What Do You Want to Ask Owen Parsons?
Finding Comedy in Unfunny Places
Helloooo! We’ve got another interview coming up, this time with Owen Parsons. Owen is currently a writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and was previous the Head Writer for The Opposition with Jordan Klepper. He’s also written for The Daily Show and, of course, CollegeHumor.
Owen and I will be talking about How to Find Comedy in Unfunny Places as well as whatever else our meandering conversation leads us to.
Premium subscribers can submit questions for our conversation by leaving them in the comments below!
Thanks everyone! Owen and I recorded our conversation this morning. Planning to post it the first week of April*. (*edited from when I erroneously wrote "August" because I'm an idiot)
Hi Owen, impressive CV, full of shows I enjoy. How is writing comedy for the news cycle different from sketch comedy? It feels far closer to stand up comedy to me than sketch, with very little room for heightening. Perhaps a better phrasing would be what are the unexpected common ties?
And which is your favorite CH sketch?