Writing Comedy for Television (1983) is a practical, step-by-step manual about how and what to write. It contains many examples from the scripts of various sitcoms and sketch shows. It demonstrates how to construct a storyline for a series, how to lay out a sketch, who to pitch to, and how a television comedy is put together.
1. What is a Situation Comedy?
2. Hilda and Wilf
3. Whats the Point of
Doing a Story-Line?
4. OK, But What Do I Write About?
5. Who Should I Write
For?
6. Where Do Jokes Come From?
7. A Short Pause for a Breather
8. How Do I
Lay Out My Script?
9. Some Hard Facts About Selling
10. Lollipop Time
11. Who
Are All These People?
12. The Performers, Bless Em
13. Rehearsals
14. On the
Day
15. A Short Pause for Another Breather
16. Id Rather Write Sketches
17.
Juggling Spot
18. Quickies
19. Sketches
20. More About Sketches
21. Even More
About Sketches
22. Solo or Duo?
23. Tidying Up
