How To Be A Working Comic

An Insider's Guide To A Career In Stand-Up Comedy

ABOUT DAVE

COMEDY WORKSHOPS

COMEDY FAQs & ANSWERS

KEYNOTE & SEMINARS

THE BEATLES IN CLEVELAND

COMEDIAN EMAIL LIST

PHOTOS

CONTACT

By Dave Schwensen

Back Stage Books / Imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications

ISBN: 0-8230-8814-6

176 Pages

Here's the world of comedy in one supportive, informative and enjoyable package by an author with the expertise and experience aspiring comedians will benefit from. Plus invaluable advice and career experience from many of today's top performers, including:

Drew Carey... Carrot Top... Bobby Collins... Micky Dolenz... Jeff Dunham... Jeff Foxworthy... Budd Friedman... Rene Hicks... Dom Irrera...The Amazing Johnathan... Scott LaRose... Reggie McFadden... Rick Overton... Tom Rhodes... Rhonda Shear... Rondell Sheridan...Tommy Smothers... and more!

Foreword by Ray Romano, star of the hit show Everybody Loves Raymond

How To Be A Working Comic tells it like it really is: To have a career and survive, you must have an understanding of the industry - and to be a success you must be fully prepared. Author Dave Schwensen provides this information and more insider's advice than any other manual, explaining how to try out material; get on-stage experience; market your act to talent bookers, agents and managers; go on the road; get on television and much, much more.

"The volume is full of proactive ideas and hands-on experience... You'll find Schwensen's book a valuable resource no matter what career level you may have achieved" - Back Stage, The Performing Arts Weekly

"Comedy is a serious business. Schwensen, in creating a 176-page labor of love and laughter, underscores just how serious a business it is." - Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"A great way to get comedy advice from Ray Romano, Drew Carey and Dom Irrera without having to buy them drinks at The Improv." - Shecky! Comedy Magazine

"A MUST have!" - The Comic Bible

"This instant industry classic is brimming with enough priceless tips to help even the most clueless comedian." - Spot Entertainment Magazine

"Being funny is one thing. Doing it for a living is something else... How To Be A Working Comic works as an effective 'how-not-to-fail' cautionary guide as much as it does a 'how-to-succeed' tract. It works because it is written by an eyewitness to the bombs and slaughters onstage and the wacky triumphs of the unflappable, unflinching heroes of humor, as they do battle with the world-weary in the nightly 'kill-em-with-laughter' Armageddon known as stand-up comedy." - The Morning Journal.

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