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101 | Comedy Legend Dan O'Shannon On What Makes Our Writing Funny

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Writers, It's Not Enough, Not Certainly Not Anymore

I to think if you have an idea that's both unique and universal, you've got something special. What i think was good about the idea is that it hadn't been the engine of a sitcon before. And too, it was universal, because everyone, at some point in heir life has some issues with monogamy. So you can find creative ways to engage the audience. We're not just people sitting and talking thiss. We're working on her head. She's keeping or she'srmpany in her head. I also did a lot of very psychological episodes when you saw stuff playing out in the room that was just in herHead. It's like mash-up

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