Director Tyler Burns Shares His Secrets On Creating Comedy That Pushes The Limit

About this episode

Tyler Burns discusses creating a dynamic on set and the journey of making Canadian comedy.

This week we are having a drink at Jellies on Quinpool Road in Halifax with screen writer and director Tyler Burns, and the conversation goes from bar stories and many random interjections to the real deal on making Canadian comedy. Tyler walks us through what it took to build a six-episode series and then finding a place to put it where audiences would see it. Trailerparkboysplus.com happened to be the perfect spot for this raunchy fun comedy to go. We get through a lot in this o...

People in this episode

Host: Afternoon Pint

Guest: Tyler Burns

Topics covered

• comedy
• film production
• Canadian entertainment
• screenwriting
• on-set dynamics

Keywords

• comedy director
• screenwriter
• Canadian comedy
• film series
• on set dynamics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trailerparkboysplus.com

Places: Halifax, Jellies on Quinpool Road

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