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Author: Dan Rosenberg
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 1411677846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn the 25 rules of hosting that should never be broken. Read "Words of Widsom" and stories from some of the top comedians working today.
Author: Pat Oates
Publisher:
Published: 2019-06-19
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781794685734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on comedian Pat Oates's weekly comedy advice articles, How Not to Suck at Comedy is the comedy guide to pursuing stand up comedy that ACTUALLY talks about things comics starting out encounter. Utilizing open mics, why you aren't getting gigs, relating to audiences, how to know if you are getting paid and every other question a struggling comic has but doesn't know who to ask. This is like no other comedy help book because this was written about the struggle, not the fame. If you are a comic, always wanted to be a comic or just love comedy, How Not to Suck at Comedy is for you.A comedian, writer, podcaster, father, and a national treasure. Pat is many things but the thing he is the most is funny. Pat was the winner of the 2015 Last Comix Standing competition at Foxwoods casino, defeating 150 other comics. He has appeared on TLC's Extreme Cheapskates, E's Talk Soup, Robert Kelly's YKWD, Legion of Skanks, and various morning radio programs and has been selected to be part of the Boston, Baltimore, Rogue Island, Oak City, and Granite State comedy festivals.Performing comedy for over 11 years, Pat has become a student of the game working with some of the best comedians in the world and frequently sharing what he has learned through authoring a popular weekly comedy advice column and through extensive comedy coaching that have been both praised and utilized by comedians at all levels. His latest album, "Good Try", can be found anywhere you purchase and download albums and his podcast "Pat Oates is Sad" can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts. Pat is a passionate, driven, hard working comic who's brutal honestly and animated storytelling make him stand out and leave audiences laughing.
Author: David Nihill
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Published: 2016-03-08
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 1942952287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublic speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change. In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be an accomplished comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible. One part of the plan was at least logical: he was already Irish and already called Dave. In one year, David went from being deathly afraid of public speaking to hosting a business conference, regularly performing stand-up comedy and winning storytelling competitions in front of packed houses. And he did it by learning from some of the best public speakers in the world: stand-up comedians. Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker shows how the key principles of stand-up comedy can be applied to your speaking engagements and presentations to make you funnier, more interesting, and better looking. (Or at least two of the three.) Whether you are preparing for a business presentation, giving a wedding toast, defending your thesis, raising money from investors, or simply want to take on something you're afraid of, this book will take you from sweaty to stage-ready. You'll learn how to: - Craft a story and content that your audience will want to listen to - Find the funniest parts of your material and how to get to them faster - Deal with stage fright - Master the two most important parts of your performance: timing and delivery Ten percent of the author's proceeds from this book will go to Arash Bayatmakou via Help Hope Live until he is fully back on his feet and thereafter to one of the many facing the same challenges after suffering a severe spinal cord injury.
Author: Laurie Kilmartin
Publisher: Rodale
Published: 2018-02-13
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1635650003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn honest, irreverent, laugh-out-loud guide to coping with death and dying from Emmy-nominated writer and New York Times bestselling co-author of Sh*tty Mom Laurie Kilmartin. Death is not for the faint of heart, and sometimes the best way to cope is through humor. No one knows this better than comedian Laurie Kilmartin. She made headlines by live-tweeting her father’s time in hospice and her grieving process after he passed, and channeled her experience into a comedy special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad. Dead People Suck is her hilarious guide to surviving (sometimes) death, dying, and grief without losing your mind. If you are old and about to die, sick and about to die, or with a loved one who is about to pass away or who has passed away, there’s something for you. With chapters like “Are You An Old Man With Daughters? Please Shred Your Porn,” “If Cancer was an STD, It Would Be Cured By Now,” and “Unsubscribing Your Dead Parent from Tea Party Emails,” Laurie Kilmartin guides you through some of life’s most complicated moments with equal parts heart and sarcasm.
Author: Denis Leary
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-11-18
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1440640734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New York Times bestseller One of America’s most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary takes on all the poseurs, politicians, and pop culture icons who have sucked in public for far too long. Sparing no one, Leary zeroes in on the ridiculous wherever he finds it—his Irish Catholic upbringing, the folly of celebrity, the pressures of family life, and the great hypocrisy of politics—with the same bright, savage, and profane insight he brought to his critically acclaimed one-man shows No Cure for CancerLock ’n Load. Proudly Irish-American, defiantly working class, with a reserve of compassion for the underdog and the overlooked, Leary delivers blistering diatribes that are both penetrating social commentary with no holds barred and laugh-out-loud funny. As always, Leary’s impassioned comic perspective in Why We Suck is right on target. Leary is the star and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated television show Rescue Me.
Author: Rob Durham
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2011-12-20
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781468004847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRob Durham has written a book on the ins and outs of being a stand-up comic. Hilarious and enlightening, he uses some funny experiences of his own with famous and not-so-famous people to give some great tips on getting started in the biz. "Rob Durham 'gets it' as a performer and a teacher of how to get going in the comedy business. He covers the little things that so many new guys ignore. This is the book I would have written. . . if I had the time, interest, or word-processor." --Jimmy Pardo"I support this book unconditionally!" --Maria Bamford"Read this book before going to your next open mic night." --Tommy Johnagin
Author: David LaRochelle
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2024-05-07
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1536237299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning creators of See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog comes a funny and handy guide that explains just how (and how not!) to say “I’m sorry.” Wouldn’t the world be a better place if everyone knew how to apologize? Luckily, this humorous guidebook is full of practical tips about when, why, and how to say you’re sorry. From a porcupine who accidentally popped his friend’s balloon to a snail who was running so fast he stepped on a sloth’s toes, hilarious examples and sweet illustrations abound. For both listeners who are just learning and older readers who need a refresher, this book will come as a welcome reminder that even though apologizing can be hard, it doesn’t have to be complicated.
Author: Denis Leary
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2018-09-18
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1524762741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author of the bestselling Why We Suck comes a searing comic look at these divisive times, skewering liberals and conservatives alike with a signature dose of sarcasm and common sense. In an America so gluten-free that a box of jelly donuts is now a bigger threat than Vladimir Putin, where college kids are more afraid of Ann Coulter than HIV, it’s time for someone to stand up and make us all smell the covfefe. Dr. Denis Leary is that guy. With Why We DON’T Suck: And How All of Us Need to Stop Being Such Partisan Little Bitches, Denis is on a devoted mission to #MakeAmericaLaughAgain. Using the clamorous political atmosphere as a starting point, he takes a bipartisan look at the topics we all hold so dear to our patriotic hearts—including family, freedom, and the seemingly endless search for fame and diet vodka. Denis will answer important questions like: When will Hillary blame herself? Why does Beyoncé think he’s Bryan Adams? And why doesn’t he follow the millennial lead and post pictures of his food on social media? (Spoiler alert: He’s too busy actually eating it.) Not that Denis has anything against millennials: “When it comes to science, math, and technological advances, this generation has done more in three and a half decades than any other age group in history. What did my generation do? Cocaine and quaaludes mostly. With a side order of really stupid haircuts.” Dr. Leary is here to remind us of what truly makes America great, even though we’re #7 on the most recent list of Best Countries to Live In. Which may sound bad but means we still make the playoffs.
Author: Kliph Nesteroff
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2015-11-03
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 0802190863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Funny [and] fascinating . . . If you’re a comedy nerd you’ll love this book.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, National Post, and Splitsider Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, this groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years. Starting with the vaudeville circuit at the turn of the last century, the book introduces the first stand-up comedian—an emcee who abandoned physical shtick for straight jokes. After the repeal of Prohibition, Mafia-run supper clubs replaced speakeasies, and mobsters replaced vaudeville impresarios as the comedian’s primary employer. In the 1950s, the late-night talk show brought stand-up to a wide public, while Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Jonathan Winters attacked conformity and staged a comedy rebellion in coffeehouses. From comedy’s part in the civil rights movement and the social upheaval of the late 1960s, to the first comedy clubs of the 1970s and the cocaine-fueled comedy boom of the 1980s, The Comedians culminates with a new era of media-driven celebrity in the twenty-first century. “Entertaining and carefully documented . . . jaw-dropping anecdotes . . . This book is a real treat.” —Merrill Markoe, TheWall Street Journal
Author: Matthew Latkiewicz
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Published: 2015-04-07
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0762451882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHey -- you there with the cheap chardonnay -- you think you know how to drink, but this book will gently lead you to the conclusion that you do, indeed, suck at drinking. It's time to imbibe correctly, and author Matthew Latkiewicz has compiled this helpful, wryly humorous guide to help you navigate any drinking situation and answer any pedantic questions, including: * What's the difference between a flip, a fizz, and a smash? * What is the official state term for being inebriated in Iowa? * How do you choose the right drink to suit any occasion? And much more! Complete with tons of helpful illustrations and handy graphs, this guide will become indispensable to anyone who no longer wants to -- suck at drinking.
