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Want to Have a Career in Comedy? This Book Can Show You How to Turn Your Sense of Humour Into a Money-Making Care Are you funny? Want to have a career in comedy? 'Until comedians This book can show you how to turn your sense of can enrol in a humour into a money-making career—and comedy 101 that's no joke! humourversity Whether you yearn to create a killer stand-up act, write course at the a sitcom, or be the star of your own one-person show, school of hard Judy Carter will help you develop your comedy skills and knock-knocks, show you how to make money from being funny. this is the next best thing/ Written in Carter's unique, take-no-prisoners voice, The Wil Anderson Comedy Bible is practical, inspirational and funny. Using a hands-on workbook format, Judy Carter offers a series of day-by-day exercises drawn from her wide experience as both a comic and comedy writer. Learn not only how to write jokes, speeches and scripts, but also where to sell them, how to pitch them, and even how to negotiate a contract. Along with providing additional 'insider' tips from her celebrity friends, Carter shows you ways you can turn comedy into cash that you have never thought of before. Judy Carter started her career as a stand-up comic, headlining in clubs across the U.S. and being featured on over 100 TV shows. She founded Comedy Workshops in Los Angeles, where she trains wannabe comics as well as produces the annual California Comedy Conference. Many top Hollywood agents, managers, producers and casting directors attend this key comedy event, and it has become the place to get discovered. She has caught the imagination of the corporate world with her novel technique of 'turning problems into punchlines'. Her first book, Standup Comedy: The Book, has sold over 150,000 copies. 'Turning humor into a career is not as easy as it sounds. In The Comedy Bible, Judy Carter has made it much easier.' Bernie Brillstein, founding partner of Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Hollywood's premier talent manager who oversaw the careers of John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Dan Ackroyd. 'This is a fine book and can improve your standup comedy as long as you don't take it up on stage with you.' Garry Shandling, comic 'I started my comedy career in Judy Carter's workshop.' Tom Shadyac, director of Bruce Almighty, Patch Adams, Liar Liar, The Nutty Professor and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 'This book is a great hands-on, how-to guide for anyone considering a career in comedy. It will teach you to take life's lemons and make them into laughs. Cindy Chupack, author of The Between Boyfriends Book and award-winning writer and producer of Sex and the City and Everybody Loves Raymond Judy Carter has appeared in clubs across the US, as well as on many TV shows, has coached over 5,000 comics in comedy workshops, and has brought her message of 'turning problems into punchlines' to Fortune 500 companies. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and on Oprah. THE COMEDY BIBLE JUDY CARTER From stand-up to sitcom... The comedy writer's ultimate how-to guide CURRENCY PRESS, SYDNEY BY THE SAME AUTHOR Stand-Up Comedy: The Book Acknowledgments t takes a lot of people to make a book like this happen, especially if Ithe writer is someone who got a D in high school English. Special thanks to: Chuck Adams, my editor and friend, who by this time could headline at any comedy club. Jandy Nelson, my agent at Manus & Associates Lit­ erary Agency, who showed me that lunch with an agent could be a lot of fun, especially if you don't remember where you've parked your car. Margot Black, for assisting in arranging interviews. Kathy Fielding, for transcribing everything, and Julie Gardner, for all her assistance in running comedy workshops and putting up with me when I'm not so funny. Ben Richardson, for your talent, jokes, commas, and breaking me out of a record-breaking writer's block. Gina Rubinstein, who next time will be more careful before saying. "Sure, I'll give it a read." All of my students, who taught me much more than I taught them. The comedy professionals who contributed time and material to this book—Bernie Brillstein, Bruce Hills, Bruce Smith, Carol Leifer, Cathy Ladman, Chris Adams, Chris Mazzilli, Christopher Titus, Cindy Chu- pack, Dean Lewis, Debbie Kasper, Delilah Romos, Diane Nichols, Ed Yeager, Ellen Sandler, Emily Levine, Gabe Adelson, George Wallace. Greg Proops, Irene Penn, Judi Brown. Kathy Griffen. Kathy Anderson, Leigh Fortier, Lilly Walters, Mark Travis, Michael Hanel, Michelle Marx, Phyl­ lis Diller, Richard Jeni, Richard Lewis, Rob Lotterstein, Robin Roberts, Robin Scruff, Rocky LaPorte, Steve Marmel, Sue Kolinsky, Susan Leslie, Sybil Adelman Sage, T. J. Markvvalter, Tim Bagley, Tom Dreeson, Tom Shadyac, Wendy Kamenoff. Sarah Levctt, a gorgeous AND funny Australian comic who was bril­ liant in putting together the appendix for the 'Down Under' edition of The Comedy Bible. Content? About This Book 19 Part One: Warm-up—Is There Any Hope for You? 2S What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? 27 Performing Comedy 27 Writing Comedy 28 Marketing Corned)' 30 The Right Stuff—Do You Have What It Takes? 32 The Yuk Factor 32 You Are As Funny As You Think 33 Starting with Your Ideas 36 Habits: Honoring Your Ideas 39 The Funnv Zone 41 Getting into the Zone 42 Comedy ... Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid 44 Fear—It's a Good Thing 4.5 Comedy Buddies: Finding Your Fun Mate 50 Quit While You're Ahead 5 1 Commitment Contract 55 The Comedy Bible's Ten Commandments 56 Part Two: Comedy Workshop 61 Prep Step 1: Picking a Show 229 26 Days to Killer Comedy Material 63 Prep Step 2: Get Scripts and VHS Copies of Your Show 230 Day 1: Get a Gig 66 Prep Step 3: Dissect the Show 231 Day 2: Learn Joke Structure—the Setup 69 Prep Step 4: Understanding Sitcom Structure 233 Day 3: Learn Joke Structure—the Funny Part Prep Step 5: Sitcom Formatting 235 (Comedy Buddy Day) 82 Prep Step 6: Starting at the End 238 Day 4: Learn by Watching 101 Prep Step 7: Committing to Finishing 239 Day 5: Your Life Is a Joke—Finding Your Authentic Sitcom Day 1: Getting Sitcom Story Ideas 240 Topics (Comedy Ruddy Day) 111 Sitcom Day 2: Turning Life Stories into Sitcom Plots 244 Day 6: Writing More Authentic Premises 118 Sitcom Day 3: Turning Current Events into Sitcom Day 7: More Authentic Topics (Comedy Buddy Day) 119 Stories 246 Day 8: Fine-Tuning Your Topics—Relatable Topics 125 Sitcom Day 4: Honing in on Your Sitcom Plot 247 Days 9, 10, 11: Getting It Funny (3-Day jam Session Sitcom Day 5: From Joke Structure to Story Structure 249 with Your Comedy Buddy) 132 Sitcom Day 6: The Story Arc 251 Day 12: Organizing Your Set List 137 Sitcom Day 7: The Outline 254 Day 13: Honing Your Material (Comedy Buddy Day) 144 Sitcom Day 8: Detailing Your Outline 256 Day 14: Getting Ready to Perform (Comedy Buddy Day) 154 Sitcom Day 9: Writing the Burn Draft 257 Day 15: Dress Rehearsal (Comedy Buddy Day) 157 Sitcom Day 10: The Story Pass—Trimming 258 Day 16: Your Gig 161 Sitcom Day 11: The Story Pass—Heighten the Obstacles 259 Day 17: Celebrate 165 Sitcom Day 12: The Story Pass—Structure 260 Day 18: Performance Review—Reworking Material 165 Sitcom Day 13: Punch-up Pass—Getting It Funny 260 Day 19: Adding Current-Event Material (Comedy Sitcom Day 14: Getting It Funnier 261 Buddy Day) 171 Sitcom Day 15: Color Pass 261 Day 20: Creating Cutting-Edge Premises 177 Sitcom Day 16: Read-through 261 Day 21: Topic Runs 180 Sitcom Day 17: Rewrite 262 Day 22: Honing Material—"Take Two" 185 Sitcom Day 18: Getting Read 263 Day 23: Throwing Out the Clunkers 190 Sitcom Day 19: Final Rewrite 264 Day 24: Getting Ready for Your Second Performance 192 Other Comedy Fields 265 Day 25: Performance 200 Writing for Other Comics 265 Day 26: About Last Night . How Good Were You? 200 Writing and Performing for Radio Shows 266 Advanced Stand-up Exercise: 203 Improv 267 Living Funny 203 TV Warm-up 268 Daily Exercises to Generate Comedy Material 204 Humor Essays, Opinion Pieces, and Articles 269 Creating Your Own One-Person Show 212 Motivational Humorist 271 How lo Pul Together Your Own One-Person Show 217 Mounting a Production 224 Part Three: funny Money 273 19 Days to Writing Your Sitcom Spec Script 226 Carter's 3-Step Comedy Business Strategy 275 Top Ten Reasons for Writing Sitcoms 226 Comedy Menu 276 Spec Scripts 227 Step 1: Get Good 282 Preparation for Writing a Spec Script—2 to 8 Weeks 228 Getting Good Tip # I: Create a Ton of Material 282 Getting Good Tip #2 (for Performers): Get As Much Stage Time As Possible 284 Getting Good Tip #3: Study Other Comics and Comedy Writers 287 Getting Good Tip #4: Get Help 287 Getting Good Tip #5: Set Challenging Goals 290 Step 2: Get Noticed 292 Getting Noticed Tip #1: Highlight Your Persona 293 Getting Noticed Tip #2: Have Professional Materials 296 Getting Noticed Tip #3: Find Your Audience 299 Getting Noticed Tip #4: Work the Media 302 Getting Noticed Tip #5: Showcasing and Comedy Festivals 305 Step 3: Get Paid 311 Getting Paid Tip # 1: Represent Yourself 313 Getting Paid Tip #2: Diversify 320 Getting Paid Tip #3: Get Professional Contacts 326 Getting Paid Tip #4: How to Get Big Shots on the Phone 329 Getting Paid Tip #5: Negotiations and Contracts 334 n the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
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