Comedy

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837913084Author Marc BlakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Acorn Books LtdPublisher Andrews UK Limited

Tonight Neverland is fleshed out with plenty of plant life, certainly bettering 2011's production of Jack and the Bean-Cactus. So, with no further ado, please put your hands together for J.M. Barrie's Christmas classic: Peter Pan! The inept and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983976063Author Darryl LittletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Clown: The Physical Comedian is a detailed and comprehensive workbook for those interested in the art of clowning and physical theatre, including actors, directors, improvisers, stand-up comedians, circus artists, mask performers and devisers of new work...

Stand-up comedians have a long history of walking a careful line between serious and playful engagement with social issues: Lenny Bruce questioned the symbolic valence of racial slurs, Dick Gregory took time away from the stage to speak alongside Martin...

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781678091743Author Brian LuffFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 21mm

Work is a joke. Laughing at it is political.Humor, Groucho Marx asserted, is "reason gone mad." For Walter Benjamin, laughter was "the most revolutionary emotion." In a moment when great numbers of people are reevaluating their commitment to the...

At the age of 44, renowned comedian Richard Lewis found himself on a gurney in the ER, toxic with alcohol, and hallucinating from excess cocaine use. The same neuroses and dysfunctions that had been the basis for his successful stage persona and inspired...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781365048357Author Henry IntiliFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 6mm

Funny, lively and unpredictable, stand-up comedy is above all a medium to be enjoyed. Popular as a good night out and packing the TV schedules, stand-up permeates British society and culture. Ubiquitous though it is, we are generally reluctant to...

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 late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked about it as 'anti-matter comedy' that 'makes you laugh while...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524742188Author H. Jon BenjaminFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

And now for something completely different. Professor at Large features beloved English comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of Ivy League professor at Cornell University. His almost twenty years as professor-at-large has led to many talks, essays,...

Following the tremendous success of his first book on the subject, The Queens of Burlesque, Len Rothe has again pulled from his collection of original photographs of entertainers this delightful selection of over 100 images of Burlesque stars. Together...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739795535Author Roy D HacksawFormat PaperbackPage Count 498Imprint Earth Island BooksPublisher Earth Island BooksWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

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...

Before film made them international comedy legends, the MarxBrothers developed their comic skills on stage for twenty-fiveyears. In Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers onStage, Robert S. Bader offers the first comprehensive history ofthe...

PETROL HONEY features work from the Edinburgh fringe shows (the Yellow Show and the Sky Show) that have earned him cult status and a growing army of fans. PETROL HONEY explores the deeper meaning of the colour yellow, whether Lurpack is available in...

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 9780806541723Author Michael Seth StarrFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.

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

Since 2009, WTF with Marc Maron has been one of the most widely listened to and influential podcasts in the country. Each week over a million and a half listeners tune in to hear Marc and a guest do something remarkable: talk. Described as a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497408401Author Rob NormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971682719Author Deborah MaddoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Lucid SolutionsPublisher Lucid SolutionsWeight(grams) 148gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

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

From the preeminent historian of comedy, an expansive history of show business and the battles over culture that have echoed through the decades and changed the United States"Outrageous is required reading. An essential book of the social history of the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887664660Author Robert DwanFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Publisher Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Weight(grams)...

'Take Hair' is the third collection of writing and drawing from award winning writer and performer Rob Auton. Take Hair' houses the ideas that Rob wants to exist. The ideas that came to him that he got enough from to want to record them and share them...

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 *...

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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 9781910299166Author Colin SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Violet Circle PublishingPublisher Violet Circle PublishingDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 9mm

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...

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,...