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1 online resource |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Preface; Part I: Beginning Our Work Together; 1. Things I Know About You; 2. The Road Ahead; 3. "No!" 11; Part II: The Forms of Stand-Up Comedy; 4. Observational Stand-Up; 5. Anecdotal Stand-Up; 6. The Stand-Up Sketch; 7. Act-Outs; 8. Put-Down Humor-Celebrity Put-Downs; 9. Put-Down Humor-People in Your Life; 10. Put-Down Humor-Hecklers; 11. Put-Down Humor-Insult Comedy; 12. Put-Down Humor-Self-Deprecating Humor; 13. Crowd Work; 14. The Comic Flaw; 15. Character Stand-Up Comedy; 16. Edgy Stand-Up Comedy; 17. Specialties |
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18. Ad-LibbingPart III: The Handbook for Creating Stand-Up Comedy Material; 19. Preparing for Your First Draft; 20. The First Draft; 21. Trying Out Your First Draft; 22. Setup and Punchline; 23. Working Backward; 24. Creating Your Set List; Part IV: The Handbook for Performing Stand-Up Comedy; 25. Nerves and the Three Gifts They Give You; 26. The Single Most Important Thing: Joyous Communication; 27. Coming Alive Onstage: Emotional Fullness; 28. Be in the Room; 29. Delivery; 30. The Things to Do Before You Get to the Club; 31. Before the Show Starts; 32. Showtime; Part V: Get Undeniably Good |
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33. Building an All "A" Set34. Creating Your Persona; 35. The Six Characteristics of a Successful Persona; 36. The Seventh Characteristic; 37. The "This Joke Used to Kill and Now It's Bombing, What the Hell Is Going On" Checklist; 38. Hosting; 39. The Voice; 40. Everything You Need to Know About the Business of Stand-Up Comedy; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author; Back Cover |
| Summary |
This entertaining and sharply written guide for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Izzard, Moms Mabley, Hannibal Buress, Sarah Silverman, Richard Pryor, and more as a means of illustrating the most important techniques of performing and writing stand-up. Here, Stephen Rosenfield lays out a clear plan for achieving success, candidly explaining what works, what doesn't, and why. Including a 12-item "Successful Comedian's To-Do List," Rosenfield states, "Get undeniably good at each of these and you can kiss your day job good-bye. You will be a pro." The New York Times heralded Stephen Rosenfield as "probably the best known comedy teacher in the country." His alumni include some of today's most prominent comedians and comedy writers, such as Lena Dunham, Jim Gaffigan, Eric Slovin, and Jessica Kirson. Rosenfield has directed, coached, and/or written for these and hundreds of other comedians. As a pioneer in the field of teaching comedy, he founded the American Comedy Institute, the premier stand-up comedy school in the United States, in 1989 |
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Comedians -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Comedians
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781613736951 |
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1613736959 |
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9781613736937 |
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1613736932 |
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