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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.7
EAN: 9780743201254
ISBN: 0743201256
Label: Fireside
Manufacturer: Fireside
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: August 07, 2001
Publisher: Fireside
Studio: Fireside

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


Do you think you're funny?

Do you want to turn your sense of humor into a career?

If the answer is yes, then Judy Carter's The Comedy Bible is for you. The guru to aspiring stand-up comics provides the complete scoop on being -- and writing -- funny for money.

If you've got a sense of humor, you can learn to make a career out of comedy, says Judy Carter. Whether it's creating a killer stand-up act, writing a spec sitcom, or providing jokes for radio or one-liners for greeting cards, Carter provides step-by-step instructions in The Comedy Bible. She helps readers first determine which genre of comedy writing or performing suits them best and then directs them in developing, refining, and selling their work.

Using the hands-on workbook format that was so effective in her bestselling first book, Stand-Up Comedy: The Book, Carter offers a series of day-by-day exercises that draw on her many years as a successful stand-up comic and the head of a nationally known comedy school. Also included are practical tips and advice from today's top comedy professionals -- from Bernie Brillstein to Christopher Titus to Richard Lewis. She presents the pros and cons of the various comedy fields -- stand-up, script, speech and joke writing, one-person shows, humor essays -- and shows how to tailor your material for each. She teaches how to find your "authentic" voice -- the true source of comedy. And, perhaps most important, Carter explains how to take a finished product to the next level -- making money -- by pitching it to a buyer and negotiating a contract.

Written in Carter's unique, take-no-prisoners voice, The Comedy Bible is practical, inspirational, and funny.




Rating: - 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

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Rating: - 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 ... Read More

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Rating: - 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 ... Read More

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Rating: - 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 ... Read More

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Rating: - 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 ... Read More

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