Comedy Writers' Room Glossary

collection Andy Riley (2023)

Andy Riley’s compilation of insider terminology from comedy writers’ rooms. Terms for creative processes, script stages, joke structures, and production dynamics, drawn from professional television comedy writing in the UK and US.

Entries (6)

• Clapter — metaphor
• Comedy Is Truth and Pain — mental-model
• Laying Pipe — metaphor
• Rubber Duck Solution — pattern
• Vomit Draft — metaphor
• Yes, And — pattern