Comedy

Lawrence Epstein's The Haunted Smile tackles a subject both poignant and delightful: the story of Jewish comedians in America. For the past century and more, American comedy has drawn its strength and soul from the comic genius of Jewish performers and...

Nat Hiken was the driving force behind the 1950s and 1960s series ""Sgt Bilko"" and ""Car 54, Where Are You?"". This biography of the television pioneer places him in broadcast history, drawing on first-hand interviews with some well-known TV...

In the mid-1970s, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Tom Dreesen, and several hundred other shameless showoffs and incorrigible cutups from across the country migrated en masse to Los Angeles, the new...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781483968032Author Simon CavalliFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya in a new version by Christopher Hampton. This version will be first staged at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on 25 October 2012 and run until 16 February 2013.'It's often said that the best of the Chekhov plays is the...

Ideal for classroom use, this anthology of original essays by the leading authorities on women's comedy surveys the disorderly, subversive, and unruly performances of women comics from silent film to contemporary multimedia Winner, Susan Koppleman Award...

My Man Godfrey, Four's a Crowd, My Favorite Wife, The Devil and Miss Jones--for their inspired blend of slapstick humor with casual elegance and witty repartee, these movies are examples of what became known as "screwball" comedies. This study focuses on...

In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Hit with this...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683966678Author Ernie KovacsFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

'A beautiful and clever book about being human' Russell BrandCOMEDY. TRAGEDY. THERAPY. Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of thirteen. His parents had just divorced and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything. HELP is...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143123781Author Mike SacksFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 137mm * 46mm

Learn how to write comedy that makes people laugh.Masterclass: Writing Comedy will reveal to both beginners and experienced writers the distinctive features that mark out comedy from other forms of creative writing. Having identified these, it will help...

Clowns' slapstick is their primary mode of performance and allows them to provoke audiences to laughter wherever they perform. This innovative book, focussing on contemporary practice in the USA and Europe over the last 50 years, investigates the nature...

The classic BBC TV comedy series of the Home Guard of Walmington-on-Sea who battle daily against the Germans and local ARP Warden Hodges, comes to the stage in these three hilarious episodes. The Deadly Attachment and The Godiva Affair were presented on...

If you're looking for a book that will teach you how to write comedy, we suggest you keep moving. You still have time to pick up a copy of Writing Big Yucks for Big Bucks before the store closes. However, if you want to understand the bigger picture --...

Authors Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key build on the popularity of their 2022 Webby Award-winning podcast and delve deeper into the world of sketch, helped along with new essays created expressly for the book by comedy greats. The History of Sketch...

Matchbox Theatre presents a sketch show in miniature: thirty short entertainments by Michael Frayn, author of Skios and Noises Off, 'the funniest farce ever written' (New York Times).These tiny plays are offered here for performance in the smallest...

'A heart-warming, joyous and assured debut novel about friendship that put me in mind of Kay Mellor at her funnies' RICHARD HERRING'Takes you inside the minds of a brilliant group of characters at very different stages of life. A gripping, witty, very...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501117435Author Todd BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781365747182Author MenanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915204387Author Jovan Sterija PopovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Globland BooksPublisher Globland BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781098949327Author Jared VolleFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615930852Author Keith GiglioFormat PaperbackPage Count 229Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 399g

Airing from 1982 to 1993, Cheers was both critically acclaimed and one of the most popular television shows of all time, earning over 100 Emmy nominations and securing 28 wins, including four for best comedy series. The show followed a group of Boston,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525658146Author Daniel SlossFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 403gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 28mm

On both sides of the stage improv-comedy's popularity has increased exponentially throughout the 1980s and '90s and into the new millennium. Presto! An original song is created out of thin air. With nothing but a suggestion from the audience, daring...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470907013Author Chris WadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu Press IncWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250105967Author Chris NashawatyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm *...

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938727Author Jane BriggemanFormat HardbackPage Count 444Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 757gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142181676Author Mamrie HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 220g

Creating Solo Performance is an innovative toolbox of exercises and challenges focused on providing you - the performer - with engaging and inspiring ways to explore and develop your idea both on the page and in the performance space. The creation of a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910299166Author Colin SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Violet Circle PublishingPublisher Violet Circle PublishingDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982112721Author Jerry SeinfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 142mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999780395Author Alastair PuddickFormat PaperbackPage Count 245Imprint Raven Crest BooksPublisher Raven Crest Books

Here's the story of a lovely lady....Well, you know how it goes, especially if you're a nostalgia-loving baby-boomer who grew up with the Bradys! This is the definitive book on America's #1 TV family--complete with star biographies, episode summaries,...

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573100093Author Michael GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd