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Physical Comedy

Every episode covering Physical Comedy.

"Most of the rest of the characters are now just in panic mode. And so it’s a lot of action and then a lot of yelling."

— Mel Killingsworth  |  DZ-116: Writing Physical Comedy

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DZ-116: Writing Physical Comedy
How do you make extended technical scenes funny on the page?
AI✦Mel and Chas dissect how to write slapstick and farce on the page by examining three scripts that deploy different types of physical comedy–vehicles in Bringing Up Baby, prop-based gags in Happy Endings, and bodily humor in Bridesmaids.✦
⏱ 1h 35m
Words · Structure · Genre | 26 FEB 2025
Listen if you're writing physical comedy and have no idea how to make it work on the page
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Mel joins Chas to tackle physical comedy. We limited our homework selection to extended scenes (as opposed to moments and sight gags) in live action projects and – with the help of our Patreons – selected early sequences from BRINGING UP BABY, the pilot for HAPPY ENDINGS and that wonderful food poisoning scene in BRIDESMAIDS… →