Author: Jonathan Lynn
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571277977
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Jonathan Lynn's credits include creating and co-writing the long-running comedy series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, as well as hit films Clue, My Cousin Vinny, Nuns on the Run and The Whole Nine Yards. With experience as a comedy actor, writer and director, here Jonathan Lynn shares valuable and hilarious lessons in all aspects of creating great comedy, all illustrated with brilliantly insightful and revealing anecdotes about his work and the legedary actors, writers and comedians he's worked alongside.
Comedy Rules
Author: Jonathan Lynn
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571277977
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Jonathan Lynn's credits include creating and co-writing the long-running comedy series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, as well as hit films Clue, My Cousin Vinny, Nuns on the Run and The Whole Nine Yards. With experience as a comedy actor, writer and director, here Jonathan Lynn shares valuable and hilarious lessons in all aspects of creating great comedy, all illustrated with brilliantly insightful and revealing anecdotes about his work and the legedary actors, writers and comedians he's worked alongside.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571277977
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Jonathan Lynn's credits include creating and co-writing the long-running comedy series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, as well as hit films Clue, My Cousin Vinny, Nuns on the Run and The Whole Nine Yards. With experience as a comedy actor, writer and director, here Jonathan Lynn shares valuable and hilarious lessons in all aspects of creating great comedy, all illustrated with brilliantly insightful and revealing anecdotes about his work and the legedary actors, writers and comedians he's worked alongside.
488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct
Author: Kitty Flanagan
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 000839184X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
488 Rules for Life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 000839184X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
488 Rules for Life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live.
Guilty Pleasures
Author: Laura E. Little
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190625767
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In Guilty Pleasures, legal scholar Laura Little provides a multi-faceted account of American law and humor, looking at constraints on humor (and humor's effect on law), humor about law, and humor in law.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190625767
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In Guilty Pleasures, legal scholar Laura Little provides a multi-faceted account of American law and humor, looking at constraints on humor (and humor's effect on law), humor about law, and humor in law.
The Law and Comedy
Author: Giuseppe Rossi
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111286770
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Despite their inherent seriousness, the law and those who practice it, be it lawyers, judges, politicians, or bureaucrats, are amongst the most popular objects of comedy and humour. Sometimes even the mention of the law, or the mere use of legal vocabulary, can trigger laughter. This is deeply counterintuitive, but true across cultures and historical eras: while the law is there to prevent and remedy injustice, it often ends up becoming the butt of comedy. But laughter and comedy, too, are also infused with seriousness: as universal social phenomena, they are extremely complex objects of study. This book maps out the many intersections of the law and laughter, from classical Greece to the present day. Taking on well-known classical and modern works of literature and visual culture, from Aristophanes to Laurel and Hardy and from Nietzsche to Totò and Fernandel, laughter and comedy bring law back to the complexity of human soul and the unpredictability of life.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111286770
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Despite their inherent seriousness, the law and those who practice it, be it lawyers, judges, politicians, or bureaucrats, are amongst the most popular objects of comedy and humour. Sometimes even the mention of the law, or the mere use of legal vocabulary, can trigger laughter. This is deeply counterintuitive, but true across cultures and historical eras: while the law is there to prevent and remedy injustice, it often ends up becoming the butt of comedy. But laughter and comedy, too, are also infused with seriousness: as universal social phenomena, they are extremely complex objects of study. This book maps out the many intersections of the law and laughter, from classical Greece to the present day. Taking on well-known classical and modern works of literature and visual culture, from Aristophanes to Laurel and Hardy and from Nietzsche to Totò and Fernandel, laughter and comedy bring law back to the complexity of human soul and the unpredictability of life.
Don't Wear Shorts on Stage
Author: Rob Durham
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468004847
Category : Stand-up comedy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rob Durham has written a book on the ins and outs of being a stand-up comic. Hilarious and enlightening, he uses some funny experiences of his own with famous and not-so-famous people to give some great tips on getting started in the biz. "Rob Durham 'gets it' as a performer and a teacher of how to get going in the comedy business. He covers the little things that so many new guys ignore. This is the book I would have written. . . if I had the time, interest, or word-processor." --Jimmy Pardo"I support this book unconditionally!" --Maria Bamford"Read this book before going to your next open mic night." --Tommy Johnagin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468004847
Category : Stand-up comedy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rob Durham has written a book on the ins and outs of being a stand-up comic. Hilarious and enlightening, he uses some funny experiences of his own with famous and not-so-famous people to give some great tips on getting started in the biz. "Rob Durham 'gets it' as a performer and a teacher of how to get going in the comedy business. He covers the little things that so many new guys ignore. This is the book I would have written. . . if I had the time, interest, or word-processor." --Jimmy Pardo"I support this book unconditionally!" --Maria Bamford"Read this book before going to your next open mic night." --Tommy Johnagin
The Sacred Art of Joking
Author: James Cary
Publisher: SPCK
ISBN: 0281080933
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Every few weeks a politician, pundit or soap star causes a media storm by making a gaffe or tweeting a joke that some people do not find funny. Comedy is very hard to get right and yet we think it’s important to have a sense of humour and not take yourself too seriously. On the other hand, a sense of humour failure can lead to losing your friends, your twitter account, your job, your career and, in some cases, your life. James Cary knows about this. He is a sitcom writer who’s written jokes about bomb disposal in Afghanistan (Bluestone 42), defended comments about Islam by Ben Elton on Newsnight, been on a panel with radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary, sits on the General Synod of the Church of England and somehow managed to co-write episodes of Miranda. An odd mix, but one that makes him very readable. This entertaining, breezy book, explains how comedy works (with jokes and quotes) and gives much-needed insights into the controversy surrounding humour.
Publisher: SPCK
ISBN: 0281080933
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Every few weeks a politician, pundit or soap star causes a media storm by making a gaffe or tweeting a joke that some people do not find funny. Comedy is very hard to get right and yet we think it’s important to have a sense of humour and not take yourself too seriously. On the other hand, a sense of humour failure can lead to losing your friends, your twitter account, your job, your career and, in some cases, your life. James Cary knows about this. He is a sitcom writer who’s written jokes about bomb disposal in Afghanistan (Bluestone 42), defended comments about Islam by Ben Elton on Newsnight, been on a panel with radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary, sits on the General Synod of the Church of England and somehow managed to co-write episodes of Miranda. An odd mix, but one that makes him very readable. This entertaining, breezy book, explains how comedy works (with jokes and quotes) and gives much-needed insights into the controversy surrounding humour.
Comedy Writing Secrets
Author: Melvin Helitzer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780898795103
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to writing, selling and performing all types of comedy. Includes comments, advice, gags and routines from top comics.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780898795103
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to writing, selling and performing all types of comedy. Includes comments, advice, gags and routines from top comics.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing
Author: James Mendrinos
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592572311
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
You've always known writing comedy was about more than just being funny. But how do you create a joke and work it into a script or a stand-up routine? Comedian, writer, and teacher Jim Mendrinos has the answers. In The Complete Idiot s Guide to Comedy Writing, Mendrinos gives readers the principles he teaches in his popular courses, from understanding what funny is and how to find it, to how to actually construct comedy. Working through the basic constructions and forms including premises, points of view, and twists, he shows the variations of written, verbal, and physical comedy. With useful exercises, Mendrinos helps writers refine their writing, appeal to their audience, and even break writer's block by learning techniques for brainstorming, free association, lists, and finding infinite points of view.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592572311
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
You've always known writing comedy was about more than just being funny. But how do you create a joke and work it into a script or a stand-up routine? Comedian, writer, and teacher Jim Mendrinos has the answers. In The Complete Idiot s Guide to Comedy Writing, Mendrinos gives readers the principles he teaches in his popular courses, from understanding what funny is and how to find it, to how to actually construct comedy. Working through the basic constructions and forms including premises, points of view, and twists, he shows the variations of written, verbal, and physical comedy. With useful exercises, Mendrinos helps writers refine their writing, appeal to their audience, and even break writer's block by learning techniques for brainstorming, free association, lists, and finding infinite points of view.
Wild and Crazy
Author: Paul Joynson-Hicks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668024578
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
"The funniest photographs of wildlife from around the world collected here in one ... book [intended] for animal lovers of all stripes"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668024578
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
"The funniest photographs of wildlife from around the world collected here in one ... book [intended] for animal lovers of all stripes"--
Comedy is a Serious Business
Author: Harry Ruskin
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583425367
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9781583425367
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description