Jeffrey Maurer

He has been a comedy writer, a speechwriter, and a stand-up comic. He was the senior writer for John Oliver's show Last Week Tonight. Jeffrey is now a substack writer and his substack is called I might be wrong.

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Mar 11, 2022 • 1h 39min

The Birth and Death of Political Comedy with Jeff Maurer (S3 Ep.6)

Jeffrey Maurer, former senior writer for Last Week Tonight, discusses the rise of political comedy, the problem of preachiness in comedy, the mechanics of joke writing, and the impact of wokeness on the Democratic Party. They also touch on the cancellation of Winston Marshall, audience capture, and the challenge of being funny without being offensive.