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How to Be Funny

How to Be Funny - Paperback

by Steve Allen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Steve Allen, Jane Wollman, Bill MaherPublish date:1998-04-01Pages:290
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781573922067ISBN-10:1573922064UPC:9781573922067Book Category:HumorBook Subcategory:FormBook Topic:ParodiesSize:8.93 x 5.99 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.91Product ID:SCF443RW6H
No one knows more about comedy than Steve Allen. For more than five decades as a writer, performer, and keen observer of the social scene, he has looked into every aspect of who's funny, what's funny, and why. Allen shares his discoveries in How to Be Funny, the book designed to help everyone develop their special talent for funniness.Now reissued in paperback, How to Be Funny covers all the basics, including joke telling, ad-libbing, writing humorously, performing comedy, emceeing, and much more. Allen takes you inside the world of comedy, from the early writings of Mark Twain, to the more contemporary work of Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Maher. Allen even provides homework assignments for the budding comic!Yet How to Be Funny is far more than just a book for aspiring comedians it will help anyone who wants to be a more amusing conversationalist, a more effective public speaker, and everyone who just wants to be the life of the party.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781573922067ISBN-10:1573922064UPC:9781573922067Book Category:HumorBook Subcategory:FormBook Topic:ParodiesSize:8.93 x 5.99 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.91Product ID:SCF443RW6H

Steve Allen (1921-2000) was known as television's renaissance man. He authored more than fifty books and composed over 8,500 songs. Allen was the creator and original host of the Tonight show and the award-winning PBS series Meeting of Minds. You can learn more about this legendary entertainer by visiting his offical Web site at SteveAllenonline.com.

Jane Wollman (New York, NY) is a journalist who has written regularly for The New York Times, Newsday, and USA Today.


Publisher: Prometheus Books

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Revised Edition

Contributor(s)

Steve Allen, Jane Wollman, Bill Maher

Author

Steve Allen

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