著者：Steve Coogan
出版社： Random House
発売日： 2015年10月08日
Steve Coogan was born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s, the fourth of six children. From an early age he entertained his family with impressions and was often told he should 'be on the telly'. ……続きを見る
Become Superhuman!!! Master of Hypnosis
Have you been feeling like you’re a superhuman lately? If you answer anything but yes to this question, you are missing out on many fantastic experiences, and……続きを見る
Funny, lively and unpredictable, stand-up comedy is above all a medium to be enjoyed. Popular as a good night out and packing the TV schedules, stand-up permeates British society and culture.
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Revised for 2015! This essential fan guide takes members of the Colbert Nation on an encyclopedic journey through 9 years of the Colbert Report's best-known segments and obscure favorites, crammed w……続きを見る
Despite being roundly cited as much harder to perform than its dramatic counterpart, comic acting is traditionally seen as a performance genre that can’t be taught. At best it is often described as ……続きを見る
With Vine’s huge teen demographic, and realizing its potential, advertisers, marketers, and talent scouts are taking note of the apps’ rising stars. Vine has already launched a slew of teen idols th……続きを見る
著者：Stewart Lee
出版社： Faber & Faber
発売日： 2010年08月19日
Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face!
In 2001, ……続きを見る
著者：Edmond Rostand
出版社： Wilder Publications, Inc.
発売日： 2015年06月15日
Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most n……続きを見る
It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be taught. While comedic tastes change, over time and from person ……続きを見る
**REAL GEORGE! – A Night at The Vagabonds**
It’s 1953. Television is live, and is creating its first generation of stars…and few shine with the brightness of CBS’s folksy paterfamilias, Arthur Godfr……続きを見る
著者：Jeff Kay
出版社： Smoking Fish Media
発売日： 2015年10月11日
In late 2000 Jeff Kay moved his sporadically-published humor zine to that newfangled wonderland known as the Internet, and began documenting his daily adventures in the suburbs.
Within a year the ro……続きを見る
The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance is a one-stop resource for both improv teachers and students, covering improv histor……続きを見る
Welcome to my interviews book. These are some of the ‘out of the ordinary’ friends I have met in my travels. I meet a range of people due to my involvement in the sex industry. There is no way I ca……続きを見る
Laugh along with the men (and woman) who used comedy to reveal the human condition in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From the seven-dirty w……続きを見る
A guide to understanding the Shatnerverse and the world at largeーthe perfect gift for Star Trek fans and William Shatner lovers.
You love William Shatner. You admire his many and varied talents. Yo……続きを見る
Ever since he was a kid, Larry Noto dreamt of being a comic. And eventually his dream of a career in stand-up came true . . . sort of. He’s performed in New York and Las Vegas. He’s worked in TV and……続きを見る
Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwright……続きを見る
The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal.
When we laugh at Dad's Army we laugh at ourselves, and nearly fifty years after it was first broadcast, millions of us are still la……続きを見る
著者：Lee Siegel
出版社： Yale University Press
発売日： 2015年12月01日
Born Julius Marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as Groucho was the most verbal of the famed comedy team, the Marx Brothers, his broad slapstick portrayals elevated by in……続きを見る
'Enlightening … Funny, smart, original and provocative ... It is hard to imagine the stalwarts of Mock the Weekrecognising the Druze militia leader Walid Jumblatt in a London cinema' NEW STATESMAN
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Men are ruled by their peckers, and yet, the role of the penis in human history (and also herstory) has been greatly underrated and understudied. There may be a hundred biographies and ten million w……続きを見る
DJs used to rule the airwaves with personality plus! Hot Rock & Roll Hits, with mile-a-minute delivery and zany presentation! Here’s a behind-the-scenes look into the broadcast studios, spanning for……続きを見る
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……続きを見る
