I told you how I feel about this privately and now I'm going public. Yes, newspapers are struggling to stay alive and space for humor writing has always been a...
Okay, so I've decided to go and see the Aristocrats tomorrow night (assuming it's playing here in Ottawa which I think it is). I'll be taking notes and...
Ken Just thought I'd tell you about my parents, they used to have a Jack Russell. My dad named him Chance, as in Last Chance because my mom said it was the...
Yes, I was a teacher in the Ottawa Board of Education (grades 7 & 8) and now I'm finishing my Doctorate in Education in order to be a professor of education....
What a great story! I've been a huge fan of Jack Russell Terriers for years and I always try to go to the local JRT festival in a neighbouring city every...
Ha! When I first read it I thought you wrote episiotomy :-) (It's my son's birthday day....childbirth must be on the mind.... If you guy don't know what...
Just wondering if anyone is watching Bravo!'s Situation Comedy. Its a reality show/contest where people submitted scripts. It was first narrowed to 10...
I've watched a couple episodes. It is interesting to see the whole process of creating a sitcom, although I'm sure it is somewhat different because the show...
This was in the San Jose Mercury News this morning. C. ... Posted on Wed, Aug. 03, 2005 ... Emmy-winning Comedy writer for Sid Caesar, Carol Burnett dies ...
Thanks, but really, it's over. I've already cried all the tears. Writer's Kramps will be no longer. It comes down to dollars. For those of you out there saying...
Since you are so talented, couldn't you write comedy for comedians and get paid for it? There are professional comedy writers who do that. Carol ... [Non-text...
I would love to do this. I have in the past written material for a vent in California and one in Pittsburgh. The one in California apparently had great success...
Go to my website: http://www.carolgreene.com to the Arts in Education section. Try your hand a ventriloquism! You'd be a scream with a figure. All you need...
Vaughan already has his character...a beer can. In fact I am starting to believe it is doing all the talking and Vaughan is the dummy. : ) Vaughan, you are...
Sound advice, Vic. Listen to her, Vaughan. Vaughan, what are you doing with your time now that you're not writing? Writing is something you love to do; and...
No, comedy writing is not how I make my living. I build tires for Goodyear. What I am doing now is working on freelancing to magazines. I still have my YA book...
Greetings John! I'm a bit overwelmed with your experience so I will just say hi. Vaughan ... Long story ... by St. Martin's ... Streak." ... want to...
Sounds like a plan... seriously (?!) though... maybe another outlet is in order. Time to think outside of the box... the TV (idiot) box that is. We need NEW...
... so that makes me wallow in shame for about 3 seconds because he was Canadian. 2... 1... there's that feels better. Ken Adrian, Seriously Re-Thinking Comedy...
Yeah...What he said. I do think that there are avenues that haven't been discovered in comedy or need to be rediscovered. Do I know what they are right now?...
Okay, here's an IDEA for you Vaughan... It's actually a double dare ya kind of an idea. 1) Take the BEST columns that you wrote. Identify them objectively ...
Yes, seems we are on the same wavelength...as scary as that might be. I am presently working on a television comedy. That's all I can say. I become very...
Vic, thanks for the link. However, I must question the integrity of columnists who are willing to post their material online prior to publication for critique....
I've gotta learn how to write (sitcom style). Not that I'm going to hollywood, but I'd love the creative process and having something to share afterwards. ...
... Situation ... I've been watching it. In fact, for a long time I was wondering when they were going to get it on the air. I was one of the 10,000 or so...
Subject: Get Shakespeare ideas in by Saturday, get them read Sunday If anyone's mulling over an idea for the Shakespearian Sitcom Trials, I'd recommend you try...
Jason, there was a recent court case (I heard about on the radio) in which someone sued a TV station, claiming that the station stole his idea for a sitcom. ...