On Jokes (Or, Why Everything You Know about Comedy Is Wrong): The Hidden Mechanics of Funny
Jimmy Carr,Amanda Baker,Abi GrantSale price:$25.50
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The Big Bang
Natural Selection
E = mc2 All pretty decent theories, that beg one question: why has no-one discovered a fully unified theory for what makes jokes funny? Well, comedy director Amanda Baker, comedy writer Abi Grant and stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr have done just that. In this book, in case that's not obvious. From how to identify the families of jokes, to decoding the building blocks of comedy, to the real - and brand new - secret to comic timing, On Jokes does for comedy what decoding the genome did for designer babies. The essential manual for any aspiring comedian, this book can make anyone funny. Even you.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia
Published: 10/20/2026
ISBN: 9781529454222
Pages: 384
Natural Selection
E = mc2 All pretty decent theories, that beg one question: why has no-one discovered a fully unified theory for what makes jokes funny? Well, comedy director Amanda Baker, comedy writer Abi Grant and stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr have done just that. In this book, in case that's not obvious. From how to identify the families of jokes, to decoding the building blocks of comedy, to the real - and brand new - secret to comic timing, On Jokes does for comedy what decoding the genome did for designer babies. The essential manual for any aspiring comedian, this book can make anyone funny. Even you.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia
Published: 10/20/2026
ISBN: 9781529454222
Pages: 384