A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR

Amy Poehler, Mel Brooks, Adam McKay, George Saunders, Bill Hader, Patton Oswalt, and many more take us deep inside the mysterious world of comedy in this fascinating, laugh-out-loud-funny book. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories--from a day in the writers' room at The Onion to why a sketch does or doesn't make it onto Saturday Night Live to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of Monty Python's Flying Circus--Poking a Dead Frog is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers and pop culture junkies alike.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 06/24/2014
ISBN: 9780143123781
Pages: 453
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.47w x 1.24d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 06/01/2014 pg. 50
Shelf Awareness 06/27/2014
Publishers Weekly 06/30/2014
Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 90