Writer and comedian Andy Borowitz talks about choosing the 50 Funniest American Writers and looks at the craft of humor writing. In The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion, he brought together contemporary masters such as David Sedaris, Roy Blount Jr., Ian Frazier, Bernie Mac, Wanda Sykes, and George Saunders, and reached back to Mark Twain, Thurber, and Lenny Bruce.
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Comments [3]
Sloane Crosley is in there and she is wonderful. Also, last I checked -- Wanda Sykes is a lady. I think they just have to have books too.
Writers!... my bad above (Besides Fey).
What about all the ladies... Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Carole Burnett, Tina Fey....
I'm missing so many here.
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