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Comedy Theory


Comedy Theory Books

The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You're Not
Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why
How To Perform Stand-Up Comedy Successfully: 3 Essential Tips For Performing Stand-Up Comedy Successfully (Comedy, Jokes, How To, Judy Carter, Stand-Up, Comedians In Cars, Jerry Seinfeld, TV Shows)
Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy
Master Stand-Up Comedy Using Hypnosis and NLP: Eliminate Stage Fright, Get Laughs Easily, Win Over Any Audience and Enjoy the Ride
How to Be a Working Comic: An Insider's Guide to a Career in Stand-Up Comedy
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation
Personality Comedians As Genre: Selected Players (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
Populism and the Capra Legacy: (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
Parody as Film Genre: Never Give a Saga an Even Break (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
Laughter in Hell: Use of Humor During the Holocaust
The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
Stand-Up Comedy: The Book
Comedy and Social Science: Towards a Methodology of Funny (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
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