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.