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Episode 27: David Stassen

Writers' Bloc is a podcast about comedy writing hosted by J.R. Havlan, an 8-time Emmy Award winning writer for the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. J.R. conducts hilarious, insightful, and extremely informative interviews with the industry's top television comedy writers and finds out how they got where they are, how they do what they do, and how the specific shows and projects the work on go from a blank page to a final draft. Be a fly on the wall for an in-depth sneak peak at the creative process that results in developing some of the best comedy shows on television. You love the sausage, now hear how it gets made.

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Episode 27: David Stassen

over 9 years ago

Despite his stern and intimidating stare, David Stassen is a very pleasant man. And why not? He has a job writing for The Mindy Project - one of the best sit-coms currently airing on the TV box. Before that he used to bus tables at a sandwich shop in Chicago and would sleep in the booths when his mean boss wasn't around. I probably skipped a few things that happened in between but you can fill in the blanks. David sat down with me back in September when I was in Los Angeles for the Emmys, but I don't blame him for what happened. At least not to his face. We talked about our early influences, the excitement of being on set during tapings, and why you can't ever trust the tour guide at Universal Studios. Keep your eyes peeled for David and writing partner Ike Barinholtz's episode titled "Mindy Lahiri is a Racist" which airs sometime in November.

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