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Episode · How I Write · 2025-07-02

Books mentioned on The 15 Comedy Rules Every Writer Should Understand

4 books · With David Zucker · Watch on YouTube

David Zucker discussed Zero hour by Clive Cussler and others, Crash Landing by Kate William, Harold by Edward Bulwer Lytton and others, and Spies Like Us by Gordon McGill.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Zero hour

    Clive Cussler; Graham Brown; Graham Brown · at 1:15

    Discussed
    “So, Airplane was a uh spoof on Zero Hour, which was a very serious 1957 movie with the same plot, exact same plot.”
    David Zucker The 15 Comedy Rules Every Writer Should Understand 2025-07-02 Listen at 1:15
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Crash Landing

    Kate William · at 23:44

    Discussed
    “That line wasn't even from Zero Hour. It was from another airliner in trouble movie from the 50s called Crash Landing.”
    David Zucker The 15 Comedy Rules Every Writer Should Understand 2025-07-02 Listen at 23:44
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  3. Harold

    Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · at 29:29

    Discussed
    “And there was a one of the one of the early movies uh which uh Jerry and Jim and I became aware of was Harold and Maude.”
    David Zucker The 15 Comedy Rules Every Writer Should Understand 2025-07-02 Listen at 29:29
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  4. Spies Like Us

    Gordon McGill · at 1:05:37

    Discussed
    “And, you know, there was a movie called uh, Spies Like Us. really funny movie, but they had all this all these car crashes”
    David Zucker The 15 Comedy Rules Every Writer Should Understand 2025-07-02 Listen at 1:05:37
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
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