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The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide |
Author: Judy Carter
Published: 2001-08-07 |
List price: $15.00
Our price: $10.20
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Funny people
I bought the book after a bunch of people at work kept telling me how i should be a comedian ... And i got to admit this book is great. It take you from the actual being just funny to shape and mold you humour and make it into a busness. A real business ! You have to pledge and all!
Make your dream come true... Or at least learn to make joke with it!
Include comment by the best Comedian the USA have.
Charly
 Some useful information; confused by other's reviews
Have other reviewers who rated this so highly really read the other available books? Hillitzer's work may be somewhat old-fashioned in its tone, but it certainly is far more comprehensive than this book. I will admit that this book is better than Mendrino's book, but I felt that this book only had a few useful, novel principles (like the basic joke formula) and a lot of filler/less than enlightening material/general common-sense advice. Somewhat disappointed after reading other's reviews and hoping for more value.
 Average reading
What was I thinking that I thought a book could help me be funny? Might teach the rules of the game, do's and dont's, some anecdotes and funny phrases by established comedians but the funny comes from the individual. Check out comedy central. Sometimes comedians are so funny that my ribs start aching and others just mild laughter, no spark. This book is called the bible and I thought it would lead me into the funnyland but that, it can not do. Was hard to even want to finish it but paid hard earned dollars for it so I did. 3 Stars for the effort it takes to write a book but no more. Funny comes from the very soul of the individual. First make sure that funny exists and try out in crowds, bars, buses. If at a second's notice you can elicit laughter from unsuspecting crowds then you can worry about the rest. What am I going to wear, how to keep the club's owner booking your act, be nice to the staff, etc. That is all fine and dandy but first and foremost you got to make yourself laugh, that's how funny one needs to be to become a comedian in any of the many forms. Without the funny no one gets the money!
 totally useless
I bought this book because of the rave amazon review and was disappointed. this only thing this book succeeds is doing two things: being vain and false. a book which hands out a quiz that determines if you can be a comedian is vain and false. a book which shoots out false truisms such as "all writers get their best work done in the morning" and "moving on stage makes you funnier" is vain and, well, false. not to mention that the book is bloated with room for you answers to exercise. not to mention that it spends more time with instructions on how to live your life when writing jokes than on actually how to write jokes. might work as a cult but not as a writing aid.
I made it to page 130 and threw it back to the end of the stack. up to that point i felt i learned ONE useful thing, which is the structure of the stand up joke: attitude + topic + something i cant remember + act out + mix. there. i just saved you 12$
 If You Want To Learn Comedy, This Is Your Book.
I've bought and read quite a few 'stand up' how-to's, and this book is the one I keep coming back to for material development, stage presence, just all the 'basics' that one needs to keep on touching base with. It's easy to follow, easy to read, and not pretentious. Judy WANTS to help you be the best presenter you can be, and makes you think about other venues and opportunities besides stand up that might be more appropriate for you. A lot of books are 'stand up' related only, but Judy's book explores other ways people can tap into their creativity and use it in many other ways.
WELL worth the money and I won't EVER loan this puppy out!! Thank you, Judy!!
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