Chicago Tribune
THE SAD TALES OF COMEDY WRITERS, by Christopher Borrelli And Here’s the Kicker, by Mike Sacks I made the mistake of reading Mike Sacks’ new big book of interviews with comedy writers, And Here’s the Kicker (Writer’s Digest, $17.99), just after reading all 693 pages of The Stories of John Cheever, and while you might think the light Q&A […]
The Onion’s AV Club
After devouring And Here’s The Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers On Their Craft, a compulsively readable dissection of the comic mind by Vanity Fair staffer Mike Sacks, I want to give its author the highest praise any writer can give another: His book made me insanely fucking jealous, and not just because he’s kicking ass […]
NPR’s Weekend Edition
SCOTT SIMON, host: Analyzing why something is funny is a little bit like trying to fathom why people fall in love. You might be able to do it, but by the time you do, you feel just a little foolish about falling for that person, or that joke. There’s a new book, “And Here’s the […]
The Austin Chronicle
TOUGH CROWD The setup: 21 depressives, neurotics, and social misfits walk into a book. Meet comedy’s all-stars. BY KIMBERLEY JONES Mike Sacks spent two years interviewing comedy greats from past and present, including Buck Henry, Bob Odenkirk, and David Sedaris. The title of Mike Sacks’ new book on comedy, And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations With 21 […]
USA Today
Cool book alert: And Here’s the Kicker You’re invited to two parties: One is for glitzy, super-famous Hollywood types. Another is for humor writers. Which one do you attend? Answer: Go with the funny folks. Not only will the A-listers ignore you, they probably won’t make you laugh, either. In his new book, author Mike Sacks […]
National Post – Canada
And Here’s the Kicker Interview with comedy writing expert Mike Sacks. Mike Sacks is a New York-based journalist who’s written the bonafide comedy writer’s handbook called And Here’s the Kicker. A cross between a how-to manual, gag reel and 21 mini-biographies, the book features such writers as Buck Henry, Al Jaffee, Marshall Brickman, Harold Ramis and Dave […]
Time Out Chicago
In Mike Sacks’s new book, 21 scribes discuss the art of comedy writing. Elvis Costello once said that writing about music was like dancing about architecture. What then would writing about comedy writing be? Turns out, as evidenced by Mike Sacks’s new book, And Here’s the Kicker (Writer’s Digest Books, $17.99), it’s pretty funny. Sacks interviewed 21 […]
Vanity Fair Review
Laughter may be universal, but the world of comedy writing is shrouded in mystery. In AND HERE’S THE KICKER (Writer’s Digest Books), Mike Sacks, a humor writer and Vanity Fair staffer, helps lift the veil with in-depth interviews of 21 top comedy writers from various fields. How in-depth exactly? To give you an idea, 94-year-old […]
Time Magazine Review
Comedy writers—like George Meyer (The Simpsons) and Dan Mazer (Borat)—tend to be depressed, brilliant, erratic and sometimes even funny. Mike Sacks’ collection of remarkably frank interviews with 21 of them readers like a secret history of popular culture.
Mental Floss
I first discovered Mike Sacks on McSweeney’s. He’s a hilarious writer, who’s also penned pieces for mags like The New Yorker and Esquire. Today, Writer’s Digest Books is releasing a new book he’s put together: And Here’s the Kicker, 21 interviews with some of the funniest writers alive, like David Sedaris and Buck Henry. As usual, Mental Floss has scored a […]
