Attitude - Wanna Make Something of It?: The Secret of Stand-Up Comedy [Paperback]

Tony Allen (Author), Oliver Double (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 193 pages
• Publisher: Gothic Image Publications (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0906362563
• ISBN-13: 978-0906362563
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,753,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A personal history of the British Alternative Comedy., January 17, 2011

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This review is from: Attitude - Wanna Make Something of It?: The Secret of Stand-Up Comedy (Paperback)

If you've ever sat with a beer, late at night after a gig deconstructing comedy you will see yourself in this book. It is part memoir, part diary, part treastie on comedy.
As an ex stand-up comic myself I did find some of it interesting as it is mainly a very personal history of alternative comedy in Britain told through gig reviews and reminiscences. Impressively some of them slag off other comics, in these days where we're all afraid of upsetting people I was genuinely amused and it does show that if nothing else Tony Allen does have tons of the attitude that he so keenly promotes.
Anyone with an academic interest in the history of the 1980's alternative comedy scene in Britain will love this book.