Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy
If you want to build a stand-up comedy career, this book is a must read.
If you want to write comedy, this book is a must read. If you simply enjoy comedy, well . . . this book is a must read.
Part One offers essential advice about understanding the fundamentals of stand-up, studying other comedians, finding your own style, writing your material, working the live performance and appearing on television.
Fascinating, candid, insightful interviews with today’s top comedians, who discuss at length why and how they do what they do, comprise Part Two, the bulk of the book.
Interviews with: Louie Anderson, Richard Belzer, Elayne Boosler, George Carlin, Ellen DeGeneres, Rich Jeni, Jay Leno, Richard Lewis, Bill Maher, Paul Reiser, Chris Rock, Roseanne, Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling, Sinbad, George Wallace, Jonathan Winters.
The last part of the book addresses your stand-up career through interviews with noted comedy club owners, an agent, a personal manager and a (more…)
About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional
Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site. Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.
For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.
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Perfect
All the right questions are asked and all the advice you want is given.
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A stand-up must
I am going to do stand-up, and this book showed me what and what not to do. It also brought to light many of the fears and problems that even the most successful comics face…
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excellent book
excellent book, excellent interviews, very enjoyable read.
I liked Larry Wilde’s book also. Each book covers different comedians, except Jerry Seinfeld who is in both I…
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Want to be a comedian?
Excellent looking book. Well organized information on the inside. Franklin Ajaye may not be a household name in stand up, but he’s written a book that definitely makes him a…
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The best of its kind.
The lone negative review is so off it’s beyond belief. This is, in part, my defending a book which I found to be the most helpful of the 3 I own (the other two being Judy…
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Great Read
Ajaye gives great insight to the aspiring comedian in this concise read. I have never been on stage but this book has helped tremendously in the writing process and my eventual…
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I certainly wish I wrote this
I have never been a big fan of books that try to theorize something as ambigous and subjective as a form of art.