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How to Write Funny: Your Serious, Step-By-Step Blueprint For Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as standup)
avg rating 4.13 — 951 ratings — published 2014
How to Kill in Comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as standup)
avg rating 4.43 — 115 ratings — published
Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as standup)
avg rating 4.41 — 515 ratings — published 2017
The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as standup)
avg rating 4.24 — 891 ratings — published 2013
The NEW Comedy Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as standup)
avg rating 4.32 — 293 ratings — published
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as standup)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,048 ratings — published 2014
How I Escaped My Certain Fate (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,304 ratings — published 2010
Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.61 — 140 ratings — published
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.08 — 21,462 ratings — published 1973
A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,525 ratings — published
Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.00 — 212 ratings — published
Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,733 ratings — published 2021
Make Room For Danny (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.14 — 70 ratings — published 1991
Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.69 — 31,641 ratings — published 2025
The Comic's Playbook: Step by Step to Finding Your Funny (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.95 — 398 ratings — published 2000
I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.61 — 734 ratings — published 2006
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.88 — 107,518 ratings — published 2007
No Wonder My Parents Drank: Tales from a Stand-Up Dad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.45 — 415 ratings — published 2010
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.79 — 37,807 ratings — published 2009
Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.83 — 738 ratings — published 2024
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,731 ratings — published 2010
THE WARMUP GUY (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.70 — 33 ratings — published 2016
When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.18 — 7,395 ratings — published 2019
The Best Thing About My Ass Is That It's Behind Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.40 — 232 ratings — published 2011
Don Rickles: The Merchant of Venom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.66 — 358 ratings — published
Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.70 — 691 ratings — published 2016
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I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.87 — 6,737 ratings — published 2024
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.63 — 27,668 ratings — published 2012
Almost Interesting (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.75 — 9,129 ratings — published 2015
Playfully Inappropriate: The Fun Way To Write Comedy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.42 — 26 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 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.91 — 141 ratings — published
The Book on Hosting: How Not to Suck As an Emcee (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 2006
The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.85 — 734 ratings — published 2001
Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,621 ratings — published 2009
Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,817 ratings — published
The Last Black Unicorn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.83 — 69,627 ratings — published 2017
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.10 — 37,440 ratings — published 2017
How I Slept My Way to the Middle: Secrets And Stories From Stage, Screen, And Interwebs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.99 — 561 ratings — published 2012
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.91 — 8,932 ratings — published 2018
The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Be Quick, Be Interesting - Create Captivating Conversation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.33 — 1,400 ratings — published
Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.39 — 357 ratings — published 2008
Top Billin': Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph – An Intimate and Entertaining MTV Memoir on 90s Pop Culture History (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.98 — 136 ratings — published
You Can Be Funny and Make People Laugh: No Fluff. No Theories. 35 Humor Techniques that Work for Everyday Conversations (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.80 — 90 ratings — published
Stories That Stick: How Storytelling Can Captivate Customers, Influence Audiences, and Transform Your Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,928 ratings — published 2019
How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,701 ratings — published 2022
The Serious Guide to Joke Writing: How to Say Something Funny about Anything (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.93 — 448 ratings — published 2010
I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 4.22 — 786 ratings — published 2020
Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,158 ratings — published 2022
Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as standup)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,646 ratings — published 2022
“Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think.”
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“Unless you stand up for those who cannot stand up on their own, you’ll never know how tall you are.”
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