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Funny: The Book - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Comedy

By David Misch

Book information

Publisher
Applause
Year
2012
ISBN
1557838291, 9781557838292
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
2 MB (2250140 bytes)
Pages
160\0
Time added
2012-12-06 10:29:09

Description

(Applause Books). Funny: The Book is an entertaining look at the art of comedy, from its historical roots to the latest scientific findings, with diversions into the worlds of movies (Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers), television ( The Office ), prose (Woody Allen, Robert Benchley), theater ( The Front Page ), jokes and stand-up comedy (Richard Pryor, Steve Martin), as well as personal reminiscences from the author's experiences on such TV programs as Mork and Mindy . With allusions to the not-always-funny Carl Jung, George Orwell, and Arthur Koestler, Funny: The Book explores the evolution, theories, principles, and practice of comedy, as well as the psychological, philosophical, and even theological underpinnings of humor, coming to the conclusion that (Spoiler Alert!) Comedy is God.

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