The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide

The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide
by Judy Carter

The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide
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Author: Judy Carter
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-07
ISBN: 0743201256
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Fireside
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Book Review: My friend Josh gave me this book
Summary: 3 Stars

My fiend Josh gave me this book. I don't know why the did it. I gess he didn't like it at all. I took this book and wundered why there are a ahahhah keyboard on the cover. my keyboard dodn't look lie that.

I think this book relly work. Once I got it, my classmates start laughing at me more and more and I didn't even read it yet! OPnce I start reading it, I learn about punch lines and the future. I think I want to grow up to be a cruise ship entertainer. But I don't know if I have what ot takes. I was afraid to do killer comedy material but I did it. Too bad my grandmother doesn't laugh when I punch her.

Josh told me he got a better book. The Book on Comedy by James Mar but he woudn't let me read it. that book looked more cool since it's a comics. I am totally jealous!

Summary of The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide

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.

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