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
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
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
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OPEN MIC PRESS
10 books — 2 voters

Bossypants by Tina FeyBournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterThe Fry Chronicles by Stephen FryNapalm & Silly Putty by George CarlinAmerica (The Book) by Jon   Stewart
Comedy Memoirs and More
34 books — 20 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

This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie HenryWhy is Nobody Laughing? by Yasmin RahmanPretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca ElliottStand Up by Nikesh ShuklaAm I Really Pretty Rude For A Girl? by Rebecca Elliott
Teen Comedians
14 books — 1 voter
Bossypants by Tina FeySeriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneresIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingYes Please by Amy PoehlerIf You Ask Me by Betty   White
Celebrity Authors
529 books — 155 voters


Criss Jami
To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.
Criss Jami, Killosophy

Demetri Martin
Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of... it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like... after "I love you"... or "You're going to live"... or "It's a boy! ...more
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