What makes a comedy actually funny?

Jim Herzfeld has written some great comedy films, including Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers. In this episode of Naked Comedy, he joins David Zucker (Airplane!, The Naked Gun) for a masterclass in comedy writing.

Together they discuss:

• Writing Meet the Parents

• The evolution of Meet the Fockers

• Working with Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, and Barbra Streisand

• Why story matters more than jokes

• The real reason Airplane! works

• Why today’s comedies struggle

• The Gary Shandling Show

• Married… with Children

• UCLA Film School

• Stand-up comedy as a path into Hollywood

• Comedy timing, joke writing, and sc ...