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The Art of Comedy!” “Building a sense of humor can turn your life around. Feeling less stressful and skipping along the lighter side of life might be the right road for you. Paul’s book is your road map.” —Phyllis Diller, First Lady of Comedy “Paul Ryan knows comedy! He is one of the industry’s true teachers who knows how to cultivate humor—from hosting, to sitcoms, to improv. Paul pays attention to all of the comedy details that separate the amateur from the professional. He delivers all this to you with a comedy punch in The Art of Comedy!” —Debra Wilson, actress from Mad TV “Paul Ryan knows funny. The time I spent with him in his comedy workshop was valuable and laugh-filled.” —John Larroquette, Emmy award-winning actor “Paul’s relaxed style of teaching puts you at ease and allows you to take chances and experiment, without the usual anxiety.” —Bryan Cranston, Emmy-nominated actor from Malcolm in the Middle “A personal and specific approach to acting and comedy. Practical guidance, with exercises that are fun and clear.” —Steven Nash, Arts and Letters Management; president of Talent Managers Association “Paul Ryan is fabulous. I learned so much about comedy from him. Now you can learn amazing comedic skills from the man who teaches comedy to the stars.” —Sally Kirkland, Oscar-nominated actress and Golden Globe winner “Since I’m Korean—and Koreans are the funny people of Asia—I know all about funny. Paul Ryan does, too. He’s hilarious, smart, generous, and a great communicator. In fact, we should make him an honorary Korean. I’ll get on that. So buy this book and strap on your seat belts for a fun-filled ride.” —Suzanne Whang, award-winning comedian and host of HGTV’s House Hunters “What the world needs now is love, joy, and comedy. Just like love and joy, comedy is all about doing, not talking about it. Everyone can benefit from Paul Ryan’s The Art of Comedy.” —Dr. Ava Cadell, loveologist and best-selling author “If you want to find a long-lasting relationship, you need to develop a sense of humor. With Paul Ryan’s method of becoming funnier, you may find your true sweetheart. The Art of Comedy could be the book that leads you to the person of your dreams.” —Renee Piane, best-selling author and founder of Rapid Dating “Being funny is an art, but turning funny into success is a skill. Paul Ryan’s bullet points and bulletproof techniques are on target for any actor or performer who wants to transform his or her career. His practical exercises in the book will get you laughing all the way to the bank.” —Neil Bagg, talent agent “Paul gives anyone who thinks they might be funny a chance to find out. Valuable exercises will have you entertaining your friends right away. For actors, this can be your key to landing the comedy roles.” —Judy Kerr, acting coach; author of Acting Is Everything; dialogue coach for Seinfeld “As a network exec and producer, if I know that you came from Paul’s camp, your resume and reel are going to move to the top of the stack.” —Kent Emmons, founder/CEO of National Lampoon Radio and Studio Funny CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1 LEVEL I: BEGINNING COMEDY EXERCISES 2 CREATING A COMEDY NOTEBOOK 3 LEVEL II: INTERMEDIATE COMEDY EXERCISES, SERIES A 4 BUILDING A SKETCH COMEDY CHARACTER 5 LEVEL III: INTERMEDIATE COMEDY EXERCISES, SERIES B 6 TAKING IMPROV INTO THE WRITTEN SCENE 7 LEVEL IV: INTERMEDIATE COMEDY EXERCISES, SERIES C 8 LEVEL V: ADVANCED COMEDY EXERCISES 9 COMEDY LEGENDS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE GREAT COMEDY LEGENDS WHO inspired me so much growing up in Philadelphia and England. They became my friends on television and in the movies, and made me laugh…the greatest gift anyone can give. I send out a big thank you to Jeff Black for introducing me to Mark Glubke at Watson- Guptill Publications. Thank you, Mark, for planting the important seeds. I would like to thank John Foster for his brilliant editing, enormous contribution, and for gracing the book with his magical touches. The skill of an editor is often unrecognized, because the good ones make it look so seamless. John has the ability to take the words and simply make them better. I send a lot of gratitude to Rick Benzel for helping me lay the ground work for the book and pushing me to get it done. I send appreciation to Elissa Kerhulas for her consciousness, Monique High for her tutelage, and Carol Green for separating the wheat from the chaff. Thank you to my wonderful parents, Joyce and Ed Feldman, for doing whatever it was that made me want to be part of the entertainment industry, for all the laughs through thick and thin, and for all of your loving support. Thanks to my wonderful friends for being there throughout the writing process, including Christine Adzich for her encouragement; Karen Cadle for being the great friend that you always are; as well as Judi Faye, Alex Ranko, Leigh Taylor Young, Frank Mills, Richard Gordon, Bobby Macik, Andy Gross, Jaki Baskow, Rudy Milanovich, Andrea Anderson; fellow L.A. Lakers fan Tracy Martin; Bill Margolin; the “Healthy gang” at Erewhon; Dental geniuses Dr. LanVi Do and Dr. Alan Kaye; my associate Martin Swoverland for his patience; family members Ida and Fred Feldman, Sylvia, Sahl, and Andy Becker, Barbara, Barry, Brandy, and Briana Bond, Maxine Easton, Shirley, Ed, and Maud Burrage. I would like to thank my two dogs, Max and Spirit, for their unconditional love and for proofreading every draft. Thanks to my students, who have been both students and teachers to me, and who always keep me honest. A big heap of gratitude to all the actors I have ever worked with, who supported me in expanding my comedy talent, and to all the casting directors, producers, and directors that had the brilliance to hire me as an actor. I wish there were many more of you, but fortunately it’s not too late. Thanks to Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith and my Agape family for loving me and supporting “my funny.” My announcement to you is “You guys are beyond awesome!” Thank you, God, for being my biggest fan! PREFACE I’VE BEEN TEACHING COMEDY ACTING AND IMPROVISATIONAL skills for more than twenty years, including thirteen at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California, home of many top TV sitcoms, such as Seinfeld, Will & Grace, and That 70’s Show. It certainly was great fun to visit and hang out with some of the stars and producers of these shows and to be able to take some of my students to their sets. Over this time, I’ve taught hundreds of actors throughout the country, including Emmy Award-winning actor John Larroquette of Night Court; Bryan Cranston of Malcolm in the Middle, who worked on the same lot where I taught; Hal Sparks, former host of Talk Soup on E! Entertainment Television; Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland; Emmy winner Leigh Taylor Young; and many others. I am inspired and impassioned every time I teach comedy. It is a thrill and a joy to have my students open up, and to help them get in touch with their comedic gifts, especially those who don’t realize how much natural genius they have and who only need to learn how to tap into it. My role is to show people how to “mine for their comedy gold”—that resource of rich, valuable, authentic humor that arises from their unique personalities and life experiences. Perhaps my personal comedy journey can inspire you to recognize that anything is possible as you begin your comedy journey. Little did I know when I was a teenager that I would eventually go on to study comedy in the same improv classes with Robin Williams and John Ritter; meet Lucille Ball; act in comedy films with Goldie Hawn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sir Peter Ustinov, and Tim Conway; and interview Steve Allen, Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, as well as more than two thousand other celebrities on various talk shows that I created, produced, and hosted. I guess I could say that comedy has been a part of my life since the day I was born of an American Jewish father and an English mother. My genius comedy friend Jackie Mason said to me after meeting my parents, “Your father couldn’t find a date in Philly and your mother couldn’t find a guy in all of England, thank God they found each other.” They named me Bernard Feldman and Bernie for short—so you understand why I go by the stage name of Paul Ryan. I grew up as an only child, so I spent a lot of time after school with television as my playmate. Characters like Lucy and Sergeant Bilko were my buddies. I watched them so regularly that I could recite almost every episode by heart. I was fascinated by the characters, the banter, but most of all by the laughter these great actors could provoke. When I was fifteen, my family and I moved to England, which gave me the opportunity to spend a lot of time watching English sitcoms “on the telly.” Getting familiar with the British sense of humor, I was on my way to becoming an international devotee of the art of comedy. I had never acted in high school, but I decided to move to Los Angeles and study theater arts at Los Angeles City College.
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