{"id":10437,"date":"2017-07-17T23:11:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T03:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10437"},"modified":"2017-12-23T12:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:16:21","slug":"episode-227-ben-schwartz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-227-ben-schwartz","title":{"rendered":"Episode 227 – Ben Schwartz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show 227: Ben Schwartz<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Twitter is the best source of political humor now. It’s better than any show on TV. It’s hard to compete with a million writers.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Comedy writer, journalist and screenwriter Ben Schwartz<\/a> joins the show to talk serious laughs. We discuss his work on American humor between the wars, writing for Billy Crystal on the Oscars and his contributions to David Letterman’s monologues, the profundity of Jack Benny and the importance of Bob Hope, his amazing (but unproduced) screenplay about Bob Hope and Larry Gelbart in Korea, how Jaime Hernandez’ comics prepared him to move to LA, his take on Charlie Hebdo<\/em>, and what it’s like having the same name as the actor who played Jean-Ralphio on Parks & Rec! Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

“Part of being able to sell stories is having an idea that other people don’t have, having a point of view or knowledge that other people don’t have.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n