Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick) or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand-up comedian.

A popular saying, variously quoted but generally attributed to Ed Wynn, is, "A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny", which draws a distinction between how much of the comedy can be attributed to verbal content and how much to acting and persona.

Since the 1980s, a new wave of comedy, called alternative c
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Comedian Gone Wrong
Bossypants
Comedian Gone Wrong 2
Yes Please
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
Why Not Me?
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Last Words
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Written by Comedians
224 books — 109 voters

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OPEN MIC PRESS
10 books — 2 voters
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Teen Comedians
14 books — 1 voter


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Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth. ...more
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