Found inside – Page 17QuickStart: Stand-up Comedy To immerse students in the fun, and skills, involved in scriptwriting, have them spend 5 minutes drafting a brief joke in script ... Found inside – Page 1161974 College Gigolos (a Sun- rise Comedy # 3); 3 Jan. 1933; Foy Prods./Columbia; WE Mirro- phonic. 181⁄2 min. dir: Lew Seiler; sup: Lester Neilson; ... Found inside – Page 96One night up at Cutter's, Jay got talking with a visitor and found they had both done stand-up comedy in the Catskills. The two of them, ... Found insideComedy. Sketch. or. Quickie? Sketches are pieces of dialogue rather than the monologue of stand-up comedy Two comedians, or the straight man and the feed, ... Found inside – Page 130Yet there is little academic work on television sketch comedy, ... like their colleagues in stand-up comedy, address the script of heterosexual romance in ... Found inside – Page 6From the moment in September the “ Flash ” spec script by filmmaker David S. Goyer and " Star Trek ” veteran Brannon Braga ... of an event in which everyone in the world blacks out for 2 minutes , 17 seconds and has a mysterious vision of the future . ... THR On the heels of his latest highly rated stand - up special on Comedy Central , Ron White has inked a deal with the network for his own show . Found inside – Page 477Pump Up the Vohtmr is brimming with great dialogue and an excellent musical score ... student dropout determined to make it in the world of stand—up comedy. A comprehensive guide to writing, selling and performing all types of comedy. Includes comments, advice, gags and routines from top comics. This book aims to be a struggling comic’s answer to all unanswered questions with the hope to help accelerate their journey towards faster growth as a stand-up comedian Found insideIn Colin Quinn's new book, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional tackles the condition of our union today. Found inside – Page 98The comedienne, uncensored, in a stand-up performance taped before a Minnesota ... loosely based the script on a Daphne du Maurier story. (2 hrs. 30 min.) ... Found inside – Page 426... but More to Love: A Big Fat Comedy (10-15-98, Eugene O'Neill) was a ninety-minute stand-up routine disguised by scenery and two peripheral characters. The same techniques will help you write a string of jokes and one-liners. · A practical guide to comedy as you write it, from creating mindmaps from which to glean your new material, to techniques of structure, characterisation and ... 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