Judy Carter is a stand-up comedian, the author of The Comedy Bible and one of the best-known comedy teachers in the world. In her interview with Hop For Pop, she broke down how Joan Rivers wrote a joke.Joan Rivers made it look easy. She would sit on Johnny Carson’s couch, chat, and the audience would fall apart…
Comedy Veterans on What They Wish Every New Comic Knew
November 1, 2026
Some of the people we have interviewed have been in comedy for longer than most of our readers have been alive. Larry Charles wrote for Seinfeld and directed Borat. Judy Carter wrote the book a generation of comics learned from. Barry Katz managed Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr before anyone knew their names. Vanessa Hollingshead…
Judy Carter : Press Kit By Hop For Pop
September 8, 2026
The Comics Unseen
Press Kit & Feature InterviewComedian · Author · Keynote Speaker
Judy Carter
The woman who wrote the book a generation of comics learned the craft from — and who still insists the worst thing in your life is the best thing in your act.Based
Los Angeles, CaliforniaWorks…
If you’ve ever wondered what performing on OnlyFans, voicing Judy Carter in Portuguese and defending Mercury in retrograde have in common, the answer is Manu Maciel.The Brazilian comedian has built a career that happily ignores borders, bouncing between English and Portuguese, internet sketches and international…
“Don’t get mad, get funny.” That’s more or less Judy Carter’s whole philosophy, and after decades of teaching comedy to comics, CEOs, and at least one Harvard Medical School dean prepping for a TED Talk, she’s earned the right to say it simply.She didn’t just write a book about…