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Make 'Em Laugh

By Steve Allen

Make 'Em Laugh

By Steve Allen

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The success of Steve Allen's How To Be Funny led first to the republication of that book, and now occasioned a companion volume, Make 'Em Laugh. This new how-to book about the art of comedy includes an even richer assortment of examples of the author's unique humor. In Make 'Em Laugh, Allen laces his formal instruction with hilarious ad-libs, written jokes, TV comedy sketches, satires, song parodies, humorous essays, amusing autobiographical reminiscences, one-act plays, witty speeches, and stand-up monologues from his comedy concerts. Noel Coward called Steve Allen the most talented man in America, and he is probably the most borrowed-from comedian of all time. The perceptive reader will recognize many of the comic ideas that Allen originated during the "Golden Age" of television comedy - ideas that are still influential in the 1990's. If there were a college course in creating and performing comedy, Make 'Em Laugh would be the ideal textbook.
Product details
Number of Pages:
339
Release Date:
1993-09-01
Publication Date:
1993-09-01
Publisher:
Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0879758376
ISBN13:
9780879758370
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
662 g
Height:
162 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
34 cm
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