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Writing the comedy movie /
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Writing the comedy script -- Comedy -- Premise and character -- Plotting and comic scenes -- Performative comedy -- Narrative comedy -- Comedy about sex -- Mocking society: parody, mockumentary and satire -- Dark comedy and farce -- Sketch comedy and television -- Action and animated comedy -- Double acts: buddy movies, bormance and the road -- Christmas comedy -- Sports comedy -- Military comedy -- Prison comedies -- Crime, caper, mob and heist movies -- Transgresssion -- Women in comedy -- Comedy subgenres -- Worldwide comedy -- Conclusion -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Filmography -- Works Cited -- Index.…”
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PBS newshour. Elle and Keegan-Michael Key chronicle 'The history of sketch comedy' in new book
Published 2023Subjects: “…Comedy sketches History and criticism.…”
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Actor's notes. Acting in comedy
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...: the art and craft of writing comedy /...
Published 2017Subjects: “…Television comedies Authorship.…”
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Bob Hope and Elliot Norton Special
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Live from Gramercy Park. Amy G
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…. -- I who have nothing / Carlo Donida, Mogol, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller -- Comedy routine with Amy G. -- Interview with Amy G. -- Comedy routine with Amy G. -- Interview with Amy G. -- Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard -- Interview with Amy G. -- Mad about the boy / Noel Coward -- Interview with Amy G.…”
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How to make it in film. documentary, comedy & news Tom Kaufman /...
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Economist video. Brian Cox : why Succession struck a chord
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Tony Brown's journal. Who was Stepin Fetchit?
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Woody Allen : interviews
Revised and updated [edition].Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Cover; Woody Allen: Interviews; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction ; Chronology ; Filmography ; Woody Allen Interview ; Woody Allen Says Comedy Is No Laughing Matter ; A Conversation with the Real Woody Allen ; Woody Allen on Woody Allen ; Scenes from a Mind: Woody Allen Is Nobody's Fool.…”
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How to be a writer. Between the lines. John Hodgman
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Australian Lives : an Intimate History.
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John Waters : interviews
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…": -- An interview with John Waters / Louis Postel/1977 -- John Waters in Provincetown / Gerald Peary/1997 -- John Waters' Divine comedy / Scott Macdonald/1982 -- Still Waters / David Chute/1981 -- Waters: ". . . …”
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Memories of belonging : descendants of Italian migrants to the United Sates, 1884-present
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Oral history methodology and networks of memory -- Transnational migration networks : the paese in the rising global economy -- Memories of everyday life I : hard work and family life -- Memories of everyday life II : rural, urban, and suburban environments -- Memories of Italianness : pride, prejudice, and consumption -- Memories of Elvira and Giovanni Soloperto : in the shadows of memory and Dante's Divine Comedy -- Memories of the American dream : migration, assimilation, and the homeland -- Conclusion -- Epilogue : Italian Americans as the poster children of the immigrant paradigm?…”
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Sunday morning. Sunday profile : Jamie Foxx
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Behind the scenes, Burning Man: the musical. 3, Somie Pak
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Behind the scenes, Burning Man: the musical. 5, Mila Jam
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Behind the scenes, Burning Man: the musical. 2, Ari Grooves
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Behind the scenes, Burning Man: the musical. 4, Max Crumm
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Behind the scenes, Burning Man: the musical. 1, Danny Marin
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Conversations with classic film stars : interviews from Hollywood's golden era
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Gene Autry -- Roy Rogers -- A giant of comedy. Bob Hope -- Four very special stars. Margaret Hamilton -- Keye Luke -- Harold Russell -- Diane Varsi.…”
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Eye to Eye. Season 4, Episode 23, Dennis Hall
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Art 21 : art in the twenty-first century. Season 2, Episode 4, Humor
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Sunday morning. Sunday profile : Melissa McCarthy
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You ain't heard nothin' yet : interviews with stars from Hollywood's golden era
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…Introduction: How to Talk to a Movie Star -- A Comedy Giant. Buster Keaton -- The Leading Men. Anthony Dexter -- Henry Fonda -- Victor Mature -- Walter Pidgeon -- Robert Preston -- James Stewart -- Cornel Wilde -- Robert Young -- The Leading Ladies. …”
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Word into image. Screenwriter : Neil Simon
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Country Music Changed My Life : Tales of Tough Times and Triumph from Country's Legends.
Published 2005Table of Contents: “…Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires ; Wanda Jackson ; Barbara Pittman ; Jack Clement ; Gary Bryant -- Country comedy. T. Bubba Bechtol ; Dr. Demento ; Brent Burns ; Little Jimmy Dickens -- Some big stars and an icon. …”
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