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    <body><![CDATA[OK, but keep in mind that if you have to read a book, especially many books, you're probably not funny. I was asked by my students how I got into standup comedy(I performed for over five years in Boston and LA). They asked, &quot;Did you take classes?&quot; No. Never. I find that too much studying o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26374202">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book touched a lot of different genres in comedy writing, but was shallow in all subjects. I would rather gone for going deep in universal truths in comedy, not a quick primer on standup followed by a quick primer on writing funny greeting cards.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book on comedy theory and practice. I'd tell you more, but it's a secret.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great primer on the construction of humour. A little quote heavy, and yes it does read like a textbook at times, but it pays off with actual information (which is rarer than you would think in most books on comedy)on the process of using words to elicit laughs.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Useful, however some of it is common sense.  The quotes are frequent and usually amusing.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's Time To LEARN = How To Think funny, to write funny, act funny, and get benefit from it..]]></body>
    
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