Spring 2025 Writing UN3128 section 001

How to Write Funny

Call Number 14730
Day & Time
Location
M 2:10pm-4:00pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Patricia A Marx
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."   

--Mel Brooks 

"Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the 

End."                                                                                                                --Sid Caesar 

"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it."                                                                                                                                  --E.B. White 

 

"What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."                                                                                                                                       --Steve Martin 

"Patty Marx is the best teacher at Columbia University."

--Patty Marx 

O

Web Site Vergil
Department Writing
Enrollment 15 students (15 max) as of 5:05PM Sunday, December 8, 2024
Status Full
Subject Writing
Number UN3128
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Fee $15 Creative Writing C
Section key 20251WRIT3128W001