Author : Dan O'Shannon
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1441162933
This book presents a comprehensive guide to all the variables that can come into play when we come into contact with comedy.
Author : Shane Burcaw
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 18,12 MB
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 162672007X
"With acerbic wit & a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw's YA memoir describes the challenges he faces as a 20-year-old with muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to trying to finding a girlfriend and everything in between"--
Author : Allen Shamblin
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781582460581
Illustrated version of a song pointing out that in spite of our differences, we are all the same in God's eyes.
Author : Hugleikur Dagsson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0141928530
Hugleikur Dagsson is from Iceland. During the winter in Iceland there are only three hours of daylight. During the summer in Iceland there is no darkness. Iceland’s national drink is called ‘Black Death’. Iceland's national dish is putrefied shark meat. In Iceland this book is a cult-bestseller. The questions you should ask yourself is:Should you be laughing at this?
Author : Jodee Blanco
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1507217498
"In this timely update of the seminal classic, author and activist Jodee Blanco reveals how she simply set out to share her story-and ended up igniting a grassroots movement in the nation's schools. The first survivor of school bullying to look back on those experiences as an adult, Jodee brings you up to speed on her life and work since the book's initial release with a new chapter, all-new Letter to My Readers, and Reader's Guide. She also offers the latest information on digital and cyberbullying, the Adult Survivor of Peer Abuse, her in-school antibullying program, INJJA (It's NOT Just Joking Around!), and provides discussion questions for schools. While other children were daydreaming about dances, first kisses, and college, Jodee Blanco was trying to figure out how to go from homeroom to study hall without being taunted or spit upon as she walked through the halls. This powerful, unforgettable memoir chronicles how one child was shunned-and even physically abused-by her classmates from elementary school through high school. It is an unflinching look at what it means to be the outcast, how even the most loving parents can get it all wrong, why schools are often unable to prevent disaster, and how bullying has been misunderstood and mishandled by the mental health community"--
Author : Dan O'Shannon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1441114955
If you're looking for a book that will teach you how to write comedy, we suggest you keep moving. You still have time to pick up a copy of Writing Big Yucks for Big Bucks before the store closes. However, if you want to understand the bigger picture -- what is comedy, why do we respond to it the way we do -- then you've come to the right place. What Are You Laughing At? presents an entirely new approach to comedy theory. It challenges long-held beliefs and shows how the three main theories of comedy (incongruity, superiority, and relief) are not in conflict; but rather, work as parts of a larger model. There are many examples pulled from the author's own experiences, writing for shows such as Cheers, Frasier, and Modern Family. By the end, you'll have an understanding of just what happens when man meets comedy. It will change the way you hear laughter.
Author : David Feldman
Publisher : Berkley Trade
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780425154519
Why do pharmacists always stand on platforms? Why do we close our eyes when we kiss? Why no canned broccoli? Feldman dares to ponder the Imponderables in his addictively fascinating question-and-answer books that have already sold over two million copies. This new volume offers facts, clues, and theories about the great mysteries of everyday life that keep us perpetually puzzled--and endlessly entertained. Nationl media.
Author : Brad Schreiber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1621536017
**Winner of the 2022 William Randolph Hearst Award for Outstanding Service in Professional Journalism** “People have forgotten how to be funny,” says Chris Vogler in his foreword to What Are You Laughing at? Luckily, experienced and award-winning humor writer Brad Schreiber is here to remind us all how it’s done. If laughter is the best medicine, be prepared to feel fit as a fiddle after perusing these pages. Brad’s clever wit and well-timed punch lines are sure to leave you grasping your sides, while his wise advice will ensure that you’re able to follow in his comedic footsteps. With more than seventy excerpts from such expert prose and screenwriters as Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., as well as unique writing exercises for all situations, this comprehensive tutorial will teach you how to write humor prose for any literary form, including screenwriting, story writing, theater, television, and audio/radio. Additionally, readers are given sage advice on different tactics for writing comedic fiction versus comedic nonfiction. Some of the topics discussed include: Life experience versus imagination How to use humor to develop theme/setting, character, and dialogue Rhythm and sound of words Vulgarity and bad taste How to market your humor prose in the digital market Thoroughly revised and updated, and with new information on writing short, humorous films, What Are You Laughing at? is your endless source to learning the art of comedy.
Author : Jon Acuff
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0310110122
Using the same humor and honesty that galvanized more than a million online readers from more than 200 countries, speaker Jon Acuff brings his insightful take on Christianity to the book world with this new edition of Stuff Christians Like. Do you constantly find yourself towing the fine line between praying before certain types of meals and not others? This book is for you. Have you fallen in love on a mission trip, just to break up when you get home? This book is for you. Are you a unicorn of purity who ranks honeymoon sex slightly higher than the second coming of Christ? Guess what – this book is for you, too. It’s time to shake off Somber Christian Syndrome and embrace the quirks of being a member of God’s kingdom. This book will teach you how to: Break up with your small group Subtly find out if your new Christian friends drink beer too Recognize the shame grenade that is a Jesus Juke Avoid a prayer handholding faux pas Say something Christian-y without looking like a snake handler From prayer shot blocks to metro worship leaders, no stone is left unturned in this hilarious look at faith. “I never knew how much I needed Jesus until I found out I was judging people who use the table of contents in their Bible. This book saved me from looking like a bad Christian.” – Sister Mary Francis, Rhode Island. “It’s such a time saver to know that my Chick-fil-a from the drive-thru comes pre-blessed. I always knew I was making the right choice by choosing the Lord’s chicken.” – Dave L., South Carolina.
Author : Matthew M. Hurley
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 026201582X
Some things are funny -- jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed -- but why? Why does humor exist in the first place? Why do we spend so much of our time passing on amusing anecdotes, making wisecracks, watching The Simpsons? In Inside Jokes, Matthew Hurley, Daniel Dennett, and Reginald Adams offer an evolutionary and cognitive perspective. Humor, they propose, evolved out of a computational problem that arose when our long-ago ancestors were furnished with open-ended thinking. Mother Nature -- aka natural selection -- cannot just order the brain to find and fix all our time-pressured misleaps and near-misses. She has to bribe the brain with pleasure. So we find them funny. This wired-in source of pleasure has been tickled relentlessly by humorists over the centuries, and we have become addicted to the endogenous mind candy that is humor.
