THE COMEDY BIBLE: THE COMPLETE RESOURCE FOR ASPIRING COMEDIANS
By: McKim, Brian
Readers who have both the ambition and the desire to get started on a career
in comedy will find advice, information, and direction in this unusual new book.
The authors--both successful standup comics--discuss the different forms of
comedy and help readers determine which style of humor matches their
personalities. An early chapter analyzes things that make people laugh, such as
surprise, incongruity, embarrassment, and absurdity. Chapters that follow
explain the fundamentals of comic writing and comic performance, and then go on
to focus on comedy's different forms: standup performance, variety acts, musical
comedy, sketch writing, sitcom writing, and print humor, which includes
everything from cartoon art to comedy nonfiction books. A final chapter looks at
comedy's business side--contacts, agents, venues, and the challenges of making a
living at comedy. More than 300 illustrations.TitlePeek
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