Comedy

Juliette Duffy is knocked up again. Preggers. Up the duff. To put it another way... whoops. While she and her hotel magnate boyfriend Alex get their heads around unexpected parenthood, Juliette is having all the usual pregnancy symptoms: throwing up,...

How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warming We've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. It feels overwhelming, like nothing can make a difference in combating this ongoing global...

The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance is a one-stop resource for both improv teachers and students, covering improv history, theory, maxims, exercises, games, and structures. You...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936709205Author Eddie JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Piccadilly BooksPublisher Piccadilly BooksWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 4mm

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Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America is the first study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. John Limon appreciates and analyzes the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573017483Author Robin HawdonFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd

Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasn't drugs, alcohol, or sex: it was film. After moving to Los Angeles, Oswalt became a huge film buff (or as he calls it, a sprocket fiend), absorbing classics, cult hits, and...

The first definitive biography of tragicomic sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, one of the most colorful and eccentric movie stars of the 1950s-60s. The book examines both her life and her career, detailing her movie, TV and stage work, as well as her drive to...

How do contemporary American female comics perform onstage, and what does this performance reveal about power relations in our culture as well as the existence of a "female" and, more specifically, "feminist" genre of stand-up comedy? In this long...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573100055Author Michael GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdSeries Acting Edition S.

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781547191918Author Sandra HaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

In A Vulgar Art Ian Brodie uses a folkloristic approach to stand-up comedy, engaging the discipline's central method of studying interpersonal, artistic communication and performance. Because stand-up comedy is a rather broad category, people who study...

Alton Douglas is back! Author of over fifty books, Alton once again trawls through his career as a professional comedian, scriptwriter, TV warm-up artiste, actor and trombonist, to produce a feast of anecdotes, jokes and stories in the same vein as his...

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610352208Author Gene PerretFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Linden Publishing Co IncPublisher Linden Publishing Co IncDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

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Comedy has always been one of the most high-profile, glamorous and potentially lucrative markets for scriptwriters, but it is also perceived as one of the hardest. In the fourth edition of this highly regarded handbook, John Byrne breaks down the basics...

Sir Lenny Henry is one of the country's best-loved comedians with a career spanning over forty years. Here he writes about his youth for the first time. You might think you know Lenny Henry. Think again. 'Glorious.' NEIL GAIMAN 'Touching and...

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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636141046Author Andrew MoskosFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

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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...

In a work of scholarship both erudite and funny, Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organising his book thematically into what he calls the seven strands of Jewish comedy...

'It's no mystery or secret how much I enjoy Lawrence Chaney.' - RuPaul'Tackles everything from gender identity, the thrill of a wig and why Scottish talent is often overlooked.' - i NewsLawrence Chaney has wowed audiences across the globe as the winner...

A wild and uncensored glimpse behind the curtain into the mad world of life as a touring stand-up comic. Drawing on countless hours of in-depth interviews with some of the most influential and respected comedians to ever grab a mic, Doing Time offers a...

`Cooperman! The Life of Tommy Cooper' is a hilarious look at one of Britain's best-loved comedians. For almost four decades, Tommy Cooper was the most popular entertainer in the country, and certainly the most imitated. This is the story of the man and...

British comedy cinema has been a mainstay of domestic production since the beginning of the last Century and arguably the most popular and important genre in British film history. This edited volume will offer the first comprehensive account of the rich...

Featuring even more insights on "Weird Al" Yankovic including his activities during a tumultuous 2020 and 2021, this expanded edition dives deeper into the world of the iconic man who has made a career out of making us laugh.Funny music is often...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909217072Author Brachet MichelleFormat HardbackPage Count 125Imprint Demand Media LimitedPublisher Demand Media LimitedDimensions(mm) 158mm * 158mm * 12mm

From his harrowing childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his parents to a lifetime of alcoholism and self-mutilation, psychiatric hospitalizations and misdiagnoses to the peak of fame and success as the longest-tenured cast...

With his louche air and a developed taste for smoking, gambling, port and women, it's hard to believe Cis Farringdon is only fourteen. And that's because he isn't. Agatha his mother lopped five years from her true age and his when she married the amiable...

**WINNER OF BEST SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022**'Hard-hitting and hilarious' - James Acaster'Funny, moving and compelling' - Mike CostelloA heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781312629325Author Jaye RamboFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573110276Author Derek BenfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French LtdSeries Acting Edition S.

What role can provocation play in the process of renewal, both of individuals and of societies? Provocation in Popular Culture is an investigation into the practice of specific provocateurs and the wider nature of cultural provocation, examining, among...