Course Outline:

Episode 1*
Syllabus Overview

Episode 2
What Makes it Funny?

Episode 3
Standup Comedy

Episode 4
SNL and the Digital Age

Episode 5
More Standup Comedy with guest Andrew Murphy

Episode 6
Roots of SNL/ Authorship

Episode 7
Sketch Comedy Technique
Featuring guests from Rice sketch comedy troupe “Kinda Sketchy”!

Episode 8
SNL and Politics

Episode 9
Skit performance day

Episode 10
Women and SNL

Episode 11
SNL, Comedy, and Race

Episode 12
Comedy and Healing