Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy

Name: Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy
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ISBN: 9780325001791

ISBN-10: 0325001790

ISBN-13: 9780325001791

Edition: 2000

Authors: Greg Dean, Steve Allen

List price: $23.00

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If you think you're funny, and you want others to think so too, this is the book for you! Greg Dean examines the fundamentals of being funny and offers advice on a range of topics, including: writing creative joke material rehearsing and performing routines coping with stage fright dealing with emcees who think they're funnier than you are getting experience and lots more. Essential for the aspiring comic or the working comedian interested in updating his or her comedy routine, Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy is the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on the art of the stand-up comedian.

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 7/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.00" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Greg Dean is a former Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown, a street performer, and a regular at the Comedy Store in Hollywood. Through his popular "Stand-Up Comedy Workshop" at the Santa Monica Playhouse, Dean has worked with many of today's top comics. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.



The Secrets of Joke Structure Joke Writing


The Joke Prospector


What to Write Jokes About


The Joke Prospector From Funny to Funnier


Improving and Polishing Your Gems Assembling a Routine Points of View


Narrator, Self, Character Rehearsing Greg Dean's Rehearsal Process Microphone Technique


Dos and Don'ts Peak Performance Fearless Performing Getting Experience Making a Good Show Great