Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, ...8 reviews Kat Koppett Stylus Publishing, 2001 Imaginative, and Effective, Training Activities + Great Exercises + Excellent, Readable Work + Go for Improv             Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy15 reviews Jay Sankey Routledge/Theatre Arts Books, 1998 Make this your first book on stand up comedy. + A Great Book for the aspiring and seasoned Standup + That's good larnin'! + Great book but some shortcomings             Merry Wives and Others: A History of Domestic Humor Writing1 review Penelope Fritzer, Bartholomew Bland McFarland & Company, 2002 Great resource for humor scholars AND writers Don't allow the subtitle to persuade you that this might be a humorless look at humor writing. The book, organized first by chronology and, in later chapters, by sub-genres, is scholarly in purpose, but it also is an enjoyable read. Practically every page contains substantial excerpts(not just a ...             Writing Humor: Giving a Comedic Touch to All Forms of Writing2 reviews Ian Bernard Capra Press, 2003 Humor Will Set You Free; This Book is the Key + Clear, well-written and enjoyable advice for writers Trying to teach somebody how to be funny is like trying to teach somebody how to be TALL. You can't. I dare you. The great thing about Ian Bernard's bouyant examination of humor is the clever way he deconstructs the eternally elusive phenomenon of: FUNNY. He does it by being a smart, witty ...             Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy38 reviews Greg Dean Heinemann Drama, 2000 Stand-up comedy from A to Z + Excellent! Don't hesitate! Buy this today! + Worth the price + Okay, it works             Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre34 reviews Keith Johnstone Theatre Arts Book, 1987 Impro + Just do it + Of interest to all enlightened beings. + Has the power to change your life and how you experience it             Writing Comedy (Writing Handbooks)2 reviews John Byrne A & C Black, 2005 Awesome handbook full of practical advice regarding how to be a comedy writer and how to make a career of it. I'm a sucker for just about any "how-to" book written on comedy. I don't purchase all the ones that I find, but the good ones get me to pull the wallet out. I pulled the wallet out for this one! What a great resource for someone interested in comedy writing. There are kinda two books in one in this ...             Writing Comedy1 review Ronald Wolfe Robert Hale Ltd, 2003 Advice From a Pro This book helped me turn a corner in my writing by showing me how a professional writer thinks. Unlike the authors of most of the other writing books I use, Wolfe actually earns his living as a writer, and he focuses on technique, not theory. One chapter in particular is worth the price of the ...             Sandi C. Shore's Secrets to Standup Success: A Complete Step-by-Step Workbook2 reviews Sandi C. Shore Emmis Books, 2004 Laughter is HEALING + Bravo Sandi I have been laughing and joking my whole life, because if you don't laugh you just might cry. I think it is like that with most funny people. As it was a life-long dream of mine, I finally took the plunge and bought Sandi's book and enrolled in her class on how to be a stand-up comedian. That was ...             Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters10 reviews Ted Cohen University Of Chicago Press, 2001 I Wish I Had Bought It! + Deeply intellectual understanding of modern reality + Very good intro to humor studies + maybe i'm biased, i dunno...             Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy36 reviews Franklyn Ajaye Silman-James Press, 2002 I certainly wish I wrote this + Great Read + The best of its kind. I have never been a big fan of books that try to theorize something as ambigous and subjective as a form of art. I am a comedy writer, I write a late show that airs through Latin America and before that I was wirting a cartoon for adults that was censored because it made fun of local politicians. I ...             Comedy Writing Step by Step8 reviews Gene Perret Samuel French, 1990 Step by Step Writing Comedy + Develop Your Funny Bones + Comedy changes but it's all the same. + Don't be fooled + Don't be fooled             Stand-Up Comedy: The Book30 reviews Judy Carter Dell, 1989 Do You Want to Be Funny? + Stand up Comedy The Book + great basics + Fastest way to know about Stand Up + A MUST HAVE......             Comedy Writing Workbook4 reviews Gene Perret Scarecrow Press, 1994 You can it for granted + A mental gym for comedy writers. + This book gave me a career in standup + This is the hands on text for joke writers!!!             Made You Laugh: The Funniest Moments in Comedy2 reviews Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004 Great Stories of Great Humor + Yes they did...and still do! The sub-title says a lot. This is a collection of stories about comedy through the years. The list is too long to repeat here, but if it was funny: on stage, on radio, on television or in the movies, it's probably here. It's written that you don't need to sit down and go from beginning to end. ...             That's Funny!2 reviews Michael Cader Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1996 Sit in the tub and laugh! + All of the jokes will give at least a gentle nudge to your funny bone It's like Stand-up Russian Roulette. This is not one of those "A duck ,a Proctologist and a Scientologist walk into a bar...." No, none of that just standups doin' their thing, one line at a time. If you're contemplating suicide, read this first. There are'nt many of these out there. I'm a comedy ...             What are You Laughing at?: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories, and More14 reviews Brad Schreiber Michael Wiese Productions, 2003 Who, me?! + Hillarious + An Excellent Learning Tool + Over 70 excerpts from top screenwriters + an example of what it teaches             Writing TV Sitcoms17 reviews Evan S. Smith Perigee Trade, 1999 Inspiring to all students of writing. + Killer book on writing the sitcom + A Solid Book + I scanned it straight to the money             Damn! Thats Funny!: Writing Humor You Can Sell2 reviews Gene Perret Quill Driver Books, 2005 Tells not just how to 'write funny', but how to market one's humor to the right audience + Well worth it! Whether you're a satirical writer or produce outright comedy, there's a market for funny writing, from humorous articles to sketches. Article writers will relish Gedne Perrett, himself one of the top comedy writers going, in Damn! That's Funny! which tells not just how to 'write funny', but how to ...             The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide39 reviews Judy Carter Fireside, 2001 If You Want To Learn Comedy, This Is Your Book. + Funny people I've bought and read quite a few 'stand up' how-to's, and this book is the one I keep coming back to for material development, stage presence, just all the 'basics' that one needs to keep on touching base with. It's easy to follow, easy to read, and not pretentious. Judy WANTS to help you be the ...