MURDER NIGHT - Bristol Nov 30 Thanks to everyone who made it along to last night's Murder Night at The Richmond Spring in Bristol. Our first full Murder Night...
hello I have just joined this group I have never done this on line, so let me know if I am doing this all wrong! I am doing a couple of gigs next FRi and Sat,...
Greetings Kirsty! So glad you decided to join us! We actually had three people join since this past Thursday but the other two may choose to lurk for now....
Hi Kirsty, Welcome, good to have you. My wife is due in a month, and outside the wealth of material you can get from a pregnant woman it is hard to get...
Well, once you've survived having a baby, I think doing comedy again should be pretty easy, eh? I mean, holy cr*p! What was it Carole Burnette said about...
Okay, so I've been reading these four (4) books from the library that I found... One is a history of stand-up comedy in Canada by a sociologist which is SORT...
Okay, I forgot to ask this question of the group... Has anyone got a copy of Steve Allen's FIRST book on writing comedy? The reason that I ask this question is...
Well, I haven't gone too far but I did find out that the first book was entitled "How to be funny" (Thank you Amazon!) Any recommendation by you is worth...
ken you should do a bit about the whole extra "u" that appears in canadian/british words "What was it Carole Burnette said about labour ... jason ... line, ......
ken i'm hoping to get back into writing and getting on stage again. next week i'm off call so i'm going to try and straighten out everything with customs so i...
Hello Thank you for making me feel so welcome, so I have got almost all my material done for the shows next week feeling a really scared as it still needs alot...
Ken, I have the book, "How to Be Funny." It's late here, and I am booked all day tomorrow and half of Sunday. So, Sunday night I'll find the time to read the...
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If you are interested you can buy this book (How to Be Funny: Discovering the Comic You by Steve Allen) here, at this URL: ...
On the subject of "fads", in my brief experience these tend to fade into obscurity like the metal Hair bands of the 80s (my apologies to "Poison", et al.) I...
This book looks real good--this will be my next purchase. What I liked about Judy Carter's book is that it stresses about the dangers of writing "hack"...
My sister is a big fan of "Starting Over" which is a big show in Los Angeles, probably bigger than anyone realizes -- it replaced a leading soap. The clock...
i wonder if scotty ever is at a loss for words? that's the longest one liner ive read. jason--- In WritingComedy@yahoogroups.com, "scotttygett" ... Los ... ...
If you learn to master your breathing you can pull it off. I made it to: for my Mom to shell out 20,000... Any comedy writing is good comedy writing. Kudos...
You guys have sold me on the Steve Allen book. I agree with cloozo on the Judy Carter books. They are easy to follow and the formula's are excellent. I'll...
... LOL!!!! Thanks ... There's a typo in there where it's supposed to say people don't want to shoot one another, and I should have mentioned that I weep ...
I loved the painful story of Scotttygett's sister and the $20,000.00 life-altering transformation thing. I had the misfortune of watching a few of those...
Hello to all the new members! Hi Kirsty (I just LOVE that name)! Hi everybody! I'm so thrilled to see that this group is still growing. Okay, back to life...
Here are Steve Allen's joke formulas, from Chapter 3 of "How to Be Funny." 1. The Play on Words He mentions some different types of puns. "A key technique...
This is the continuation of my last email. 2. The Reverse Formula This involves saying the exact opposite of what is expected. Example: I won't say I look...
Thanks to all that have given their opinions on comedy writing books, it has been a big help. I have read the Judy Carter book and liked it as well. Someone...
I'm wondering if there are any really good books on COMEDY SCREEN WRITING - specifically comedy form. I want to read anything that'll help me with this Dr....
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