What Makes Us Laugh

S1E8 5 Favorite Sitcoms

THE BLURB: GD and Alan lay down their 5 (or so) favorite sitcoms - the ones that helped shape their comedy sensibilities - from All In The Family to Modern Family, from Fawlty Towers to The Office. SHOW NOTES Please visit Costard & Touchstone [costardandtouchstone.com] for more great podcasts! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

S1E7 Comedy Lifer, Part 2

THE BLURB: Writer, producer, TV executive, professor and comedian Dan Pasternack told us how to break into comedy in his last chat with us. In this episode, Dan takes us inside the comedy development process. How do shows like Portlandia get from the idea stage to the execution stage? Dan knows exactly how because he was an intimate part of it. SHOW NOTES Please check out the whole family of great podcasts at Costard & Touchstone Productions. Your next podcast addiction is just a click away! https://costardandtouchstone.com/ [https://costardandtouchstone.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

S1E6 Comedy Lifer, Part 1

THE BLURB: Dan Pasternack has been working in and around comedy his entire life (never mind his career)! Want to know how to break into comedy? Dan's done everything from writing jokes for top tier comediens to developing shows for networks to doing standup himself. SHOW NOTES Please check out the whole family of great podcasts at Costard & Touchstone Productions. Your next podcast addiction is just a click away! https://costardandtouchstone.com/ [https://costardandtouchstone.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

S1E5 Comedy Is Queer

THE BLURB: Though Kayleigh Weathers has been a therapist for a long time (she coaches queer folks on attachment styles and connecting with themselves), she's relatively new to standup comedy. That gives us a great POV on how someone with such a smart, distinctive voice, learns how to translate that into a standup routine. As you'll hear, Kayleigh was born Lesbian and raised Mormon (where the message was "pray the gay away"). That created more than enough internal conflict to power several standup careers. Comedy as very real therapy. SHOW NOTES You can catch Kyleigh Weathers here [https://queerlyattached.net/guest-podcasts/], here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMFLbxff6E] and here [https://canvasrebel.com/meet-kyleigh-weathers/]! Please check out the whole family of great podcasts at Costard & Touchstone Productions. Your next podcast addiction is just a click away! https://costardandtouchstone.com/ [https://costardandtouchstone.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

S1E4 Our Top 5 Funny Films

THE BLURB: Join GD and Alan as they share - with each other and you - their top 5 favorite funny movies. How did they choose - and more importantly, WHAT did they choose? Do you agree with their choices? There's one way to find out! SHOW NOTES Please check out the whole family of great podcasts at Costard & Touchstone Productions. Your next podcast addiction is just a click away! https://costardandtouchstone.com/ [https://costardandtouchstone.com/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.