You Gotta Stand Up
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You Gotta Stand Up
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Author : Chris Drake
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009-03-26
You Gotta Stand Up written by Chris Drake and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
If it’s true that we’re known by the company we keep, then Texas humorist, First Amendment Advocate, “Hee Haw’s homespun philosopher, and 1950s media blacklist buster, John Henry Faulk’s character was first quality. His story intersects some of America’s best and brightest: Eugene Victor Debs, the “Texas Triumvirate,” Edward R. Murrow, Mark Goodson, Louis Nizer, Myrna Loy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe Papp, and host of others. Consciously risking a lucrative television career, he seized “the buzzards of repression” during the McCarthy era, and “rung their sorry necks.” However, living up to his father’s admonition to “do something for the people,” he kissed his big time media career goodbye, and people still ask what made him do what he did. Perhaps this biography will help explain. John Henry Faulk’s reputation runs an extraordinary gamut from blue collared everymen who wonder why a man throws away a future on television and millions of dollars, to intellectuals who couldn’t imagine why a groundbreaking folklorist with his gifts, skills, and reputation would associate himself with such lowbrow entertainments as “Hee Haw.” Permanently identified by his precedent breaking lawsuit as, “the man who broke the blacklist,” John Henry spent a life baffling those who tried to pigeonhole him.
Stand Up Preaching
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Author : Jacob D. Myers
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-10-06
Stand Up Preaching written by Jacob D. Myers and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-06 with Religion categories.
Few vocations share more in common with preaching than stand-up comedy. Each profession demands attention to the speaker's bodily and facial gestures, tone and inflection, timing, and thoughtful engagement with contemporary contexts. Furthermore, both preaching and stand-up arise out of creative tension with homiletic or comedic traditions, respectively. Every time the preacher steps into the pulpit or the comedian steps onto the stage, they must measure their words and gestures against their audience's expectations and assumptions. They participate in a kind of dance that is at once choreographed and open to improvisation. It is these and similar commonalities between preaching and stand-up comedy that this book engages. Stand-Up Preaching does not aim to help preachers tell better jokes. The focus of this book is far more expansive. Given the recent popularity of comedy specials, preachers have greater access to a broad array of emerging comics who showcase fresh comedic styles and variations on comedic traditions. Coupled with the perennial Def Comedy Jams on HBO, preachers also have ready access to the work of classic comics who have exhibited great storytelling and stage presence. This book will offer readers tools to discern what is homiletically significant in historical and contemporary stand-up routines, equipping them with fresh ways to riff off of their respective preaching traditions, and nuanced ways to engage issues of contemporary sociopolitical importance.
The Making Of A Stand Up Guy
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Author : Charlie Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-11-14
The Making Of A Stand Up Guy written by Charlie Murphy and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-14 with Humor categories.
As one of the most popular performers on Comedy Central’s mega-hit The Chappelle Show, Charlie Murphy—older brother of comedy legend Eddie Murphy—shares his passion for comedy and tells his true Hollywood stories in this juicy and highly entertaining memoir. Once described by Chris Rock as “Eddie Murphy on acid,” Charlie Murphy has achieved fame as a recurring performer on the critically acclaimed, three-time Emmy-nominated cult sensation Chappelle’s Show on Comedy Central. Celebrated in particular for his “Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories” skits, featuring hilarious renditions of Rick James and Prince, Murphy now recounts many of the actual stories that inspired these popular sketches in vivid and comical detail in Doing Time: The Making of a Stand-Up Guy. With his flare for storytelling and his distinctive and fearless voice, it’s no wonder that Charlie Murphy has been the subject of many featured stories in numerous magazines, including GQ, Essence, Rolling Stone, and he was recently listed as one of the Hottest People to Watch in Entertainment Weekly’s “Must List.” Featuring outrageous misadventures as part of his younger brother Eddie’s entourage, and hysterical encounters with numerous celebrities, Doing Time: The Making of a Stand-Up Guy is a fascinating and wildly funny chronicle from one of the most talented comedians today.
Stand Up
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Author : Mark E. Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2021-05-06
Stand Up written by Mark E. Lyons and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-06 with Humor categories.
Stand Up is a genius at work again! Here, Mark E. Lyons's gift for writing amazes me, even more in this magnificent piece of work. Taking boredom by the horns and putting it in the back seat and letting laughter rule how much time we spend with our heads buried in the sand or starting out on a gloomy Monday wearing a frown or facing each early morning as if we just bit into a lemon. Well, my friend, Mark E. Lyons has arranged a variety of one-liners, jokes, and outrageously funny stories you will ever read. A piece of work so desperately needed in such an unfriendly world-ideal for teens, high school students, moms, and dads. So loosen up, sit back, and enjoy a great medicine for an aching soul. Comedy at its finest-live, love, and laugh, laugh, laugh! In his newest addition to the family, Stand Up by Mark E. Lyons.
Stand Up Comedians On Television
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Author : Museum of Television and Radio (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher: ABRAMS
Release Date : 1996
Stand Up Comedians On Television written by Museum of Television and Radio (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by ABRAMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From Milton Berle to Jerry Seinfeld, stand-up comics have kept huge TV audiences roaring with laughter for 40 years. Honoring this long tradition, The Museum of Television & Radio presents lively essays and more than 125 photographs focused on stand-ups. Includes dozens of routines, gags, stories, and patter from such comics as Brett Butler, Jay Leno, Woody Allen, and others.
Would The Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up
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Author : Gerry Ryan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2008-10-12
Would The Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up written by Gerry Ryan and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gerry Ryan on life, the world, the universe - and a few things besides. Here are his experiences, stories and opinions drawn from nearly thirty years of talking to the nation. It's a sharp, punchy read all told in his no-nonsense, irreverent, straight to the bone style. It's the best, the worst, the funniest, the most outrageous. And threaded through it's the story of coming of age as a broadcaster at the same time as Ireland became a truly modern country. A smart, sassy and wildly entertaining read.
Mastering Stand Up
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Author : Stephen Rosenfield
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2017-11-01
Mastering Stand Up written by Stephen Rosenfield and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Stephen Rosenfield, founder and director of the American Comedy Institute, the premier comedy school in the United States, has taught literally dozens of major standup comics in North America, and has also pioneered comedy as an academic discipline in many universities, a trend that is rapidly spreading. Mastering Stand-Up draws on Rosenfield's own extensive experience (and those of countless stars like Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Rodney Dangerfield, Louis C.K., Steve Martin, Roseanne, and Johnny Carson) to show the reader—and would-be comic—what works, what doesn't, and why. Forty sharply written chapters cover every conceivable angle of the joke and how to tell it. There are a number of books on comedy and how to do it, but none has the breadth and authority Rosenfield brings to his theme. It's not for nothing that the New York Times has described him as "probably the best-known comedy teacher in the country." Rosenfield's book is sure to become the classic text on its subject. And it should help thousands who long to make others laugh to realize their fondest hopes.
Shout Your Abortion
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Author : Amelia Bonow
language : en
Publisher: PM Press
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Shout Your Abortion written by Amelia Bonow and has been published by PM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Social Science categories.
Following the U.S. Congress’s attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion became a viral conduit for abortion storytelling, receiving extensive media coverage and positioning real human experiences at the center of America’s abortion debate for the very first time. The online momentum sparked a grassroots movement that has subsequently inspired countless individuals to share their abortion stories in art, media, and community events all over the country, and to begin building platforms for others to do the same. Shout Your Abortion is a collection of photos, essays, and creative work inspired by the movement of the same name, a template for building new communities of healing, and a call to action. Since SYA’s inception, people all over the country have shared stories and begun organizing in a range of ways: making art, hosting comedy shows, creating abortion-positive clothing, altering billboards, starting conversations that had never happened before. This book documents some of these projects and illuminates the individuals who have breathed life into this movement, illustrating the profound liberatory and political power of defying shame and claiming sole authorship of our experiences. With Roe vs. Wade on the brink of reversal, the act of shouting one’s abortion has become explicitly radical, and Shout Your Abortion is needed more urgently than ever before.
Deception
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Author : Celeste Walters
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date : 2005
Deception written by Celeste Walters and has been published by Univ. of Queensland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"Between a mother and son there can be a very thin line connecting lies and silence ... On the streets of the city, Josh will find his own power. And reach through the silences"--Page 4 of cover.
Tamarack River Ghost
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Author : Jerold W. Apps
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2012-11-02
Tamarack River Ghost written by Jerold W. Apps and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-02 with Fiction categories.
When journalist Josh Wittmore moves from the Illinois bureau of Farm Country News to the newspaper’s national office in Wisconsin, he encounters the biggest story of his young career—just as the paper’s finances may lead to its closure. Josh’s big story is that a corporation that plans to establish an enormous hog farm has bought a lot of land along the Tamarack River in bucolic Ames County. Some of the local residents and officials are excited about the jobs and tax revenues that the big farm will bring, while others worry about truck traffic, porcine aromas, and manure runoff polluting the river. And how would the arrival of a large agribusiness affect life and traditions in this tightly knit rural community of family farmers? Josh strives to provide impartial agricultural reporting, even as his newspaper is replaced by a new Internet-only version owned by a former New York investment banker. And it seems that there may be another force in play: the vengeful ghost of a drowned logger who locals say haunts the valley of the Tamarack River.