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"... a chuckle-a-minute sequel to How to be Funny." -- San Francisco Examiner
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For five decades as a writer, performer, and keen observer of the social scene, Steve Allen has looked into every aspect of who's funny, what's funny and why. Now he shares his discoveries in a book designed to help every reader develop his or her unique talent for funniness.
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Although my first volume on the art of comedy-How To Be Funny-ran to over three hundred pages, it became clear during the later phases of that manuscript's construction that there was no way to avoid the cliche about having "barely scratched the surface." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Los Angeles, Prickly Heat, Steve Allen, Bob Hope, Writing Funny Song Lyrics, Question Man, Harry Warren, Red Riding Hood, Writing Funny Letters, Writing Monologues, Johnny Carson, Las Vegas, Milton Berle, George Burns, Louis Nye, Miss Healy, Thinking Funny, Aunt Mag, Bill Dana, Don Knotts, Jonathan Winters, Robert Benchley, Ronald Reagan, Seymour Glick New!
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Although my first volume on the art of comedy-How To Be Funny-ran to over three hundred pages, it became clear during the later phases of that manuscript's construction that there was no way to avoid the cliche about having "barely scratched the surface." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
comic essays, creating cartoons, funny letters, other sketches, flop sweat Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Los Angeles, Prickly Heat, Steve Allen, Bob Hope, Writing Funny Song Lyrics, Question Man, Harry Warren, Red Riding Hood, Writing Funny Letters, Writing Monologues, Johnny Carson, Las Vegas, Milton Berle, George Burns, Louis Nye, Miss Healy, Thinking Funny, Aunt Mag, Bill Dana, Don Knotts, Jonathan Winters, Robert Benchley, Ronald Reagan, Seymour Glick New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Meeting of Minds : The Complete Scripts, With Illustrations, of the Amazingly Successful PBS-TV Series - Series II by Steve Allen in Front Matter, page 217, and page 224
- How to Make a Speech by Steve Allen in Front Matter, and page 242
- Your Life: Teacher's Resource by John Foster on page 167
- Frere Jacques (French Edition) by Fernand Nathan on page 278
- Bill of Rights by Instructor Books in Front Matter
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- Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004 by Roger Ebert on page 448
- Steve Allen's Private Joke File by Steve Allen in Front Matter
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