David Misch

David Misch

David Misch has been a comic folksinger, stand-up comedian and screenwriter; his credits include the multiple-Emmy-nominated “Mork & Mindy”, the Emmy-losing “Duckman”, the Emmy-ignored “Police Squad!”, the Emmy-engorged “Saturday Night Live” and the Emmy-ineligible “The Muppets Take Manhattan.” David’s written Funny: The Book and A Beginner’s Guide To Corruption; he blogs for The Huffington Post and appears in the anthology Horrific Humor and the Moment of Droll Grimness in Cinema: Sidesplitting sLaughter. His play “Occupied” is in development at the Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles.
David’s taught comedy at the University of Southern California, musical satire at UCLA, and spoken about comedy at Oxford University, the Smithsonian Institute, the University of Sydney (Australia); Yale, 92nd St. Y, the Actors Studio, New York Public Library, American Film Insitute, Grammy Museum (Los Angeles), Lucasfilm, Austin Film Festival, Midwest Popular Culture Association and VIEW Cinema Conference (Torino, Italy). More at davidmisch.com.


Upcoming Lectures

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  • Previous Lectures

    Ha! Aaah! The Painful Relationship Between Humor and Horror (NYC) Ha! Aaah! The Painful Relationship Between Humor and Horror (NYC)
    Tue. Nov. 13, 2018 - 7:00 pm GMT - 9:30 pm GMT
    CANCELLED: HA! AAAH! THE PAINFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMOR AND HORROR (Los Angeles) CANCELLED: HA! AAAH! THE PAINFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMOR AND HORROR (Los Angeles)
    Thu. Mar. 12, 2020 - 7:30 pm GMT - 10:00 pm GMT
    HA! AAAH! THE PAINFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMOR AND HORROR (LA online) HA! AAAH! THE PAINFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMOR AND HORROR (LA online)
    Thu. Nov. 5, 2020 - 7:30 pm PST - 9:30 pm PST