Two questions that people ask television comedy writers repeatedly are: "How do you guys ever think them up?" and "Is writing for a television show anything like it was on the old Dick Van Dyke Show?"

Tales from the Script invites you inside the writing rooms and into the writers meetings for such legendary television shows as The Carol Burnett Show, Laugh-In, Mamas Family, Welcome Back Kotter, Threes Company, the variety shows of Bill Cosby and Tim Conway. Youll also be part of the planning, preparation, and production of almost all of the Bob Hope Specials, including his...