UNC alum, SNL senior writer Bryan Tucker on the comedy program's ‘the show must go on’ tradition
Posted Nov 15, 2020
A UNC journalism major, Bryan Tucker spent five years on the road in the 1990s with Selected Hilarity, an improv group formed at Carolina. Tucker advises would-be comedians, “One unfortunate thing is, for most people, the beginning (stinks).” But Tucker credits those days doing improv around the country with paving the way for future success.
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