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Jan. 10, 2020
A Comedy Education From Late Legend Buck Henry What working on The Graduate, Get Smart, SNL, and more taught him about making timeless humor.
By Mike Sacks
June 24, 2014
‘Poking a Dead Frog,’ Mike Sacks’s Sequel to ‘And Here’s the Kicker’ Out […] Mike Sacks’s latest book of interviews with comedians, Poking a Dead Frog, hits the shelves today. A follow-up to his 2009 book, And Here’s the […]
By Bradford Evans
June 6, 2014
Mike Sacks Is Re-Releasing an Extended Version of ‘And Here’s the Kicker’ Mike Sacks’s new book of interviews with comedians, Poking a Dead Frog, hits the shelves June 24th, and as part of the lead-up, he’s […]
By Bradford Evans
Apr. 15, 2014
Pre-Order ‘Poking a Dead Frog,’ Mike Sacks’s Follow-Up to ‘And Here’s the […] Mike Sacks has written a sequel to his hit 2009 book And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft. The new […]
By Megh Wright
Mar. 27, 2013
Preview: Mike Sacks’s Sequel to ‘And Here’s the Kicker’ I remember picking up Mike Sacks’s book And Here’s the Kicker, a collection of interviews with some of the greatest comedy writers ever, when […]
By Bradford Evans
June 28, 2012
Sequel to Mike Sacks’ ‘And Here’s the Kicker’ Officially Coming to […] Good news, fans of incredibly in-depth interviews with comedy writers! Mike Sacks, author of And Here’s the Kicker, has officially sold the […]
By Adam Frucci
June 27, 2012
Talking with Mike Sacks about ‘And Here’s the Kicker’, Interviewing […] Six weeks ago, you guys chose And Here’s the Kicker as the first book of the Splitsider Comedy Book Club. Great job! I hope you enjoyed it and […]
By Jesse David Fox
June 11, 2012
Finishing ‘And Here’s the Kicker’ We finished the book! How do you feel? Well-read? Inspired? Gassy? But (haha, “gassy but”) seriously, I really enjoyed the thing. Some […]
By Jesse David Fox
May 29, 2012
Checking in Halfway Through ‘And Here’s The Kicker’ Two weeks ago, we named And Here’s The Kicker as the first book of the Splitsider Comedy Book Club. The plan is to give everyone a month to […]
By Jesse David Fox
May 23, 2012
Zach Galifianakis Set to Star in ‘Confederacy of Dunces’ if it Finally […] Zach Galifianakis has signed on to star in an adaptation of John Kennedy Toole’s Confederacy of Dunces. This is very exciting news that should […]
By Jesse David Fox
May 18, 2012
Mike Sacks Is Working on a Sequel to ‘And Here’s the Kicker’ Mike Sacks, the author of the must-read book of interviews with comedy writers And Here’s the Kicker (and humor book Your Wildest Dreams Within […]
By Adam Frucci
Jan. 25, 2011
An Extended Interview with Former ‘Colbert Report’ Head Writer Allison […] In And Here’s the Kicker, Mike Sacks talked to some of the biggest names in comedy writing, including Dick Cavett, David Sedaris and Robert […]
By Mike Sacks