Joel Morris: Be Funny or Die

Cover: 9781800183100 | Be Funny or Die | How Comedy Works and Why It Matters | Joel Morris

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Beschreibung

Comedy is a game that all humans play. There are big social prizes if you win, but it is easy to end up with custard pie on your face... or worse. Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone and provide the answer to life's most difficult questions, such as, 'What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?'* It's a social glue but it can also be divisive, and the joke is on us if we don't understand how it works. So, what are the rules? How does comedy do its magic and why does it matter? Join professional comedy writer Joel Morris on a hilarious journey into the hidden world of shared laughter where he reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. Offering astute analysis of everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof, Morris examines comedic patterns, rhythms and dynamics to uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy. Packed with gags and examples of comedy at its best - plus some invaluable tips on how to master that b'dum tish timing - Be Funny or Die is a fascinating investigation into how our species has developed and mastered this essential art form where laughter is the universal language and only the funniest survive. *Cliff.

Über den Autor

Joel Morris is a BAFTA-winning comedy writer. A long-time collaborator with Charlie Brooker and the co-creator of dimwit pundit Philomena Cunk, he has written for countless TV and radio shows, including Mitchell and Webb, Miranda and Murder in Successville, as well as the Paddington films. He co-created cult spoof newspaper The Framley Examiner, the hit Bollocks to Alton Towers tourist guides and the chartbusting Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups. Joel lives in London.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Disclaimer - 1

Comedy is Important - 3

PART ONE: COMEDY IS HUMAN

The Funniest Joke in the World - 11

Human Laughter - 14

Human Comedy - 19

Freud Never Played Glasgow Empire - 25

What Clever People Have Reckoned - 32

Surprise! - 39

What’s Brown and Sticky? - 45

No Harm Meant - 49

Play-Fighting - 57

Typing ‘5318008’ on a Calculator - 61

Pretty Patterns - 66

The Rule of Three - 73

PART TWO: COMEDY IS MUSIC

The Rhythm of Comedy - 81

The Music of Comedy - 84

The Comedy Keyboard - 89

Comedy Piano For Beginners - 95

Confuse: The Bum Note - 102

The Howl of Confusion - 108

Shaggy Dogs - 115

Sheer Nonsense - 120

The Lure of the Brillig - 126

The Bucket - 132

PART THREE: COMEDY IS US

Laughing Together - 141

Mike is a Wanker - 147

Laughing Together - 151

The Tribe - 157

Anyone in From 1991? - 162

The Specifics - 169

These Robots Are Funny - 174

Shared Values - 178

Reading the Room - 183

Dangerous Laughs - 189

Only Teasing - 197

Comic Relief - 202

Woke Me Up Before You Go Go - 207

Raise the Right Flag - 211

PART FOUR: COMEDY IS CHARACTER

Comedy is Fractal - 221

I Haven’t Learned a Thing - 230

Confirmation Bias - 234

I Wouldn’t Do That, If I Were Me - 239

A Dramatic Pause - 243

Patterns of People - 247

Character Pieces - 252

Double Act - 256

Marge & Dorothy & Velma & Ringo - 259

PART FIVE: COMEDY IS STORY

Building the Clown Car - 271

The Shape of Story - 278

The Straight Story - 285

The Big Questions - 291

Is This the Right Room For an Argument? - 296

An Incredible Story - 303

Plot vs Story - 311

. . . AND THE PUNCHLINE

The Secret of Comedy - 319

A Joke Amongst Friends - 322

Comedy is Big and Clever - 329

Hack Comedy - 331

Her Majesty - 334

Acknowledgements - 337

Epigraph Sources - 341

Resources - 349

A Note on the Author - 359

Supporters - 361

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Theater & Film
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9781800183100
ISBN-10:	1800183100
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Morris, Joel
Hersteller:	Ingram Publisher Services
Maße:	221 x 149 x 40 mm
Von/Mit:	Joel Morris
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.09.2024
Gewicht:	0,499 kg

Artikel-ID: 127954205