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?
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Modern Romance
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Last Words
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Born Standing Up by Steve  MartinBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahYes Please by Amy PoehlerAdolf Hitler by Spike MilliganYours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson
Actors and Comedians
106 books — 11 voters
Laugh Lines by Holly Jacobs
Love and Stand-Up Comedy
1 book — 1 voter

Mastering Stand-Up by Stephen RosenfieldYes Please by Amy PoehlerI Am America by Stephen ColbertToo Stupid to Visit by Jass RichardsBossypants by Tina Fey
Best Books Written By Comedians
110 books — 29 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerWhy Not Me? by Mindy KalingThe Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Funny girl memoirs
80 books — 89 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingBorn Standing Up by Steve  MartinYes Please by Amy PoehlerAmerica (The Book) by Jon   Stewart
Written by Comedians
224 books — 109 voters


Criss Jami
The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.
Criss Jami, Killosophy

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