The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide by Judy Carter Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide
Book Review: From Standup to... Standup!
Summary: 2 Stars
Probably a great resource if you're interested in being a standup comic. Other than that, there's not really that much in this book I found useful or interesting... a lot of name-dropping, though! Apparently every comedian throughout the history of standup has taken one of Judy Carter's classes!Book Review: A re-hash of her other book, Stand-Up Comedy
Summary: 2 Stars
I have Judy Carters older 1989 book, Stand-Up Comedy The Book. This is a great workbook on the comedy scene of that time. And a lot of the material would still work today. Its not the best but its okay. I would recomend Zen and the Art of Stand Up Comedy By Jay Sankey instead. Thats a brilliant starter comedy book that will see you through your professional career.So I was very disappointed to buy the Comedy Bible only to find that basically its a revision/rehash of her original book Stand-Up Comedy The Book!!!! So now I have two books with pretty much exactly the same material. The Bible does have a few extras on writing for TV comedies etc. Overall I was very disappointed. There are much better books out there. If she had just re-vised her original book it wouldnt have been so bad but i feel ripped off at having bought this twice. And thats not very funny at all!
Book Review: Launch Pad
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a very pragmatic approuch and takes you through writing an act, getting on stage, getting an agent, etc. step by step.If you have no idea what you're doing, this is a good base to start with.
Book Review: humor from 20 years ago
Summary: 1 Stars
Not current humor. Better as an anthology of 70's style humor.Book Review: One of the best books on stand-up comedy
Summary: 5 Stars
I've recently been doing stand-up comedy but I never really understood the format for telling jokes. The Comedy Bible helped me to do so! From the moment I read it, I began to do so much better with organizing my routine. This is a wonderful How-To guide, and I suggest that all aspiring comedians read it.