This entertaining and sharply written guide--for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers--examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie ...

The Ethnic Encyclopedia of Laughter Frank Holder, Darryl Littleton. Hannibal Buress (The Comedy Hall of Fame Archives) t can be said that Buress is not the corporate type. When he wrote ...

It was Hannibal Buress, a black comedian himself, who was instrumental in bringing the accusations to light in 2014. Other African American comedians joined the criticism of what they perceived to be Cosby's holier-than-thou lectures to ...

The example comes out of the mouth of stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress. Throughout my narration of this example, I will not refer to this person as “Mr.” I have a few salutations that I would love to bestow on him, but “Mr.” is not one of them.

The comedians were Hannibal Buress who, although well-established on the comedy circuit, has only recently ... The rhythm of the show involved each guest being invited to stand up at the microphone after either a kind or a mocking ...

This danger is always present in comedy: if a joke makes fun of a target too well, the comedian may find the audience comes to associate them with that particular target. Hannibal Buress ended his mockery of Bill Cosby by claiming that “Bill ...

This is story of Lambert's journey, a behind-the-scenes look at the world of show business, and an inspiring tale for any would-be entrepreneur.

Debauched, divorced and courting death, Billy Ray Schafer is a comedian who has forgotten how to laugh.

Since the 1960s, the history of New York comedy has been written on stage, night after night, its definitive voices: the ... Williamsburg's Cameo (www.cameo ny.com); the Knitting Factory's Comedy at KFBK with Hannibal Buress (see p322 ); and ...

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