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100	1		_9205 _aVorhaus, John
245	1	4	_aThe comic toolbox : _bhow to be funny even if you're not / _cby John Vorhaus.
260			_aLos Angeles : _bSilman-James Press, _cc1994.
300			_axvi, 191 p. ; _c23 cm.
505	0		_aCh. 1. Comedy is truth and pain -- Ch. 2. The will to risk -- Ch. 3. The comic premise -- Ch. 4. Comic character -- Ch. 5. Some tools from the toolbox -- Ch. 6. Types of comic stories -- Ch. 7. The comic throughline -- Ch. 8. More tools from the toolbox -- Ch. 9. Practical jokes -- Ch. 10. Comedy and jeopardy -- Ch. 11. Still more tools from the toolbox -- Ch. 12. Situation comedy -- Ch. 13. Sketch comedy -- Ch. 14. Toward polish and perfection -- Ch. 15. Scrapmetal and doughnuts -- Ch. 16. Homilies and exhortations.
520			_aIt is a straightforward workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem solving. Offers tools of the trade to writers, comics and anyone else who wants to be funny. Among these indispensable tools are clash of the context, tension and release, the law of comic opposites, the wildly inappropriate response and the myth of the last great idea.
650		0	_9206 _aComic, The
650		0	_9207 _aComedy
650		0	_9171 _aWriting skills
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