Comic Insights The Art of Stand-Up Comedy

Name: Comic Insights The Art of Stand-Up Comedy
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ISBN: 9781879505544

ISBN-10: 1879505541

ISBN-13: 9781879505544

Edition: 2002

Authors: Franklyn Ajaye

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If you want to build a stand-up comedy career, this book is a must read. If you want to write comedy, this book is a must-read. If you simply enjoy comedy ... this book is a must read. Part One offers essential advice about understanding the fundamentals of stand-up, studying other comedians, finding your own style, writing your material, working the live performance, and appearing on television. Fascinating, candid, insightful interviews with today's top comedians, who discuss at length why and how they do what they do, comprise Part Two, the bulk of the book. The third and last part of the book addresses your stand-up career through interviews with noted comedy club owners, an agent, a…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Notes of a Jazz Comedian on Stand-Up


First Steps To Becoming A Stand-Up Comedian


The Elements Of Stand-Up Comedy


Structuring Your Funny (Writing Your Material)


In Performance


Doing Television Talk Shows



Comic Insights (Conversations With Comedians On The Art Of Stand-Up)


Louie Anderson


Richard Belzer


Elayne Boosler


George Carlin


Ellen DeGeneres


Rich Jeni


Jay Leno


Richard Lewis


Bill Maher


Paul Reiser


Chris Rock


Roseanne


Jerry Seinfeld


Garry Shandling


Sinbad


George Wallace


Jonathan Winters



Searching for Talent


Budd Friedman


Jamie Masada


Irvin Arthur


Buddy Morra


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