Finding Your Comic Genius: An in-depth guide to the art of stand-up comedy

by Adam Bloom This is possibly the most advanced book ever written about stand-up comedy. It will be extremely useful to anyone who already performs stand-up, regardless of their experience. Since 17 of the 32 chapters are dedicated to writing material, it will also be beneficial to anyone who’s thinking about doing stand-up for the first […]

Finding Your Funny Bone !

Finding Your Funny Bone! The Actor’s Guide to Physical Comedy And Characters Paperback – August 30, 2007 by Nancy Gold (Author) Finding Your Funny Bone! The Actors Guide to Physical Comedy and Characters is a wonderful new how-to approach to creating physical comedy and finding the creative comic within you. Written for both teachers and […]

Performing Live Comedy

Performing Live Comedy Paperback – 13 Sep 2012 by Chris Ritchie (Author) Performing Live Comedy is for anyone who has ever thought about getting up onstage and being funny or for those who have already started. It offers a breakdown of the process of live comedy and provides a basic toolbox for the student and […]

Zen and the Art of Stand-up Comedy

Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy Paperback – April 25, 1998 by Jay Sankey (Author) In this engaging and disarmingly frank book, comic Jay Sankey spills the beans, explaining not only how to write and perform stand-up comedy, but how to improve and perfect your work. Much more than a how-to manual Zen and […]

How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian

How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian Paperback – August 1, 2011 by Stewart Lee (Author) 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! […]

Stand-Up Comedy: The Book

Stand-Up Comedy: The Book Paperback – August 5, 1989 by Judy Carter (Author) All the world loves a clown and whether you want to clown around at parties or make a living as a standup comic, comedian Judy Carter can show you how to ‘do’ comedy.

Get Laughs Easily, Master Stand-Up Comedy Using Hypnosis

Master Stand-up Comedy Using Hypnosis and NLP: Eliminate Stage Fright, Get Laughs Easily, Win Over Any Audience and ‘Enjoy The Ride’ Paperback – October 11, 2013 by Blane Savage (Author) Why are some people able to perform stand-up comedy with ease, while others watch from the audience secretly wishing they could develop the courage to […]

Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno

Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno Paperback – April 27, 2006 by Don Sweeney (Author), Ed McMahon (Foreword) Don Sweeney was with the Tonight Show for nearly twenty years, and was one of the few staff members asked to remain when Jay Leno took over in 1992. This book is […]

Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy, Workbook Series: Workbook 2

Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy, Workbook Series: Workbook 2: How to Improve Jokes and Routines Paperback – August 7, 2013 by Greg Dean (Author) Learn the writing techniques to make your jokes even funnier, and then assemble them into performable routines. This companion workbook turns the skills of joke improvement and routine building from […]