comedy writer
Scripts the laughs
A comedy writer creates humorous content for television, film, stand-up performers, or other media.
The term encompasses sitcom writers, sketch writers, late-night monologue writers, and those who craft jokes for others: She started as a comedy writer on Saturday Night Live.
Comedy writers may work in writers' rooms collaboratively or freelance material to performers.
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
- writers roomTV scriptwriting collaborative space
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- jokeHumorous statement seeking laughter
- sketchHasty informal drawing
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- stand-upstand-up, standup, comedians, joke, punchline
- Mel BrooksBlazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, The Producers, High Anxiety
- writersauthor, novelist, poet, journalist, essayist
- comediansstand-up, funnyman, funny man, humorist, comedienne
- talk showstalk shows, late night, late-night, guest host, panel show
- TV comedysitcom, late night show, variety show, mockumentary, panel show
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