2 DVD Set includes the programs: Production Process and Survival Guide for Sitcom Writers. This series is valuable for anyone writing comedy and absolutely essential for writers attempting the highly structured and demanding sitcom form. Featuring producer/creator Norma Safford Vela (Roseanne, Designing Women) writer and lecturer John Vorhaus (The Wonder Years, Married With Children) and writer/producer Russ Woody (Murphy Brown, Slap Maxwell) as they explore every aspect of the sitcom craft. Production Process: Norma Safford Vela and Russ Woody provide an inside look at the sitcom production process from the perspectives of writer and producer. Topics include the dynamics of the writers table and the actors table, the rehearsal process, recording and editing the show and the role of the show runner. Survival Guide for Sitcom Writers: Russ Woody presents a guide to the practicalities of survival as a sitcom writer. He devotes particular attention to getting and keeping an agent, the art of the pitch and the decisions that will shape the writer's career path.