Stand Up

Stand-up comedy is a comic style in which a comedian performs in front of a live audience, usually speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, comedian, comedienne, stand-up comedian, or simply a stand-up. Comedians give the illusion that they are dialoguing, but in actuality, they are monologuing a grouping of humorous stories, jokes and one-liners, typically called a shtick, routine, act, or set. Some stand-up comedians use props, music or magic tricks to enhance their acts. Stand-up comedy is stated to be the "freest form of comedy writing" that is ...more

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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era
The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not
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The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide
How I Escaped My Certain Fate
Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America
The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy
The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny
The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
The Serious Guide to Joke Writing: How to Say Something Funny about Anything
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Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahDad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
Books by Comics
200 books — 222 voters
Laugh Lines by Holly Jacobs
Love and Stand-Up Comedy
1 book — 1 voter

This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie HenryWhy is Nobody Laughing? by Yasmin RahmanPretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca ElliottStand Up by Nikesh ShuklaAm I Really Pretty Rude For A Girl? by Rebecca Elliott
Teen Comedians
14 books — 1 voter

Mastering Stand-Up by Stephen RosenfieldYes Please by Amy PoehlerI Am America by Stephen ColbertToo Stupid to Visit by Jass RichardsBossypants by Tina Fey
Best Books Written By Comedians
111 books — 30 voters


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If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.
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Stand up for what is right even if it means standing alone.
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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