Step by Step to Stand-up Comedy - Softcover

Dean, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0325001790 ISBN 13: 9780325001791

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

If you think you're funny, and you want others to think so too, this is the book for you! Greg Dean examines the fundamentals of being funny and offers advice on a range of topics, including:

• writing creative joke material
• rehearsing and performing routines
• coping with stage fright
• dealing with emcees who think they're funnier than you are
• getting experience
• and lots more.

Essential for the aspiring comic or the working comedian interested in updating his or her comedy routine, Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy is the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on the art of the stand-up comedian.

About this title

Synopsis:

Greg Dean examines the fundamentals of being funny and offers advice on a range of topics, including: writing creative joke material; rehearsing and performing routines; coping with stage fright; dealing with emcees who think they're funnier than you; getting experience; and lots more. Essential for the aspiring comic or the working comedian interested in updating his or her comedy routine, "Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy" is a comprehensive and useful book on the art of the stand-up comedian.

About the Author:

GREG DEAN is a former Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown, a street performer, and a regular at the Comedy Store in Hollywood. Through his popular "Stand-Up Comedy Workshop" at the Santa Monica Playhouse, Dean has worked with many of todays top comics. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0325001790
• ISBN 13: 9780325001791
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 191