Serious Guide to Joke Writing

Serious Guide to Joke Writing
Author: Sally Holloway
Publisher: Book Shaker
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2010
Genre: Comedy
ISBN: 9781907498374

This comprehensive joke writing masterclass has been devised for beginners and experienced joke writers alike. The techniques you will learn can be used again and again to write funny and original material. You hold in your hands the key to unlocking your inner comedy genius.

How to Tell a Joke

How to Tell a Joke
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0691211078

Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome’s greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one of antiquity’s funniest people. After he was elected commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even started calling him “the stand-up Consul.” How to Tell a Joke provides a lively new translation of Cicero’s essential writing on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide to how a well-timed joke can win over any audience. As powerful as jokes can be, they are also hugely risky. The line between a witty joke and an offensive one isn’t always clear. Cross it and you’ll look like a clown, or worse. Here, Cicero and Quintilian explore every aspect of telling jokes—while avoiding costly mistakes. Presenting the sections on humor in Cicero’s On the Ideal Orator and Quintilian’s The Education of the Orator, complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages, How to Tell a Joke examines the risks and rewards of humor and analyzes basic types that readers can use to write their own jokes. Filled with insight, wit, and examples, including more than a few lawyer jokes, How to Tell a Joke will appeal to anyone interested in humor or the art of public speaking.

Joke-a-Thon

Joke-a-Thon
Author: Editors of Make Believe Ideas
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781684120246

Get ready for a joke-a-thon with this side-splitting book! Are you ready for a joke-a-thon? Satisfy your hunger for humor with the hundreds of side-splitting jokes inside this hilarious book. More than 250 jokes will keep you laughing, and there's a page in the back for aspiring comedians to jot down their own knee-slappers!

The How-To Joke

The How-To Joke
Author: Susan Troutt
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2010
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1449051626

Jake chooses jokes for a class assignment, but he mistakes them for directions and tries to prove each joke is true. He pours water over cupcakes to prove they won't hold water. He throws his father's alarm clock out the window to see time fly. Poor Jake! He just can't figure out how to how-to a joke.

How To Be Hilarious and Quick-Witted in Everyday Conversation

How To Be Hilarious and Quick-Witted in Everyday Conversation
Author: Patrick King
Publisher: PKCS Media
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2021-08-24
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN:

Exact phrases to develop your sense of humor, master witty remarks, make people laugh, and be funnier – even if you’re not naturally funny. How To Be Hilarious and Quick-Witted in Everyday Conversation is full of strategies that dissect, break down, and analyze all of the types of humor that you’ll encounter in daily conversation – stuff you can really use with people you talk to. We’re not all trying to become standup comedians, and this isn’t a book about ha-ha jokes with setups and punch lines. These are little tips and tactics for you to become noticeably quick and clever. Make a better impression on people, put them at ease, charm them, and make them smile with you. Learn witticisms, quips, retorts, comebacks, and wisecracks without being cheesy or corny. Don’t worry if you feel like you’ve never understood humor or how to be funny. I’ve done the work for you and analyzed everyone from comedy writers to standup comedians and given you step-by-step, complete guidance to use common joke structures in everyday situations. Adaptable to any premise, topic, or setting! Strategies to instantly be clever and witty and sound like a world-class comedian. Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and sought-after Social Skills and Conversation Coach. He teaches building rapport, and a major part of that is using humor to connect with others – shared moments of laughter are incredible bonding moments, and you'll be able to create them without being "that guy/girl". Humor is the highway to the relationships you want in life. •What makes an impactful comedic delivery and storytelling. •How to use irony and sarcasm conversationally. •How to create and build a banter chain with others. •Injecting role play into any situation. •How to play on people’s expectations and sense of contrast. •The art of misconstruing. •Why relatability is so darn funny. •The famous “comic triple.”

Make People Laugh

Make People Laugh
Author: Lawrence Finnegan
Publisher: Communication Skills
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-06-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781088187050

How to Be Funny

How to Be Funny
Author: Steve Allen
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1616140313

No one knows more about comedy than Steve Allen. For more than five decades as a writer, performer, and keen observer of the social scene, he has looked into every aspect of who''s funny, what''s funny, and why. Allen shares his discoveries in How to Be Funny, the book designed to help everyone develop their special talent for funniness.Now reissued in paperback, How to Be Funny covers all the basics, including joke telling, ad-libbing, writing humorously, performing comedy, emceeing, and much more. Allen takes you inside the world of comedy, from the early writings of Mark Twain, to the more contemporary work of Rodney Dangerfield and Bill Maher. Allen even provides homework assignments for the budding comic!Yet How to Be Funny is far more than just a book for aspiring comedians it will help anyone who wants to be a more amusing conversationalist, a more effective public speaker, and everyone who just wants to be the life of the party.

How to Write Comedy Jokes

How to Write Comedy Jokes
Author: Dean Burkey
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2013-09-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781492821434

Learn how to be funny with joke-writing methods that work. And enjoy over a hundred funny jokes you've never heard before. Comedy Isn't Easy, But It Just Got Easier With: "How to Write All Kinds of Comedy Jokes" Must you be born funny to make people laugh? Groucho Marx wasn't born with glasses, a mustache, and a cigar. Even Steve "Born Standing Up" Martin wasn't born wearing an arrow through his head. (Lucky for his mom, 'cause that would have hurt!) Although Woody Allen might have been born with frizzy red hair and glasses. Haven't heard of me yet? You will. And others will hear of you too, when you apply my pointers. But why buy this book about comedy success from someone who's not famous? Because the tips and techniques are sound. Knowledge isn't the only thing that leads to success. Fears and doubts thwart us. By following my own advice in this series, I will overcome what holds me back and succeed. So too, should you. Besides, if I wait until I'm famous to publish this book, people won't believe I wrote it. They'll think I hired a ghostwriter. You can learn from anyone. The more people from whom you learn, the more you'll know. If this book gives you just one really great idea, you should reread it. Because you obviously missed something. But even so, one really great idea is still worth more than the cost of this book. A lifelong student of comedy, a real stand-up guy, an improv performer, and the author of several comedy books including "Monster Laughs", "Seasons Without Reason", and "Chica Go", Dean Burkey shares his thoughts and the tips and techniques he's learned over the years in a series he wishes had been written for him when he first started. Humor enhances our lives, so improve your comic abilities with "How to Write All Kinds of Kinds of Comedy Jokes". Anyone from a comical newbie to a professional comedy writer can benefit from this series. Don't let your comedy dreams pass you by! This book and this series can help you make others laugh! Volume 1: "How to Write Comedy Jokes" This book teaches various comedy theories, joke construction, including the third joke element not mentioned in most other books, ways to write comedy, ways to rewrite and improve comedy, tips, techniques, and encouraging words to help you write funny. Table of Contents The Building Blocks of Comedy Where to Start ISO Comedy Ideas Connect with Your Audience What Are You Passionate About? The Dreaded Blank Page Association Lists What?! O. P. M. How To Write Comedy Jokes Danger --> Safety (a.k.a. The JAWS Theory of Jocularity) The Train Wreck Theory of Comedy The Hocus Pocus Humor Theory The Comedy Connection Concept The Funny Formula (a.k.a. The Comedy Code) Super Setups Cool Connections Funny Punches Lots of Laughs Write Unfunny/Mediocre Jokes Ways to Improve Jokes More Ways to Improve Jokes The Secret to Comedy A Glimpse at the Topics Covered by Volumes 2-4 Special Bonus Features: How to Pick a Topic for Writing Jokes (a.k.a. "I Rolled the Dice Twice") How to Pick a Topic for Writing Jokes 2 The Spoof Pieces: "How to Be Funny In 3 Simple Steps" "The Secret to Comedy" from "Seasons Without Reason" "The Secret to Comedy 2" "The History and Analysis of the Road-Crossing Chicken Joke" Not Just Educational, But Entertaining Too! Even if you don't want to learn how to create comedy, you can still enjoy the many jokes contained herein, including the Special Bonus Feature spoof pieces: "The Secret to Comedy" (from "Seasons Without Reason"), "The Secret to Comedy 2", and "The History and Analysis of the Road-Crossing Chicken Joke". You have a world of laughter to gain, so scroll up; and click the Buy button now.