Episode · How I Write · 2025-07-02
Books mentioned on The 15 Comedy Rules Every Writer Should Understand
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zero hour
Discussed“So, Airplane was a uh spoof on Zero Hour, which was a very serious 1957 movie with the same plot, exact same plot.”
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Crash Landing
Discussed“That line wasn't even from Zero Hour. It was from another airliner in trouble movie from the 50s called Crash Landing.”
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Harold
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.”
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Story of Maude Reed
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.”
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Spies Like Us
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”
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