Descripción de Humor Me - Mike Ferrucci, writer for The Comedy Central Roasts:

Mike Ferrucci is a good friend and one of my comedy idols. He is a world class comedy writer and a great comic. He is unique because while being one of the best joke writers around, he also is a wonderful long form writer, in both comedy and drama. He visited straight from The Comedy Central Roast offices where he just started working on The Charlie Sheen Roast. Mike has done all of them, the one's you remember, a lot of them are Mike's. He's written for Howard Stern, Air America and of course Triumph The Insult Comic Dog and many others over the years. Mike was a Stand Up legend in San Francisco, and when he moved to LA with a movie script, he got very depressed to find that everyone had a script. He even wrote a suicide note...began with the words "Fade In." (One of my many favorite jokes of his) This is Mike Ferrucci. 00:00-00:45: Network tag/Opening 00:45-5:13: Monologue. Ed talks about the definition of insanity! He also talks about his opinion of the new set-up of the show. He talks about his favorite movie viewing experiences, and how they make him want to drive his car into the ocean. 05:13-7:30: "What's in My Pocket?" Ed looks at what is in his pocket to look for some comedy material. 7:30-10:30: Introduces our guest, Mike Ferrucci, a master of the modern day roast. Mike talks about the beginning of his career, and how he has evolved over the years as a writer. He also talks about his greatest writing achievement, his suicide note. 10:30-: Mike and Ed discuss the relationship between trying to survive in the entertainment business and survive from one's own self! 12:20-13:50: Clip from the "Roast of Bob Saget," featuring Cloris Leachman. 14:00-16:45: Ed and Mike talk about the work that goes into putting on a great celebrity roast. He talks about the writing process with some of the best comedy minds in the world. 16:45-18:30: Ed and Mike talk about the disastrous roast performances of The Situation, and the reasons behind his failure, if there are any. 18:30-20:00: Mike talks about some of his riskiest decisions as far as writing for roasts, and how sometimes celebrities aren't prepared for everything that goes into performing for a roast. 20:00-21:00: Ed and Mike talk about performing in rough situations, and the overall pressure of writing. 21:00-25:00: Mike talks about working with Howard Stern, and how their relationship started. He also talks about how Howard Stern helped him get over a rough period in his life, and how it was a dream fulfilled to write with him. 25:00-26:30: Ed and Mike talk about the difference between the private personality of the biggest media celebrities and their public personas. 26:30-28:30: Mike talks about his great work ethic and his ability to make hundreds of jokes in just days, and how he deals with the pressure of it all. And how that comes from his blue-collard background. 28:30-29:30: Mike talks about how Ed intimidates him. Sorta. 29:30-30:30: Ed and Mike continue to talk about the writing process, and some his favorite jokes that have been nixed by the powers that be. 30:30-32:00: Mike and Ed talk about the early days of the New York Friars Club Roasts. They also talk about how it relates and influences the roasts of the present day. 32:00-33:00: Mike and Ed talk about their mutual friend, Jonathan Katz. 33:00-35:00: Ed and Mike talk about their greatest writer influences, who were some of the best of them all. 35:00-38:00: Ed and Mike talk about some of their best memories from working the road as comedians, with Mike telling one of his best stories. Including the times when they felt like quitting. 38:00-40:00: Ed talks about one of the great philosophical questions, should one focus on to be happy, or to be funny?