{"product_id":"make-em-laugh-9780879758370","title":"Make 'Em Laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steve Allen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Form - Parodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe success of Steve Allen's How To Be Funny led first to the republication of that book, and now occasioned a companion volume, Make 'Em Laugh. This new how-to book about the art of comedy includes an even richer assortment of examples of the author's unique humor. \u003cbr\u003eIn Make 'Em Laugh, Allen laces his formal instruction with hilarious ad-libs, written jokes, TV comedy sketches, satires, song parodies, humorous essays, amusing autobiographical reminiscences, one-act plays, witty speeches, and stand-up monologues from his comedy concerts. \u003cbr\u003eNoel Coward called Steve Allen the most talented man in America, and he is probably the most borrowed-from comedian of all time. The perceptive reader will recognize many of the comic ideas that Allen originated during the \"Golden Age\" of television comedy - ideas that are still influential in the 1990's. \u003cbr\u003eIf there were a college course in creating and performing comedy, Make 'Em Laugh would be the ideal textbook.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45410040610967,"sku":"9780879758370","price":2507.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780879758370.webp?v=1767312411","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/make-em-laugh-9780879758370","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}