk came out of my nose. That could have been last week, but it was probably 30 years ago. The comedy mastermind behind th...