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Comedian Gone Wrong (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,510 ratings — published
Comedian Gone Wrong 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 310 ratings — published
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.88 — 108,744 ratings — published 2007
Comedian Gone Wrong 3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.31 — 29 ratings — published
The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 961 ratings — published 1994
The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 737 ratings — published 2001
I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,082 ratings — published 2009
The NEW Comedy Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 330 ratings — published
The Serious Guide to Joke Writing: How to Say Something Funny about Anything (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 455 ratings — published 2010
The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.44 — 1,040 ratings — published 2014
The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.23 — 926 ratings — published 2013
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 409 ratings — published 2000
The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,918 ratings — published 2015
Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.83 — 688 ratings — published 2008
How to Kill in Comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.43 — 122 ratings — published
How to Write Funny: Your Serious, Step-By-Step Blueprint For Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.12 — 989 ratings — published 2014
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.67 — 13,423 ratings — published 2015
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,516 ratings — published 1994
SeinLanguage (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.61 — 10,329 ratings — published 1993
Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,262 ratings — published 2021
And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft and the Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,125 ratings — published 2009
Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.41 — 526 ratings — published 2017
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,070,929 ratings — published 2011
American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,337 ratings — published 2002
Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.60 — 161 ratings — published
The New Comedy Writing Step by Step: Revised and Updated with Words of Instruction, Encouragement, and Inspiration from Legends of the Comedy Profession (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 141 ratings — published
The Naked Jape: Uncovering The Hidden World Of Jokes (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 825 ratings — published 2006
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 123,286 ratings — published 2002
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,144 ratings — published 2021
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy: The Comedians’ Career Path from Beginner to Professional Jobs (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.35 — 57 ratings — published
Is This Anything? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 25,324 ratings — published 2020
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.48 — 841,010 ratings — published 2016
The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.32 — 32,962 ratings — published 1938
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,158 ratings — published 1979
Be A Great Stand-Up (Teach Yourself)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 108 ratings — published 2010
A Horse Walks into a Bar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.51 — 16,155 ratings — published 2014
How I Escaped My Certain Fate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,359 ratings — published 2010
Comedy Writing Secrets: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny, And Get Paid For It (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,142 ratings — published 1987
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,089 ratings — published 2012
Attempting Normal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.79 — 7,902 ratings — published 2013
Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 265 ratings — published 1998
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,666 ratings — published 1965
Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 823 ratings — published 1999
It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,668 ratings — published 1995
Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 220 ratings — published
The History of Stand-Up : From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 260 ratings — published
Running the Light (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,581 ratings — published 2020
Comedy Writing Self-Taught Workbook: More than 100 Practical Writing Exercises to Develop Your Comedy Writing Skills (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 4.42 — 19 ratings — published 2014
A Vulgar Art: A New Approach to Stand-Up Comedy (Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.30 — 10 ratings — published 2014
The Last Laugh: The World of Stand-Up Comics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as stand-up-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 86 ratings — published 1975
“Stand-up comedy is all about nerve--a battle between aggressor and victims with wit as the weapon and laughter as the prize. Different from prizefights that pit people against one another in the presence of paying spectators, comedy pits the fighter against the paying customers, with silence as the killer, and the detonation of laughter as the victory.”
― No Joke: Making Jewish Humor
― No Joke: Making Jewish Humor
“After 30 years of coaching and teaching stand-up comedy to thousands, both in my workshops (longest continuous in LA) and private coachings; I finally wrote the book! It covers 1-Discovering your Comedic Character; 2- an 80-page workbook using the best joke formulas from over 25 years in my workshops: 3- How to put it all together, deal with audiences, clubs, and the biz.”
― How to Kill in Comedy
― How to Kill in Comedy
