Tag: Comedy

Free Download The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CFVZ6ZRP | 2023 | 8 hours and 1 minute | M4B@64 kbps | 229 MB
Author: Steve Kaplan
Narrator: Steve Kaplan, Sean Pratt
While other books give you tips on how to "write funny," this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful commercial scripts. The Hidden Tools of Comedy unlocks the unique secrets and techniques of writing comedy. Kaplan deconstructs sequences in popular films and TV that work and don’t work and explains what tools were used (or should have been used).

Free Download Still Laughing: A Life in Comedy (From the Creator of Laugh-In) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNDX9SKH | 2023 | 8 hours and 53 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 239 MB
Author: George Schlatter, Jon Macks
Narrator: P.J. Ochlan
In 1967, producer George Schlatter pitched an idea for a quirky new television show: one inspired by the hippie counterculture, which would take the idea of sit-ins, love-ins, and be-ins, and manifest that politicized, sexualized, consciousness-raising energy into pure comedy. Much to the surprise of NBC executives, Laugh-In soon became the #1 show on American TV, and the careers of beloved stars like Lily Tomlin and Goldie Hawn were born. Still Laughing features never-before-told stories from the creation of one of the most groundbreaking shows in television history.

Free Download Dave Cohen, "The Complete Comedy Writer: Make your sitcom, stand-up, screenplay, sketches and stories 62% funnier"
English | ISBN: 1999313879 | 2022 | 251 pages | EPUB | 835 KB
"Dave knows his onions. In fact he can probably write jokes about onions. And they’ll have you crying with laughter (don’t worry he didn’t write that one)." Lee Mack

Free Download Sara MacDonald, "The Coen Brothers and the Comedy of Democracy "
English | ISBN: 1498555160 | 2018 | 132 pages | EPUB | 1052 KB
Both critically and commercially successful filmmakers, the Coen brothers have written, produced, and directed numerous acclaimed films over the past three decades. Sara MacDonald and Barry Craig demonstrate that their comedies, in particular, which are often dismissed as mere entertainments, actually present substantial philosophic and political arguments. They examine five of the Coen brothers’ comedies: Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou, and Hail Caesar!. In those works, they discover insightful engagements with such ideas as questions of human freedom, the relationship of reason to religion, and the nature of liberal democracy in the American regime. They demonstrate how sometimes explicitly, but generally implicitly, the Coens draw on thinkers such as Homer, Plato, Dante, and Hegel, while simultaneously presenting popular entertainment.

Free Download Manu Messias, "Stand-up Comedy Techniques and Comedy Writing"
English | ASIN : B0CJYGSHR5 | 2023 | 100 pages | EPUB | 0,3 MB
The verbal and non-verbal language used in stand-up comes from various traditions of American popular entertainment. It flourished in the midst of burlesque shows with Vaudeville theaters during the turn of the 19th century in New York.

Free Download Fabian Alfie, "Dante Satiro: Satire in Dante Alighieri’s Comedy and Other Works "
English | ISBN: 1793621713 | 2020 | 230 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This collection of essays is the first comprehensive study on Dante and satire within his entire corpus that has been published. Its title evokes the moment when Virgil leads Dante through Limbo, the uppermost portion of Hell. There, they are joined by four classical poets, and Virgil describes one of them as "Horace the satirist" ("Orazio satiro," 4:89). By applying the expression to Dante himself, this volume seeks to explore the satirical elements in his works. Although Dante is not typically described as a satirist, anyone familiar with his works will recognize the strong satirical element in his many writings. Ultimately, this study shows that Dante engages in satire in order to attain the primary literary tool at his disposal for his prophetic objectives: the castigation of vice.

Free Download Dave Cohen, "Build A Script: Writing Comedy For The British Market"
English | ASIN : B0CH3S1CD3 | 2023 | pages | EPUB | 1263 KB
"There are few more experienced comedy writers than Dave. Take heed of his wise words." Jim Howick (Ghosts, Horrible Histories)

Free Download Doris Milberg, "The Art of the Screwball Comedy: Madcap Entertainment from the 1930s to Today"
English | 2013 | pages: 201 | ISBN: 0786467819 | PDF | 7,4 mb
Part One of this entertaining exploration of screwball comedies and their later offspring begins in the mid-1930s discussing the careers of popular stars such as Cary Grant and Carole Lombard and well-known supporting players like Walter Connally and Ralph Bellamy (also Asta the dog, top animal star of the 1930s!). Writers and directors are given their due: Frank Capra, Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges, just to name a few.

Free Download Braham Murray, "How to Direct a Play: A Masterclass in Comedy, Tragedy, Farce, Shakespeare, New Plays, Opera and Musicals"
English | 2012 | pages: 136 | ISBN: 1849430411 | EPUB | 0,3 mb
This practical handbook takes us on a step-by-step journey from pre-production through the rehearsal process, followed by focused advice on each genre from comedy to tragedy, Shakespeare to new plays and musicals. Special chapters offer strategies for dealing with difficult actors, working with producers and taking on the job of an Artistic Director.

Free Download Bruce G. Hallenbeck, "Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008"
English | 2009 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 0786433329 | PDF | 3,2 mb
Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the Scary Movie franchise and other recent releases. This guide takes a comprehensive look at the comedy-horror movie genre, from the earliest stabs at melding horror and hilarity during the nascent days of silent film, to its full-fledged development with The Bat in 1926, to the Abbott and Costello films pitting the comedy duo against Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy and other Universal Studio monsters, continuing to such recent cult hits as Shaun of the Dead and Black Sheep. Selected short films such as Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie are also covered. Photos and promotional posters, interviews with actors and a filmography are included.