Comedy

Object work, environment and physicality are essential for improvisational theatre. Skilled improvisers can draw audiences into the performance by helping them see things that aren't there. The Improv Illusionist is the first book dedicated to physical...

Essays on teaching comedy in literature, writing, theater, and cultural studies courses.From Shakespeare to The Simpsons, comedy has long provided both entertainment and social commentary. It may critique cultural values, undermine authority, satirize...

Essays on teaching comedy in literature, writing, theater, and cultural studies courses.From Shakespeare to The Simpsons, comedy has long provided both entertainment and social commentary. It may critique cultural values, undermine authority, satirize...

On This Day in Comedy is not just an encyclopedia, but a celebration of comedy. In humorous prose the book takes readers through the often-neglected subcultures of comedy in America, acknowledging the inclusiveness of the performers as well as shows and...

When Andy Kaufman succumbed suddenly to lung cancer in 1984, some of his fans believed that his death was yet another elaborate prank. Over the previous decade, Kaufman had achieved improbable fame for his bizarre antiperformances-lip-synching the Mighty...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932416756Author Eric HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint McSweeney's PublishingPublisher McSweeney's Publishing

The Principles of Comedy Improv is an authoritative handbook for beginners and experts alike. More than just entertainment, improv's tenets enable you to change every moment of your life. Your guide is Tom Blank, who crystallizes two decades of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780762474707Author Arden MyrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Running Press AdultPublisher Running Press AdultWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

A trenchant examination of an iconic American figure that explores the cultural and psychological roots of his comic genius Born Julius Marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as Groucho was the most verbal of the famed comedy...

It all began in a converted Chinese laundry on Chicago's north side on a cold December night in 1959. No one could have known that by the next century, The Second City would have established itself as the premier comedy institution in the world. Taking...

A glimpse into the private world of the hilarious Friars. The legendary New York Friars Club and its members are known the world over. This is a hilarious compilation of tales, anecdotes, and historical information about the club, featuring funny and...

In the 1934 classic It Happened One Night, heiress Claudette Colbert races away from the altar and a conventional marriage and throws herself into a wisecracking rough-and-tumble affair with Clark Gable. The new brand of movies following in the wake of...

"Chicago's temple of improvisational comedy." -New York Times Since opening in 1959, The Second City has transformed the state of comedy as we know it, creating a wickedly funny culture of improvisation and training thousands of artists-who now...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556523519Author Mel WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 911g

Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either "pretty" or "funny." Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts have always gotten plum roles as the heroines of romantic comedies and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995655447Author Laura BarnardFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Laura BarnardPublisher Laura BarnardSeries One Month Til I Do

Originally part of the UK alternative comedy scene, Andy de la Tour spent many years on the circuit, performing with the likes of Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle and French and Saunders. After a 20-year break from stand-up he returned to New York...

It seems a long way from Moliere to Ray Cooney. There are immense distances between the worlds of Aristophanes, Plautus, Georges Feydeau, Ben Travers, Joe Orton and Basil Fawlty. But as one of the oldest genres in the history of the theatre, farce...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781686165399Author Mike DonovanFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780868198613Author Tim FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Currency Press Pty LtdPublisher Currency Press Pty LtdDimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm * 13mm

This book analyses the growth of the American comedy film in relation to world events and cultural trends. This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film. This is a historical and...

Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They've just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together in Chicago. Their moving day doesn't go exactly as planned, though, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911182Author Steve SingletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816636570Author Alan DaleFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota Press

Comedy and Critique explores British professional stand-up comedy in the wake of the Alternative Comedy movement of the late twentieth century, seeing it as an extension of the politics of the New Left: standing up for oneself as anti-racist, feminist...

'In The Beginning Was The Word, Then A Drawing, Then More Words, Another Drawing, And So On, And So On' is a sequential chain that alternates from poet to illustrator, a creative game of ping pong that takes each artist on a path they would not have...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937539514Author Larry WildeFormat HardbackPage Count 404Imprint Executive BooksPublisher Executive BooksWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 233mm * 158mm * 34mm

Video Games and Comedy is the first edited volume to explore the intersections between comedy and video games. This pioneering book collects chapters from a diverse group of scholars, covering a wide range of approaches and examining the relationship...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999918095Author Christina NeuwirthFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Speculative Books LtdPublisher Speculative Books Ltd

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768267177Author Carlette DeLeonFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Blouse and Skirt BooksPublisher Blue Moon Publishing

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781500373405Author Robin CalvertFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499297089Author Robin CalvertFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

A Decade of Dark Humor analyzes ways in which popular and visual culture used humor-in a variety of forms-to confront the attacks of September 11, 2001 and, more specifically, the aftermath. This interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495499814Author Aaron FraleFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998288413Author Gunnar Todd RohrbacherFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Warfox PublicationsPublisher Warfox PublicationsSeries Volume 2Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998288406Author Gunnar Todd RohrbacherFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Warfox PublicationsPublisher Warfox PublicationsSeries Volume 1Weight(grams)...

This lighthearted and eye-opening book explores the role of comedy in cultural and political critiques of American society from the past century. This unprecedented look at the history of satire in America showcases the means by which our society is...

Understanding Comedy through College Comedies explains the nature of comedy through the study of college comedy films, including classics (College, The Freshman); romantic/screwball comedies (Where the Boys Are, Ball of Fire, Sterile Cuckoo); famous...

Midsummer/Jersey is the hilarious high-octane re-telling of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream set on the boardwalk of a seaside town in modern-day New Jersey. The story revolves around the impending marriage of the Governor of New Jersey, the love...

It's 1932 in Niagara Falls, Canada, where the rum-running business is at its peak. In the aftermath of the Crash, Irving Bubbalowe and his daughter, Honey, have risked everything they have to open a new gourmet restaurant. When their star - the renowned...