Step by Step to Stand-up Comedy

If you think you're funny, and you want others to think so too, this is the book for you Greg Dean examines the fundamentals of being funny and offers advice on a range of topics, including: ULLIwriting creative joke materialLIrehearsing and performing routinesLIcoping with stage frightLIdealing with emcees who think they're funnier than you areLIgetting experienceLIand lots more./UL Essential for the aspiring comic or the working comedian interested in updating his or her comedy routine, "Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy" is the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on the art of the stand-up comedian.