{"product_id":"mastering-stand-up-by-stephen-rosenfield-9781613736920","title":"Mastering Stand-Up","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Rosenfield, founder and director of the American Comedy Institute, the premier comedy school in the United States, has taught literally dozens of major stand-up comics in North America and has also pioneered comedy as an academic discipline in many universities, a trend that is rapidly spreading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMastering Stand-Up\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eForty sharply written chapters cover every conceivable angle of the joke and how to tell it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere 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 \u003cem\u003eprobably the best-known comedy teacher in the country\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 realise their fondest hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431557578988,"sku":"9781613736920","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781613736920.jpg?v=1774557563","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/mastering-stand-up-by-stephen-rosenfield-9781613736920","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}