Comedy with brains, heart and absolutely no laugh track
Write to Comedy is my slightly unhinged but lovingly curated corner of the internet where I break down TV comedy like it’s a GCSE text I’m oddly passionate about. It grew out of a lifelong obsession with sitcoms, structure and the tiny moments that make a joke land so perfectly you wonder if writers have some sort of supernatural pact.
Here you’ll find enthusiastic dissections of character arcs, plot mechanics, and the glorious messiness of British and American comedy. Expect top ten lists, deep dives, questionable nostalgia, overthinking as a sport, and the occasional plea for people to rewatch a show I’m convinced they’ve unfairly neglected.
It’s not a tutorial or a lecture, just me chatting about the craft of comedy like a friend who rewatches Frasier for comfort and can recite whole chunks of Spaced without blinking. If you care about why funny works, how sitcoms are built, and the quiet genius of a well-timed line, then welcome in.
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Some facts about Write to Comedy...
It started as a “quick blog idea” and immediately became a full-blown comedy analysis project.
Classic writer behaviour. One minute you’re jotting down thoughts on sitcoms, the next you’ve built an archive that could power a PhD.
It mainly covers both British and American comedy because limiting yourself to one side of the Atlantic felt rude.
If a show is funny, structured well or just delightfully chaotic, it’s fair game.
I founded a theatre company before I learned what ‘work-life balance’ meant.
Turns out you can do everything… but you’ll be tired and powered solely by diet coke and spite.
Write to Comedy combines industry knowledge with gleeful overanalysis.
You get structure, character breakdowns and craft insight, but also tangents about why a single throwaway line can live rent-free in your head for twenty years.
It includes written deep dives and audio versions for accessibility and people who prefer to listen while pretending to do something productive.
Multimedia,
The site’s unofficial research method is “watching too many sitcoms and calling it work.”
Fortunately, that is both on brand and legitimately useful for writers, creatives and comedy fans.
