Sandi C. Shore's Secrets to Stand-up Success


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The Comedy Store in L.A. is a family affair, founded by Sammy and Mitzi Shore, the parents of comedians Pauly Shore and Sandi Shore. In Secrets to Standup Success, Sandi offers valuable insider instruction on how to shape a comic persona and develop a personal delivery style, plus secrets on timing, pacing, and creating characters.







Books In Print 2004-2005


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Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy - Workbook Series


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This workbook assists and guides you in the process of performing and becoming a working comedian. Only stage time will give you the experience to apply all the techniques and skills you've learn in this workbook series. This companion workbook turns the instructions, advice, and goals from Chapters 9, 12, and 13 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" into exercises so you can learn where to get experience and how to behave like a professional.




Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy - Workbook Series


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Learn the writing techniques to make your jokes even funnier, and then assemble them into performable routines. This companion workbook turns the skills of joke improvement and routine building from Chapters 3 and 4 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" into a series of easy exercises so you can learn how to make a good comedy show into a great one.




Stand-Up Comedy


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If you think you’re funny, buy this book! Whether you dream of becoming a star . . . A better public speaker . . . A more effective communicator . . . A funnier, happier human being . . . You can learn to leave ‘em laughing! David Letterman learned to do it. Jay Leno learned to do it. Roseanne Barr learned to do it. So can you! Now successful stand-up comic Judy Carter—who went from teaching high school to performing in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, and on over 45 major TV shows—gives you the same hands-on, step-by-step instruction she’s taught to students in her comedy workshops. She shows you how to do it: create an act, perform it, make money with it, or apply it to everyday life. Discover: • The formulas for creating comedy material • How to find your own style • The three steps to putting your act together • Rehearsal do’s and don’ts • What to do if you bomb • Ways to punch up your everyday life with humor




Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy - Workbook Series


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Before getting on stage, learn the tricks of the trade only working comedians know. This companion workbook offer the performing techniques from Chapters 10 and 11 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" as a series of easy exercises so anyone, including you, can practice the performing skills that'll turn you into a polished professional.




The Best Book On How To Become A Full Time Stand-up Comedian


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Becoming a full-time stand-up comedian isn't usually a formulaic process. Unlike college admissions, law school, or medical school, there is no predictable path. Whether you've never written a joke before or are a veteran performer looking to make this a full time profession, learn how to make stand-up comedy your full-time job, and how to make money doing it. Opportunities to perform are everywhere, but they aren't necessarily easy to find. Here an acclaimed and experienced full-time touring performer teaches you how to kickstart your career as a comedian. In this eBook, Dan Nainan shares the secrets of his business and walks readers through building their own careers in comedy.




Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy - Workbook Series


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Stop memorizing the words of your jokes! Instead, learn how to remember your material as if you're telling the story. This companion workbook turns Dean's memory techniques from Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of the paperback, ebook, or audio book of "Step By Step to Stand-Up Comedy" into a series of easy exercises to teach anyone, including you, how to remember your material using natural memory.