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	Honoring Comedy - Visual Writer
		"Comedy," I say repeatedly, "is the highest art." This may sound strange to "serious" actors, who spend years refining their approaches to drama, but there is good reason for my statement.
		Comedy makes us laugh at what is unexpected and different, disarming us, makes us identify with "different" characters, and lets us see their plight without raising defenses.
		Every comedy actor (comedian, comedienne), seems like he wants to be "taken seriously," as if comedy was only a distant cousin to the high art of drama.
	www.visualwriter.com /ScriptDr/Advanced/HonoringComedy.htm (1879 words)

	British comedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Comedy, in film, radio and television, is known for its consistently quirky characters, plots and settings, and has produced some of the most famous and memorable comic actors and characters in the last fifty years.
		British comedy films are legion, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s satires of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the "Doctor" series, and the long-running Carry On films.
		Radio comedy in Britain has been almost exclusively the preserve of the BBC, and a number of British radio comedies achieved considerable renown in the second half of the twentieth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_comedy (843 words)

	TV comedy television reviews
		This is because comedy writers in Britain are held in such high regard, and their talents are so sought after, that making them write more than six episodes would be milking their talents.
		English writers are given much more time to get it right, to experiment, to let their characters develop - the pat example being Only Fools and Horses, which didn’t go down too well at first.
		The worst thing about the transformation is that everything changed but the two writers and ‘stars’ and it was their fault it so bad in the first place.
	www.comedyonline.co.uk /pages/review1.html (1067 words)

	Comedy Writer Wanted
		Comedy Writing Pros is a staff of professional comedy, speech and presentation writers.
		Allison Silverman '94, a comedy writer for the "Late Show with Conan O'Brien," is living her dream.
		Bob Lacey, comedy writer and entertainment producer for some of the Bay Area's best-known comedy and musical acts, died Friday evening at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto a week after suffering a heart attack.
	www.freelancewritingresource.com /writing/comedy-writer-wanted.html (482 words)

	Writer's Encyclopedia--Letter V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A comedy writer who wants to reach a performer (and potential client) can sometimes find in Variety the address of the club or resort at which that person will be appearing.
		This is important to a writer's credibility—and to other aspects of his reputation, since misquoting in some instances leads to libel suits; in others, to a loss of confidence in the reporter on the part of a source or an editor.
		Instead of relying on another writer who may be in error, the writer should verify quoted statements with the people who made them, and facts with additional sources.
	www.writersmarket.com /encyc/v.asp (2373 words)

	CollegeBoundMag - CareerZone - Comedy Writer
		Jason Reich, associate writer for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, is behind a lot of those laughs you get while viewing the show.
		"There are meetings throughout the day with the other writers, producers, and Jon, where we decide which jokes work and which don't." By the end of the day, and after several rewrites, the staff has produced a program that will hopefully have the audience in stitches.
		He was pretty active outside of the classroom as well, writing for a sketch comedy group on campus.
	www.collegebound.net /collegeboundmag/careerzone/comedy.html (398 words)

	Danny Simon, comedy writer worked with playwright brother - The Boston Globe
		Danny Simon, a comedy writer who together with his brother, Neil, wrote for such classic 1950s television series as ''Your Show of Shows," died Tuesday in Portland, Ore., of complications of a stroke.
		WASHINGTON -- Danny Simon, a comedy writer who together with his brother, Neil, wrote for such classic 1950s television series as ''Your Show of Shows," died Tuesday in Portland, Ore., of complications of a stroke.
		He disliked teaching comedy as if it were a primer in the theories of Aristotle, saying, ''Aristotle hasn't written anything funny in years." He told students to watch John Cleese's comedy show ''Fawlty Towers" because, as he liked to point out, the angry humor stemmed from character.
	www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/07/28/danny_simon_comedy_writer_worked_with_playwright_brother (724 words)

	Douglas Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the strength of a bravura essay on religious poetry that mixed the Beatles with William Blake, he was awarded a place at St John's College, Cambridge to read English, entering in 1971.
		Lloyd and Adams also collaborated on an SF movie comedy project based on The Guinness Book of World Records, which would have starred John Cleese as the UN Secretary General, and had a race of aliens beating humans in athletic competitions, but the humans winning in all of the "absurd" record categories.
		The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a concept for a science-fiction comedy radio series pitched by Adams and radio producer Simon Brett to BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_adams (7662 words)

	Comedy Writers Archives \| Dead-Frog - A Comedy Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I've been firmly on the writers' side, allbeit queasily at times, but one fact mentioned in the court makes me absolutely certain that the claim is without merit: she was told she would be working in an environment where sexual explicit talk would occur.
		Though I was cautiously favoring the writers' side when I first blogged the lawsuit, this article tipped me there completely when it noted that plaintiff had none of the sexual references directed at her.
		I think for every writer and assistant there will need to be a waver which states that the employee acknowledges they will work in an environment where uncomfortable subject matter will come up in order to create material, don't sue.
	www.dead-frog.com /archives/comedy_writers (1837 words)

	The Seven Laws of Comedy Writing by David Evans
		As a professional comedy writer, you might become involved in a project that you don’t find funny for any number of reasons: The money seems too good to turn down; your agent presses you to do it; it seems like a good “career move.” But those are all dangerous reasons.
		But the real comedy of the movie comes from the unfolding character of the bodyguard, and this is done gradually throughout the whole film.
		Another aspect of timing is repetition, and what comedy writers call “the rule of three”- the repetition of something three times, with a switch at the end of the sequence.
	www.pilotproject.tv /7_laws_comedy_writing.html (1950 words)

	How to Write Comedy in Hollywood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As a writer, you are different from your wife, your children, your parents, your friends.
		In your labors as a writer, you are not a fan, not a consumer, not an observer, you are at the other end of the process, the disorderly end.
		What I found out that day and confirmed in the years that followed is that there is a large contingent of producers, studio and network executives, writers and actors who believe that the comedy writer's job is to create pure comedy, pure entertainment, comedy that doesn't offend or stimulate a thought or suggest an opinion.
	www.howtowritecomedy.com (5608 words)

	Comedy Writer Business Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Formulating a Comedy Writer Business Plan for your Comedy Writer Business is one of the most important tasks when starting up a Comedy Writer Business.
		It will help you set targets, collate all your ideas, plan for the future of your Comedy Writer Business and your Comedy Writer Business Plan will enable you to see if your idea for a Comedy Writer Business is realistic and workable.
		Your Comedy Writer Business Plan should be a coherent description of how your WM-FIELD: noplan raw nolink] will move from where it is now to where you want it to be.
	www.business-planning-4-you.com /plans/Comedy-Writer-Business-Plan.php (461 words)

	Writers Store: Comedy Writing Secrets - 2nd Edition - Mel Helitzer
		They've gathered some of the most successful comedy writers around to help you in your quest for comic gold.
		Successful comedy comes from comic characters and structures that make the laughs grow and extend for two hours.
		Comedy writer and popular university professor on "Humor Writing for Fun and Profit," Helitzer is a former Madison Avenue advertising agency president who has helped launch the careers of hundreds of students.
	www.writersstore.com /product.php?products_id=114&affiliate=ZAFFIL052 (334 words)

	Reviews of Writing Books -- Writers Write -- The IWJ*
		Comedy writer wannabes are introduced to the world of television comedy in this hard-hitting reference.
		This is an excellent guide for comedy television writers from comedy guru Jerry Rannow, who has written and produced for shows such as Happy Days, Welcome Back, Kotter and Love Boat.
		The not-so-simple fact is that writing is damned hard work and there's a lot of sweat, skill and technique involved." Rannow has plenty of comedy script writing advice and insight into the world of comedy television writing; aspiring comedy writers should read each and every word.
	www.writerswrite.com /journal/apr00/writing.htm (638 words)

	Fred Fox Sr., comedy writer for legendary entertainers - The Boston Globe
		LOS ANGELES -- Fred S. Fox Sr., a veteran comedy writer who worked for some of Hollywood's most legendary entertainers, including Bob Hope and George Burns, died Oct. 23 in Los Angeles of pneumonia, said his daughter, Jan. He was 90.
		The writer reluctantly did as he was told -- and the honeymoon couple were rewarded with a week at the luxurious Hope compound in Palm Springs.
		They didn't need writers; they were brilliant on their own," she said he often told his family and friends.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/11/04/fred_fox_sr_comedy_writer_for_legendary_entertainers (521 words)

	The UVic Writer's Guide: Comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Comedy depicts humorous incidents in which protagonists are faced with moderate difficulties but overcome them and the play ends happily.
		Instead of being isolated like tragic heroes, comic protagonists are comfortable with their society, or become so; and their success is brought about through cooperation with others.
		In "high" comedy, human folly arouses intellectual amusement as well as engaging the emotions; whereas "low" comedy arouses laughter through jokes and clowning that have more appeal to the emotions than the intellect.
	web.uvic.ca /wguide/Pages/LTComedy.html (290 words)

	Grop-land: Pro Comedy Writer for Hire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I have been writing standup comedy material for other comedians (in addition to my own act) for several years and have gained a reputation as a precise, effective and powerful joke writer.
		What IS relevant is that I am a good enough joke writer to make YOUR ACT stronger, smarter and more unique, and unlike many other comedians, I have the patience, the temperament and the method to actually work with you on your act.
		But if you are not a naturally born strong writer or you need a lot more time in your act to get to a higher level with paid gigs or other opportunities, I can help you produce material out of the facts of your life- or your imagination- that fit who you are.
	www.maximumlaughs.com /2004/12/pro-comedy-writer-for-hire.html (517 words)

	Comedy Wire Email Extra Sample
		It's a show about comedy writers, but there doesn't appear to be anyone involved in it who knows anything at all about writing comedy, or who even has much of a sense of humor.
		It's not the lack of comedy that grated on me, it was the tone of the comedy that they referred to, which was completely off.
		Speaking as a comedy writer from the futuristic year of 2006, I can assure them that doing jokes about Christian fundamentalists is hardly at the top of my worry list.
	www.comedy-wire.com /emailextra.html (931 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Comedy Bible : From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide: Books: Judy Carter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Using the hands-on workbook format that was so effective in her bestselling first book, Stand-Up Comedy: The Book, Carter offers a series of day-by-day exercises that draw on her many years as a successful stand-up comic and the head of a nationally known comedy school.
		Comedy timing and technique are required in this field, which needs comics to add funny character voices to cartoons, TV commercials, and feature animation.
		Actually, no matter which field of comedy you are interested in at the start of this book, be open to the possibility of shifting winds.
	www.amazon.ca /Comedy-Bible-Stand-up-Sitcom-Ultimate/dp/0743201256 (2632 words)

	Cut To: Comedy Writer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Check out Ideascape's Comedy Writer, a nifty little program that gives you a hand when trying to craft jokes and comical situations.
		Don't expect Comedy Writer to come up with the jokes for you.
		Comedy Writer is not the nicest program to look at - neither is the box or manual.
	www.scriptsales.com /RvwComedyWriter.html (303 words)

	Comedy Writer's Magazine: Upcoming Guests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		For nearly 6 years, Eric worked as a writer for Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, contributing to their acclaimed coverage of both the 2000 and 2004 elections.
		Chris Regan is a writer and a comedian who wrote for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" from 1999 through 2006.
		Regan had developed comedy pilots for both 20th Century Fox and Comedy Central, and his website This Day in Mythstory: 365 Days of Facts and (Mostly) Fictions will be the basis of a book published by Andrews McMeel in 2008— mythstory.net
	comedylunch.blogspot.com /2007/03/upcoming-guests.html (281 words)

	Geoff as Comedy Writer
		I am a comedy writer who is not being fully utilised in a commercial way that is profitable to Geoff Parfitt Enterprises.
		I am currently awaiting opportunities to engage in comedy writing for anyone who is ready to offer me a contract or commission.
		It is not in my best interests to display my origial material openly on this website, but if you would like to see examples of my comedy writing of a particular type, please let me know by email, and I can send you a good representative sample of what I can do in that style.
	www.geoffparfitt.supanet.com /index7.html (278 words)

	CNN - 'The Comedy Writer' - July 9, 1998
		CNN - 'The Comedy Writer' - July 9, 1998
		But Henry Halloran, the Protagonist in Peter Farrelly's new novel, "The Comedy Writer", takes the high road -- literally.
		"The Comedy Writer" is a joy to read, in part, because it does not reveal Henry Halloran's true nature too fast.
	www.cnn.com /books/reviews/9807/09/comedy.writer.cnn/index.html (394 words)

	BBC - Press Office - Manchester comedy writer in residence
		The BBC Comedy Unit in Manchester has announced that stand-up comedian and comedy writer Tony Burgess has won a £6,000 bursary to become the first comedy writer in residence at BBC Manchester.
		BBC Comedy Producers and Development Executives were also on hand to offer guidance and support.
		These half hour shows will be targeted at writers and performers based in the North of England and are designed to help develop the next generation of talent.
	www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/04_april/08/comedy_writer.shtml (585 words)

	C. SHAW WRITER -professional comedy and drama script writer artist. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Charles Shaw is a professional script writer and artist, with experience in all aspects of creative writing, including comedy, drama and poetry.
		I subsequently became a script writer, with many published and acclaimed scripts for comedy and drama, especially for television.
		Whether comedy or drama, poetry or television, I deliver a professional and friendly service, with a top quality script ready on time to meet your specifications.
	www.scriptwriterlondon.com (245 words)

	HeyLady.COMedy: Writer's Guidelines
		Even if you are not a member you can read the articles on the free levels of the Library to get a better idea which type of articles we're looking for.
		Very briefly, we look primarily for celebrity interviews, tips on writing comedy, editing jokes, dealing with agents, promoting yourself as a comedian.
		These articles may be on getting agents, writing comedy films, or simply joke structure.
	www.heylady.com /writers-guidelines.php (573 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Comedy Writer: Books: Peter Farrelly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Broken-hearted Henry Halloran, The Comedy Writer moves to L.A, to flip burgers and become a screenwriter.
		Rather than start his comedy script he writes a piece for the LA Times about why the system failed to save this woman and gives his account of the this poor woman's death.
		The thing about the "Comedy Writer" is it could all be so incredibly depressing but it's not.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Comedy-Writer-Peter-Farrelly/dp/0571205011 (1264 words)

	Comedy Classes, Humor Workshops, Learn Comedy, Comedian Classes, Learn to be a Comic, Learn Comedy, Comedy Cabaret
		After the final class, one participant may, that is may be chosen to perform at the Comedy Cabaret on a selected weekend.
		In fact, Castle was singled out by both his teacher, local comic, Joey Callahan, and Comedy Cabaret impressario, Andy Scarpati, as one of the best among the 21 comic wannabes from around the Delaware Valley who gathered here on six successive Wednesday evenings this fall to attend the Humor Workshop and Comedy Class.
		The Humor Workshop and Comedy Class Graduation show featuring 13 student comics plus comedian, Alan Marx, with emcee Joey Callahan, happens Thursday at 8:00 PM at the Bensalem/Northeast Philly Comedy Cabaret in the Best Western Hotel, 11580 Roosevelt Blvd. Tickets are $5.00 (215) 322-6642.
	www.comedycabaret.com /classes.html (2110 words)

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