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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

244 | Brent Forrester's (The Office, The Simpsons) Comedy Writing Masterclass

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS: https://tslworkshops.circle.so TAKE BRENT'S CLASS: https://www.brentforrester.com/webinar Brent Forrester wasn't naturally funny, and he's the first person to admit it. And yet, when Brent was in his early 20s, he studied comedy like a science, and it has fostered one of the most successful comedy writing careers of anyone working today. Listen to some of Brent's inside tips when it comes to cracking the code on comedy. And focus on plosives. Always plosives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's not many things as epic as jumping over a volcano in a monster truck or even swinging over a crocodile-infested river.

0:07.0

But 15% off when you spend 15 pounds at Mackie's comes pretty close.

0:10.6

Deal drop.

0:11.2

Redeem all week only in the app.

0:14.1

18 plus app only.

0:15.2

One time use per week until the 20th of April.

0:16.7

Minimum spend and discount apply to food and drink items only.

0:18.7

Participating restaurants, C's and Cs apply.

0:24.0

Hey everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life.

0:26.4

I'm Laurie Ann McKenna, and today we're excited to welcome Brad Forrester to the show,

0:30.3

who has an incredible comedy career.

0:33.0

Brent won his first comedy writing Emmy at age 25 for his work on the Ben Stiller show.

0:37.7

He wrote for The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and was a writer, producer, and director at NBC's

0:42.2

The Office for seven seasons.

0:44.3

He's written for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, HBO's Mr. Show, and the Larry Sanders

0:48.4

show, and he continues to work as head writer on Netflix shows like Jud Epitow's Love and

0:53.2

Steve Correll's Space Force, along with

0:54.9

Amazon shows like Greg Daniels, upload, and People of Earth. Yeah, we're going to talk about

0:58.9

comedy, but before we do that, we are going to talk about our weeks or what we like to call

1:04.0

adventure and screenwriting. So usually when I do this, I talk about how my week is okay, up and down,

1:10.5

and bad and good. So today, I thought

1:12.0

I would come out strong with something really amazing that happened, which is last night I cut

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