Comedy Books


Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Best Price: $4.60 I remember watching Steve Martin's seemingly meteoric rise from Tonight Show guest, to Saturday...	Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell, Updated Edition Best Price: $8.40 The book took a little time to arrive which I wasn't expecting but it was well worth the wait!	Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation Best Price: $11.45 This is the first improv book I haver ever read; as a result, I was very new to the concept of...	Comedy Writing Secrets, 2nd Edition: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny, And Get Paid For It Best Price: $11.67 The information in the book was very insightful but the print was too small for me personally.	The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide Best Price: $8.45 I bought the book after a bunch of people at work kept telling me how i should be a comedian ......



Dishing Hollywood: The Real Scoop on Tinseltown's Most Notorious Scandals Best Price: $10.35 This book is very interesting, part cookbook part Hollywood scandles. Laurie Jacobson delves...	Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America Best Price: $15.78 Richard Zoglin has taken a period of our lives, when laughing at ourselves and the world we live...	Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy Best Price: $12.23 I have never been a big fan of books that try to theorize something as ambigous and subjective...	Art Best Price: $5.97 "Art", a play written by French author Yasmina Reza (1959-...) in 1994, and...	Stand-Up Comedy: The Book Best Price: $3.99 Judy Carter does an excellent job teaching the average person to understand comedy. It is full...



The Art of Comedy: Getting Serious About Being Funny Best Price: $10.18 All of the author's comedy heros are dead. The style of comedy that he teaches died with the...	Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy Best Price: $17.05 This book covers everything I had hoped to hear about stand-up comedy, and was an entertaining...	Sensational Scenes for Teens : The Scene Studyguide for Teen Actors! (Hollywood 101) Best Price: $8.74 The scenes in this book enabled me to explore a variety of situations and characters. The...	Santaland Diaries & Seasons Greetings: 2 Plays Best Price: $6.07 I laughed out loud reading these plays! Seriously, David Sedaris is one warped individual who...	Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy Best Price: $17.40 This is indeed an excellent read and FULL of great insights about nearly every aspect of Standup...

Too Fat to Fish Best Price: $21.09	The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News Best Price: $8.22 This book is a must have and must read for not only all The Daily Show but also, ALL The Colbert...	Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian Best Price: $15.95 This is a wonderful book loaded with beautiful pictures, both candids and stills (proof that...	Tapworks: A Tap Dictionary and Reference Manual Best Price: $22.26 A must have for any tap enthusiast. Tapworks contains a brilliant history of some of the most...	The Second City Almanac of Improvisation Best Price: $18.70 I love the anecdotes from some of the veterans of improvisational comedy. The almanac itself is...

Gasping for Airtime: Two Years In the Trenches of Saturday Night Live Best Price: $5.00 Mohr is candid and belly up about his experience with SNL - he 'talks' to the reader as if he...	The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian Best Price: $2.00 Charles Spencer Chaplin has had millions of words written about his long life and spectacular...	Writing Television Comedy Best Price: $6.25 I wish there was more in this book about script formats and script notes then just what's funny...	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing (The Complete Idiot's Guide) Best Price: $10.01 LARGE CAPS ARE SOO LIBERATING. THIS BOOK HAS HELPED MY SEX LIFE. VERY USEFUL. I HOPE TO STAY OUT...	Stop Kiss Best Price: $5.57 I was Sara in a production of this play. However, that is not the only reason that I love it. I...

Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble Improv Games Best Price: $7.00 This book is great for teaching the support and trust actors need to perform any form of...	Belushi Best Price: $12.96 For writing this beautiful book. I've been a fan of Johns work pretty much as far back as i can...	Comedy by the Numbers: The 169 Secrets of Humor and Popularity Best Price: $7.98 I don't do book reviews, I don't do surveys, I'm really lazy. But, for this book? For this...	Sandi C. Shore's Secrets to Standup Success: A Complete Step-by-Step Workbook Best Price: $10.74 I have been laughing and joking my whole life, because if you don't laugh you just might cry. I...	The Seinfeld Scripts: The First and Second Seasons Best Price: $4.80 This was one of the best books I have recieved, it is a very good book for seinfeld lovers of...

Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilc Best Price: $5.52 This book is in very poor taste, there is a very simple construct to it as well. What I mean is...	The Dining Room. Best Price: $5.77 This is Gurney's best play. It is one of the best plays of the last few decades. Oddly, it is...	No Applause--Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous Best Price: $5.97 In the last five years, three unrelated books, the subject book, together with Seriously Funny...	Comedy: "An Essay on Comedy" by George Meredith. "Laughter" by Henri Bergson Best Price: $12.40 This review is partial, and does not include the major essay of Wylie Sypher that serves as...	The Complete Fawlty Towers Best Price: $8.95 If you love the show "Fawlty Towers," than this book is for you. This book contains...

I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics Best Price: $7.79 Having known Ritch for a long time and being a fan of comedy, every story he has ever told me...	Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Best Price: $10.20 In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest...	Diez Comedias Del Siglo De Oro Best Price: $36.49 PUBLISHED IN SPANISH. Diez Comedias--the only volume of its kind--contains an ideal selection of...	Will Rogers: A Biography Best Price: $13.95 I searched for what I thought would be the best biography out on Will Rogers and decided on this...	Great Comedians Talk About Comedy Best Price: $35.00 I can't really review this book as I gave it as a gift to my son-in-law. I think he's really...

Comedy FAQs and Answers: How the Stand-up Biz Really Works Best Price: $11.42 Another insider industry reference from Dave Schwensen, Comedy FAQs And Answers: How The...	Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy Best Price: $10.08 By the time I was old enough to appreciate adult comedies shown on TV, i.e. in the late 50's,...	Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry Best Price: $12.48 Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry contains vaudeville...	Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live Best Price: $2.17 I usually write reviews of books that deal with theology and Christian apologetics and other...	The Comedy of Errors (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $0.33 This is a good, basic text -- there are only a few questionable spelling issues, and don't look...

Musical Improv Comedy: Creating Songs in the Moment Best Price: $12.78 I was really excited to pick this book up and then became very less so when it arrived and I...	Old Jewish Comedians (A BLAB! Storybook) Best Price: $7.50 No Jokes...I wanted some old Jewish, Catskills jokes. I got a bunch of pictures. I need jokes.	The Man Who Made Elvis Laugh - A Life In American Comedy Best Price: $34.99 Sammy Shore has written an exquisitely funny book for people of all ages. "The Man Who Made...	How to Be a Working Comic: An Insider's Guide to a Career in Stand-Up Comedy (How to Be a Working) Best Price: $8.99 I'm taking his one-day workshop so I bought the book to prepare for it-the book is very cool,...	Buster Keaton Remembered Best Price: $25.49 I can't believe I've reached my 50th review.And it is happily on a topic near and dear to my...

Fifth of July. Best Price: $5.58 Starring: JD Cullum, Michael Gladis, Lola Glaudini, Sarah Hagan, Marin Hinkle, Jay Paulson, and...	The Physical Comedy Handbook Best Price: $16.95 While Mr. Robinson's book is a nice description of basic comedy bits and the tricks that make...	Snakebit Best Price: $7.49 I just now finished Snakebit and let me say that i have never read anything that made me care...	Sylvia. Best Price: $6.50 I love this play. In particular the dialogue Gurney has chosen for Sylvia (the dog) The way he...	Comedy Thesaurus Best Price: $3.70 I'm a standup comic and I contribute jokes to Judy for her joke books. I've connected with many...

One Fine Stooge: Larry Fine's Frizzy Life In Pictures Best Price: $18.15 I thought this was an excellent book. It was well written and a lot of great pictures in the...

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