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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
on comedy writing at the People’s Improv Theater in addition to writing for Monk, a USA Network weekly comedy-mystery series. Toplyn and his wife, Sherry, are the parents of... View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
writing a column. You know - we as college professors, we do our work and we put it out into the world and we bless it. And we don't know. Sometimes Oprah Winfrey is reading it. You-- and - and, so Oprah called. This is Oprah Winfrey. And... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- 19 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Show?
The HBS Show began in 1974 with a handful of students, a few comedy sketches, song parodies, and one spotlight and now has transformed into a full-length Broadway style musical that is entirely written, directed, produced, and performed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Writing for Late-Night TV: How to Write Monologue Jokes, Desk Pieces, Sketches, Parodies, Audience Pieces, Remotes, and Other Short-Form Comedy by Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979) Twenty... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Funny Business
Before she became a comedy writer, Claire Friedman (MBA 2014) followed the path of any good econ major, working at Goldman Sachs for five years and enrolling at HBS with plans to go into the business side of entertainment. While working... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
The Good Writer
deal with an Italian distributor.” While working at Disney, Dick and his best friend from HBS, John MacDonald (MBA ’90), took a sitcom writing class at UCLA’s extension school. “My girlfriend at the time—now my wife of 18 years—told me... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
Michigan, Simon wrote and directed a musical based on Aristophanes’ comedy The Birds. “I experienced what it was going to be like to be an artist, scoring music at 4 a.m. and then rehearsing at 8. I figured I would always have my music,... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
more resources to hard-working families.” Do you do improv yourself? If you do, where can we see you perform? (Note: Pasquariello lists “improvisational comedy” as an interest on his LinkedIn profile.) “I took several improv comedy... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
patients finds the reality is much more complicated when it comes to languishing hospital bills. Canceling overdue medical debt on average does little or nothing to improve credit access, existing bill payment rates, or even mental health, researchers View Details