# Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy

Considered one of America's leading authorities on children's books, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus discusses his new book, "Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy" (Candlewick Press, 2009), during a program at the Library of Congress. Marcus' special guest is National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (www.childrensbookambassador.com) Jon Scieszka, himself a writer of some of the funniest books for children, including "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" (Penguin Group (USA), 1992) and "Robot Zot!" (Simon and Schuster, 2009).

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- By: Library Of Congress. Center For The Book
- Genres: Comedy
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688323/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021688323?play=1)