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450 - Jokes and Death with Television Writer/Author Ian Gurvitz

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Writer/author Ian Gurvitz (Freak Out-The 2016 Election and the Dawn of the American Democalypse; Welcome to Dumbfuckistan: The Dumbed-Down, Disinformed, Dysfunctional, Disunited States of America; Wings, Becker) found himself in the emotionally schizophrenic position of having to write a draft for a half-hour comedy while sitting in his mother's apartment during the last few days of her life. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. Please subscribe and join the Story Worthy Facebook page! We'd love to hear from you at info@storyworthypodcast.com or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. Plus, when you go to storyworthypodcast.com you'll also find special deals courtesy of our sponsors like FabFitFun, Sustain Natural, Hello Fresh, ThirdLove, Casper Mattress, LeTote, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! Oh, and make it a Story Worthy Day!Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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0:26.3

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0:35.9

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. Today on the show, we hear a story from accomplished television

0:41.3

writer and author Ian Gervitz about writing under any circumstances. You know, there was also

0:47.6

something in my head about the juxtaposition of trying to write an episode for a TV comedy

0:52.6

while my mother's in the other room dying. So I sat there blasting through a first draft, patting myself on the back for being so professional

0:59.0

that I could fulfill my responsibilities no matter what was happening. On another, I was probably

1:03.0

compartmentalizing what was going on. You know, but there we were as adults going through a life-changing moment.

1:09.0

So under the circumstances, I had all

1:10.9

these emotions that I could put into the scene.

1:13.8

So it must have turned out to be an amazing scene, right?

1:17.1

I remember one time as writer came in late during the rewriting his episode, he asked what

1:20.8

was going on, somebody said, we've taken out your crappy jokes and putting in good ones.

1:24.9

Wow, television writing is brutal.

1:28.1

Today on Storyworthy, writer Ian Gervitz

1:30.5

talks about jokes and death.

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