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The Ten Commandments of Comedy

Author : Gene Perret
Publisher : Linden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1610351533
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments of Comedy written by Gene Perret and published by Linden Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning comedy writers and performers may think funny can't be taught, but legendary comedy writer Gene Perret, winner of three Emmy Awards, tells otherwise in this guide to what makes a good joke work. Outlining the 10 commandments of comedy, the unbreakable rules that every gag must follow in order to be funny, this book liberates readers and allows them to immediately begin writing better and funnier comedy material. By following Perret's commandments, readers will better understand how to write jokes that connect with audiences and discover why unsuccessful material isn't working and how it can be fixed. From the First Commandment (""Thou Shalt Surprise"") to the Tenth (""Thou Shalt Be Clever""), this work stands as a fast guide to the essentials of humor that is perfect for business presenters, after-dinner speakers, professional comedians, and anyone who wants to be funny.

Preaching Punch Lines

Author : Susan Sparks
Publisher : Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781641731386
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Preaching Punch Lines written by Susan Sparks and published by Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2019 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Preaching Punchlines: The Ten Commandments of Comedy "With what I've learned, I just may show up preaching at a church near you." -Lewis Black, Comedian "...this lively, practical, and searching book...will make seasoned (i.e., jaded) preachers think again and look at what is demanded of them in what ought to be the joyful role of communicating the divine comedy of healing and transfiguration." -Rowan (not Atkinson, alas) Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury "A preacher with a motorcycle, cowboy boots, a wicked sense of humor, and a heart that warms you like a huge Southern-style breakfast. That's my pastor!" -Tamron Hall, Broadcast journalist and television host Waiting in the wings is an untapped power that can transform the craft of preaching. It isn't studied or taught because it has been mistaken as trivial or simply the means to get a laugh. What is this ignored superpower? The art of stand-up comedy. In Preaching Punchlines: The Ten Commandments of Comedy, Susan Sparks brings two decades of experience as a preacher and a professional stand-up to mine the strategies comedians have employed for years. Lessons include framing messages that people will listen to, remember, and share; finding your creative voice; building bridges and community; and bringing full authenticity in the pulpit. The art of stand-up comedy is not just about jokes; it's about developing intimacy, honesty, and trust-three dynamics that must be present before any sermon is truly heard.

The Ten Commandments of Theater

Author : Anne Johnston-Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781575255842
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments of Theater written by Anne Johnston-Brown and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ten Commandments of Theater is a ten-chapter, step-by-step handbook to guide theater actors through the acting process from the moment they are first cast in a role until the final curtain comes down. Each chapter is written as a Commandment ? a rule of the theater that must be respected in order to achieve success in a particular performance, as well as an overall acting career.These Commandments include points on:? proper warm-up routines? scoring a script? researching and developing a character? formulating a personal acting process? and other guidelines that fall under the umbrella of ?Method? acting.Unlike many other acting handbooks, The Ten Commandments of Theater is concise and understandable for even the greenest of actors. It is a must for young and veteran actors alike, providing tried-and-true techniques to help create a more successful acting process.ANNE JOHNSTON-BROWN is a graduate with Highest Honors from Cal State, San Bernardino, with her B.A. in Theatre Arts (Acting Emphasis). Over the past decade, Anne has accumulated a host of performance credits, including: Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music, Mama Rose in Gypsy, Anna in The King and I, and many more. She most recently appeared on the Kodak Theatre stage as the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat alongside Eric Martsolf (Passions) and Brad Maul (Days of Our Lives). She was a top-ten finalist at the ACTF Irene Ryan Competition in 1998 and has since won six Inland Empire Theatre League Outstanding Actress Awards. She is currently a proud member of the renowned Moho?s, a sketch comedy troupe founded and directed by comedian Fred Willard and his wife, Mary. Anne is a resident of San Bernardino and lives with herhusband, Tom, of eighteen years.

Ten Commandments to an Extraordinary Life

Author : E. W. Jackson, Sr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615217444
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Ten Commandments to an Extraordinary Life written by E. W. Jackson, Sr. and published by . This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman marries a man who already has a handicap daughter and a tragic car accident forces the woman to have to choose whether or not to save her handicap stepdaughter or her biological daughter. She chooses to save her biological daughter and then tries to keep her decision a secret...but someone saw the entire accident.

Laugh Your Way to Grace

Author : Rev. Susan Sparks
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1594733430
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Laugh Your Way to Grace written by Rev. Susan Sparks and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughter—the GPS System for the Soul Laughter was honored by the ancients as a spiritual healing tool and celebrated by the world's great religions. So why aren’t we laughing along the spiritual path today? What would happen if we did? In this personal and funny look at humor as a spiritual practice, Rev. Susan Sparks—an ex-lawyer turned comedian and Baptist minister—presents a convincing case that the power of humor radiates far beyond punch lines. Laughter can help you: Remove the fearful mask of a God who doesn’t laugh Debunk the myths that you don’t deserve joy Find perspective when faced with adversity Exercise forgiveness for yourself and others Reclaim play as a spiritual practice Heal—emotionally, physically, and spiritually Keep your faith when God is silent Live with elegance, beauty, and generosity of spirit Whatever your faith tradition—or if you have none at all—join this veteran of the punch line and the pulpit in reclaiming the forgotten humor legacy found in thousands of years of human spiritual history.

The NEW Comedy Bible

Author : Judy Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947480841
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The NEW Comedy Bible written by Judy Carter and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Comedy Bible is a step-by-step, no excuses manual for writing, performing, and launching your career as a stand-up comic. Written by Judy Carter, the author of The Comedy Bible (2001), which was called by The Washington Post and Forbes as a "Comedy Essential." This new book, penned in classic Carter's style -- part career coach and part comedy dominatrix -- has 100% new content where you will: Partake in 48 new exercises to turn your problems into punchlines Create 60 minutes of new material Discover your authentic comedy persona Conquer stage fright and slay hecklers Push part procrastination and get booked Whether you're a beginner just starting out or a pro looking to create new material for your next Netflix Comedy Special, Carter's proven methods are legendary among today's top performers. Alumni of her workshops include: Seth Rogan, Hannah Gadsby, Sherri Sheppard, and Maz Jobrani among others. As Lily Tomlin says, "Judy Carter helps others find their authentic persona and communicate in a way that makes audiences laugh." Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, she said, "Judy Carter can show you how to make your sense of humor pay off." The exercises in this book will get you off the couch and onto the stage, helping you develop the skills necessary to envision, and achieve, a successful career in comedy.

Talk to the Snail

Author : Stephen Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596917431
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Talk to the Snail written by Stephen Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever walked into a half-empty Parisian restaurant, only to be told that it's "complet"? Attempted to say "merci beaucoup" and accidentally complimented someone's physique? Been overlooked at the boulangerie due to your adherence to the bizarre foreign custom of waiting in line? Well, you're not alone. The internationally bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love has been there too, and he is here to help. In Talk to the Snail, Stephen Clarke distills the fruits of years spent in the French trenches into a truly handy (and hilarious) book of advice. Read this book, and find out how to get good service from the grumpiest waiter; be exquisitely polite and brutally rude at the same time; and employ the language of l'amour and le sexe. Everything you need is here in this funny, informative, and seriously useful guide to getting what you really want from the French.

The Ten Commandments in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Author : Walter Melion
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004325778
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Ten Commandments in Medieval and Early Modern Culture written by Walter Melion and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, as more and more vernacular commentaries on the Decalogue were produced throughout Europe, the moral system of the Ten Commandments gradually became more prominent. The Ten Commandments proved to be a topic from which numerous proponents of pastoral and lay catechesis drew inspiration. God’s commands were discussed and illustrated in sermons and confessor’s manuals, and they spawned new theological and pastoral treatises both Catholic and Reformed. But the Decalogue also served several authors, including Dante, Petrarch, and Christine de Pizan. Unlike the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ten Commandments supported a more positive image of mankind, one that embraced the human potential for introspection and the conscious choice to follow God’s Law.

The Lawgiver

Author : Herman Wouk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451699409
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Lawgiver written by Herman Wouk and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lighthearted and delightful tour de force" (The Washington Times). A romantic and suspenseful epistolary novel about a group of people trying to make a movie about Moses in the present day, The Lawgiver is a story that emerges from letters, memos, e-mails, journals, news articles, Skype transcripts, and text messages. At the center of The Lawgiver is Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father’s strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts. When an Australian multibillionaire promises to finance a movie about Moses, Margo does everything she can to land the job, including reunite with her estranged first love, an influential lawyer with whom she still has unfinished business. Two other key characters in the novel are Herman Wouk himself and his wife of more than sixty years, Betty Sarah, who, almost against their will, find themselves entangled in the movie. As Wouk and his characters contend with Moses and marriage, the force of tradition, rebellion and reunion, The Lawgiver reflects the wisdom of a lifetime. Inspired by the great nineteenth-century novelists, one of America’s most beloved twentieth-century authors has now written a remarkable twenty-first-century work of fiction.

Comedy Rules

Author : Jonathan Lynn
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571277977
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Comedy Rules written by Jonathan Lynn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Lynn's credits include creating and co-writing the long-running comedy series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, as well as hit films Clue, My Cousin Vinny, Nuns on the Run and The Whole Nine Yards. With experience as a comedy actor, writer and director, here Jonathan Lynn shares valuable and hilarious lessons in all aspects of creating great comedy, all illustrated with brilliantly insightful and revealing anecdotes about his work and the legedary actors, writers and comedians he's worked alongside.

Crying Laughing

Author : Lance Rubin
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0525644679
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Crying Laughing written by Lance Rubin and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection**

God, No!

Author : Penn Jillette
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451610378
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book God, No! written by Penn Jillette and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outspoken half of magic duo Penn & Teller presents an atheist reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments, discussing why doubt, skepticism, and wonder should be celebrated and offering humorous stories from his own experiences.

The Comedy Bible

Author : Judy Carter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743219023
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Comedy Bible written by Judy Carter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judy Carter, guru to aspiring comedy writers and stand-up comics, tells all about the biz of being funny and writing funny in this bright, entertaining, and totally practical guide on how to draw humor from your life and turn it into a career. Do you think you’re funny? Do you want to turn your sense of humor into a career? If the answer is yes, then Judy Carter’s The Comedy Bible is for you. The guru to aspiring stand-up comics provides the complete scoop on being—and writing—funny for money. If you’ve got a sense of humor, you can learn to make a career out of comedy, says Judy Carter. Whether it’s creating a killer stand-up act, writing a spec sitcom, or providing jokes for radio or one-liners for greeting cards, Carter provides step-by-step instructions in The Comedy Bible. She helps readers first determine which genre of comedy writing or performing suits them best and then directs them in developing, refining, and selling their work. Using the hands-on workbook format that was so effective in her bestselling first book, Stand-Up Comedy: The Book, Carter offers a series of day-by-day exercises that draw on her many years as a successful stand-up comic and the head of a nationally known comedy school. Also included are practical tips and advice from today’s top comedy professionals—from Bernie Brillstein to Christopher Titus to Richard Lewis. She presents the pros and cons of the various comedy fields—stand-up, script, speech and joke writing, one-person shows, humor essays—and shows how to tailor your material for each. She teaches how to find your “authentic” voice—the true source of comedy. And, perhaps most important, Carter explains how to take a finished product to the next level—making money—by pitching it to a buyer and negotiating a contract. Written in Carter’s unique, take-no-prisoners voice, The Comedy Bible is practical, inspirational, and funny.

Glasbergen Cartoons

Author : Randy Glasbergen
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1643008730
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Glasbergen Cartoons written by Randy Glasbergen and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last works of Randy Glasbergen were found in his office as the family were sorting through items on his desk after his unexpected passing in 2015. The contents of this book are a compilation of new cartoons in just about every topic Randy wrote and drew about. Randy's intention was to add these cartoons to his extensive online cartoon catalog. Rather than adding these cartoons to the catalog, the family decided to release them in book form as a tribute to his legacy in cartooning.

Decalogue

Author : Krzysztof Kieślowski
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571144983
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book Decalogue written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 1991 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten short films, each based on a broken commandment, set in and around an apartment block in Warsaw. The stories are simple, describing experiences and emotions common to us all - the fractured quality of modern family life, its sadnesses and hopes. These brilliant films explore the significance of the choices we all make, every day of our lives. This edition includes an introduction by Kieslowski about his work, together with the feature-length scripts for A Short Film about Killing and A Short Film about Love.

The Story of God

Author : Chris Matheson
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1634310268
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book The Story of God written by Chris Matheson and published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA). This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Part Kurt Vonnegut, part Douglas Adams, but let's be honest, Matheson had me at ‘Based on the Bible.'" —Dana Gould, comedian and writer The Bible offers some clues to God's personality—he's alternately been called vindictive and just, bloodthirsty and caring, all-powerful and impotent, capricious and foresighted, and loving and hateful. But no one has ever fully explored why God might be such a figure of contrasts. Nor has anyone ever satisfactorily explained what guides his relationship not just with angels, the devil, and his son, but also with all of creation. Might he be completely misunderstood, a mystery even to himself? Might his behavior and actions toward humankind tell us much more about him than it does about us? Enter the mind of the creator of the universe, travel with him through the heavenly highs and hellish lows of his story, from Genesis to Revelation, to better understand his burdensome journey: being God isn't easy. After hearing his story—at times troubling and tragic but always hilarious in its absurdity and divine in its comedy—you'll never look at a miracle or catastrophe—or at our place in the universe, or God's—the same way again.

Shelter in Place

Author : David Leavitt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620404893
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Shelter in Place written by David Leavitt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Very funny and unexpected, a material response to our times, plush as velvet.” –Rachel Cusk “A wickedly funny and emotionally expansive novel about all the bewildering ways we seek solace from the people and things that surround us.” – Jenny Offill David Leavitt returns with his signature “coolly elegant prose” (O, The Oprah Magazine) to deliver a comedy of manners for the Trump era. It is the Saturday after the 2016 presidential election, and in a plush weekend house in Connecticut, an intimate group of friends, New Yorkers all, has gathered to recover from what they consider the greatest political catastrophe of their lives. They have just sat down to tea when their hostess, Eva Lindquist, proposes a dare. Who among them would be willing to ask Siri how to assassinate Donald Trump? Liberal and like-minded-editors, writers, a decorator, a theater producer, and one financial guy, Eva's husband, Bruce-the friends have come to the countryside in the hope of restoring the bubble in which they have grown used to living. Yet with the exception of one brash and obnoxious book editor, none is willing to accept Eva's challenge. Shelter in Place is a novel about house and home, furniture and rooms, safety and freedom and the invidious ways in which political upheaval can undermine even the most seemingly impregnable foundations. Eva is the novel's polestar, a woman who moves through her days accompanied by a roving, carefully curated salon. She's a generous hostess and more than a bit of a control freak, whose obsession with decorating allows Leavitt to treat us to a slyly comic look at the habitués and fetishes of the so-called shelter industry. Yet when, in her avidity to secure shelter for herself, she persuades Bruce to buy a grand if dilapidated apartment in Venice, she unwittingly sets off the chain of events that will propel him, for the first time, to venture outside the bubble and embark on a wholly unexpected love affair. A comic portrait of the months immediately following the 2016 election, Shelter in Place is also a meditation on the unreliable appetites-for love, for power, for freedom-by which both our public and private lives are shaped.