Comedy Central: The Essential Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central: The Essential Guide To Comedy is the definitive, fact-packed, list-filled guide to humor and where to find it--on-screen, on stage, on CD or on the printed page. From stand-ups to... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1572971088
ISBN13:9781572971080
Release Date:April 1997
Publisher:Berkley Publishing Group
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.2" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Probably worth a read for beginners
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
As a former (failed) stand-up comedian, I read this book with great anticipation. While it was engaging and interesting at times, it didn't hold my interest as well as I thought it might. The book does a reasonable job of explaining the history of stand-up using highlights from several careers. But it also covers many off-topic, less interesting items such as movies made by comedians. And while the book is often even-handed, it takes too many easy shots at people like Gallagher to opine what the authors think is funny. One other note: Comedy Central is somehow related to this book as their logo appears on the cover. It's hard to say what their involvement in it was, however. Although I do note that many of the comedians whose names appear in the book are staples of Comedy Central.
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