Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh?
by Jimmy Carr, Lucy Greeves
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Author: Jimmy Carr, Lucy GreevesEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2006-09-21
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Gotham
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Book Review: Smart and funny
Summary: 5 Stars
Writing about humor has been compared to vivisection--neither subject makes it out alive in the end. Such is not the case with Only Joking. Here you find a heartfelt and simultaneously intellectual look at what makes us laugh, what makes jokes tick, and what our sense of humor says about ourselves, our culture and our dreams. But don't expect tedious essays or endless pedantic discourses--this book is coauthored by a stand-up comic, so naturally the delivery is impeccable. As an added bonus, the book is filled with great jokes on every page--from Carr himself to Carlin to Emo Phillips to the unknown jokesters. Well worth a look.
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