About this title: Provides information for aspiring comedians, discussing how to create a routine and hone ideas, working with a comedy buddy, how to develop and polish material, how to get started in the business, and how to get paid.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fireside
Date Published: 2001-08-07
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
Description: Very Good. VG+--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 ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Fireside Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Never read, from a liquidated bookstore, no rips, tears or bends. NO WRITING. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine straight, binding crack pg 104/105 all pgs intact, no reader/library marks, remainder mark btm pg edge, mild shelf wear. 367 numbered pgs., Audience: General/trade. FREE-choose standard get Expedited upgrade...Photos or other information available by e-mail. Daily orders/e-mail responses. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Books stored in smoke-free, climate controlled environment. Check our feedback. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fireside
Date Published: 2001-09-01
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fireside
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
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Edition: First
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fireside / Simon & Schuster, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
Description: As New. No Jacket. Learning. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Starting with; how to make a living pefrming and writing comedy, to listig managers agents and comedy clubs (US), 367 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fireside
Date Published: 8/7/2001
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
Description: Good. 0743201256 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. Tape inside cover. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Sorry, no APO deliveries. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. 17, 462p. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: FIRESIDE BOOKS
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
Description: New. The guru to aspiring comedic writers and stand-up comics offers the scoop on being--and writing--funny: inside tips on how to turn humor from your life into a career. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Fireside Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743201254ISBN:0743201256
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Signed by author "Judy Carter" next to her printed name on the title page. Pages clean, no markings. Corners of book bumped with resulting bendong of cover and some pages. Small, light brown stain spot... Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"The first section, where sh'e writing about how to be a standup, is pretty good. The next part, where she writes about script writing and other things you can do in the comedy business, not so much. The final section, where she gives ideas on how to make a living at comedy, is good but fairly superficial."
"I read this book before I started stand-up and I really only got one good tip from it: Start doing stand-up. I followed the exercises, writing jokes on index cards, etc, but never used them. To this day I don't think I have used any of the jokes I came up with from that book. This book might be useful to some people, but I guess my 'comedy style' is different. I think this book glosses over some of the unpleasant things a new comic can expect to encounter on their comedy experience."
"This book is invaluable for anyone wanting to understand the process of putting together a routine. Actual exercises intended to culminate in a stand-up routine to perform in front of an open mic audience makes this one of the better resources an aspiring comic will read."
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