John and Craig host comedy titans Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy), Ben Falcone (The Boss, Tammy), Kourtney Kang (Fresh Off the Boat), Rob McElhenney (Always Sunny in Philadelphia), and Alec Berg (Barry, Silicon Valley) onstage to discuss writing jokes, what they look for in a writing partner, and the heartbreak of movie endings.
We also record our first ever Scriptnotes commercial and introduce a new game called ‘Bot or Not.’
Recorded live from the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Thanks to Hollywood Heart for organizing this event and to a great audience!
Links:
* Thanks for joining us [Melissa McCarthy](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565250/), [Ben Falcone](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1229520/), [Kourtney Kang](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1752030/), [Rob McElhenney](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568390/), and [Alec Berg](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073688/)!
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* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [Melissa McCarthy](https://twitter.com/melissamccarthy) on Twitter
* [Ben Falcone](https://twitter.com/benfalcone?lang=en) on Twitter
* [Kourtney Kang](https://twitter.com/kourtneykang) on Twitter
* [Rob McElhenney](https://twitter.com/RMcElhenney) on Twitter
* [Alec Berg](https://twitter.com/realalecberg?lang=en) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Rajesh Naroth (answer to the trivia question: who holds the record for most listener outros) ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
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You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_405_live_at_the_ace_hotel.mp3).
**UPDATE 6-21-19:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2019/episode-405-live-at-the-ace-transcript).