David Misch is a former stand-up comedian, author (“Funny: The Book,” “A Beginner’s Guide To Corruption”), screenwriter (“Mork & Mindy,” “Saturday Night Live,” “The Muppets Take Manhattan”), teacher (his own courses on comedy at USC and musical satire at UCLA) and lecturer (Yale, Columbia the Smithsonian, Oxford University, University of Sydney, University of Auckland, VIEW Cinema Conference (Torino, Italy) Raindance Film Festival (London), Austin Film Festival, American Film Institute, Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Second City, Actors Studio). His play “Occupied” is in development at the Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles. More at davidmisch.com.