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While other books give you tips on how to “write funny,” this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful commercial scripts. The Hidden Tools of Comedy unlocks the unique secrets and techniques of writing comedy. Kaplan deconstructs sequences in popular films and TV that work and don’t work and explains what tools were used (or should have been used).

Join professional comedy writer Joel Morris on a hilarious journey into the hidden world of shared laughter, where he reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. Offering astute analysis of everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof, Morris examines comedic patterns, rhythms, and dynamics to uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy.

Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humor and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humor subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit?

A weekly podcast where you can hang and bang with two of Scotland’s best stand-up comedians, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Rosco McClelland. With brilliant guests, close-to-the-bone humour, genuine friendship, and a vaguely western theme. Take aim, cock your head, shoot your rope.Join the Patreon for bonus content and ad-free episodes over at Patreon.com/ShootingRopesGet involved with us on instagram @Shooting.Ropes and @ShootingRopesPod on TikTok Artwork by Jonny MowatProduced by Lorenzo Pacitti Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a self help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you. When James quit all forms of social media in 2019 he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to compete in a never ending...

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Will Angus & Liam Cullagh are immortal wizards that have played a major role in human development for centuries and this is their podcast.

From his humble beginnings in sketch comedy with the Toronto branch of Second City, to his rise to fame in SCTV and Hollywood film classics like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck, John Candy captivated audiences with his self-deprecating humor, emotional warmth, and gift for improvisation. Now, for the first time since Candy's tragic death, bestselling biographer Paul Myers tells the full story of the man behind the laughs.

From master comedian Mark Schiff, a long-time touring partner of Jerry Seinfeld, comes a hilarious account of decades of foolery with comedy and acting legends and how he honed his mensch skills in all of life's arenas.

Want to learn the improv techniques that helped Mike Myers, Chris Farley, John Belushi, and many others along the road to TV and film stardom? Then let two esteemed founders of long-form improvisational theatre, Del Close and Charna Halpern, teach you the "Harold." This groundbreaking acting exercise emphasizes pattern recognition and subversion of the audience's expectations, which are important factors for making people laugh without ever telling a joke.

This audio original includes 10 must-listen podcast episodes from comedian and actor Andy Dick. Contains mature themes.

Married . . . With Children writer-producer Richard Gurman takes us behind the scenes of this boundary-breaking show to reveal how its inner workings were at times as disruptive and contentious—yet at other times, as hysterical and raunchy—as the Bundy family themselves.

Chain of Fools traces the art of slapstick comedy from its pre-cinema origins in the ancient pantomime through its silent movie heyday in the teens and twenties, then on to talkies, television, and the internet. Author Trav S.D. mixes a wicked wit, a scholar’s curiosity, and a keen critical appreciation for laugh-makers through the ages, from classical clowns like Joseph Grimaldi to comedy kings like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to more recent figures, from Red Skelton and Sid Caesar to Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, and Steve Carell … all the way down to the teenagers on YouTube.

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Comedian and radio personality George Bettinger talked with Emmy-winning actress-comedienne Lilly Tomlin ( Laugh-In) just after she received her Kennedy Center Honors Award. Tomlin, who currently stars opposite Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, and Sam Waterston in the hit Netflix original series Grace and Frankie, is just one of 10 rare and unedited celebrity interviews in this collection.

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 1 - 5 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans. Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills.

Comerse un sanguchito en el baño...Tss la vidita. Hacer un podcast con tu amigo… Tss la vidita. Salir a la calle en corte italiano… Tss la vidita. Levantarse a medio día tranquilito...Tss la vidita. Altoyoyo y Mati Tamayo divagan sobre los temas más antinatura que existen, en una conversación que parece salir directo del baño de una taberna.

Die richtigen Tipps für eine glückliche Beziehung - das neue Hörbuch, gelesen von Bestsellerautor und Comedy-King Mario Barth persönlich! Woran liegt es eigentlich, dass Frauen jeden Streit gewinnen? Wann ist Lügen in der Beziehung auch mal erlaubt? Und was sind die gefährlichsten Antworten auf die Frage: "Liebst du mich?" Männer können ein glückliches Leben führen, wenn sie sich an eine simple Formel halten: Happy Wife, Happy Life.

Dom talks to James, a new doorman. Then, Norm MacDonald says lying just doesn't pay and explains why he's come to prefer war stories to celebrity gossip. Dave Attell says Steve Irwin was the Anna Nicole Smith of crocodile hunting and explains why he's against celebrity adoptions. Ian Edwards says mixed race girls are the best, no matter what, and explains why certain friends should never meet. Then, Dom talks to the waitress Jessica about why she was fired.

Plongez au cœur de la relève humoristique avec « L’Open Mic des Comiques », une production originale de CKOI et de Debout Les Comiques. Animé par Martin Cloutier, ce concours radiophonique met en lumière les talents émergents du Québec. Sur deux saisons de cinq épisodes chacune, chaque humoriste dispose de trois minutes chrono pour décrocher les rires des auditeurs. Les votes du public, cumulés aux notes de Martin Cloutier et de ses complices Valérie Roberts, Danick Martineau et Étienne Marcoux, désignent d’abord cinq demi-finalistes, puis trois finalistes, avant de couronner...