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The Funny
What Is the Funny?
Honestly, I have no idea.
I can only tell you that I have the Funny and I know plenty of other screenwriters who have it, too. I also know screenwriters who do not have it.
I once dated a successful TV drama writer. She took everything she did very, very seriously and couldn’t crack a joke to save her life. Years later, I met a woman who was born with a considerable funny bone, my wife. We have two kids. Sometimes I think back on what I could have gotten out of marrying that first woman, the woefully unfunny one. As we were in California, I could have ended up with half of her bank account in a massive divorce settlement. But, alas, I wanted the funny girl. And funny kids.
And thank God for it. Because I love ...
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