Packed with gags and examples of comedy at its best, Be Funny or Die is a fascinating investigation into how our species has developed and mastered this essential art form.
Packed with gags and examples of comedy at its best, Be Funny or Die is a fascinating investigation into how our species has developed and mastered this essential art form.
Joel Morris is a BAFTA-winning comedy writer. A long-time collaborator with Charlie Brooker and the co-creator of dimwit pundit Philomena Cunk, he has written for countless TV and radio shows, including Mitchell and Webb, Miranda and Murder in Successville, as well as the Paddington films. He co-created cult spoof newspaper The Framley Examiner, the hit Bollocks to Alton Towers tourist guides and the chartbusting Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups. Joel lives in London, UK.
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Disclaimer - 1 Comedy is Important - 3 PART ONE: COMEDY IS HUMAN The Funniest Joke in the World - 11 Human Laughter - 14 Human Comedy - 19 Freud Never Played Glasgow Empire - 25 What Clever People Have Reckoned - 32 Surprise! - 39 What’s Brown and Sticky? - 45 No Harm Meant - 49 Play-Fighting - 57 Typing ‘5318008’ on a Calculator - 61 Pretty Patterns - 66 The Rule of Three - 73 PART TWO: COMEDY IS MUSIC The Rhythm of Comedy - 81 The Music of Comedy - 84 The Comedy Keyboard - 89 Comedy Piano For Beginners - 95 Confuse: The Bum Note - 102 The Howl of Confusion - 108 Shaggy Dogs - 115 Sheer Nonsense - 120 The Lure of the Brillig - 126 The Bucket - 132 PART THREE: COMEDY IS US Laughing Together - 141 Mike is a Wanker - 147 Laughing Together - 151 The Tribe - 157 Anyone in From 1991? - 162 The Specifics - 169 These Robots Are Funny - 174 Shared Values - 178 Reading the Room - 183 Dangerous Laughs - 189 Only Teasing - 197 Comic Relief - 202 Woke Me Up Before You Go Go - 207 Raise the Right Flag - 211 PART FOUR: COMEDY IS CHARACTER Comedy is Fractal - 221 I Haven’t Learned a Thing - 230 Confirmation Bias - 234 I Wouldn’t Do That, If I Were Me - 239 A Dramatic Pause - 243 Patterns of People - 247 Character Pieces - 252 Double Act - 256 Marge & Dorothy & Velma & Ringo - 259 PART FIVE: COMEDY IS STORY Building the Clown Car - 271 The Shape of Story - 278 The Straight Story - 285 The Big Questions - 291 Is This the Right Room For an Argument? - 296 An Incredible Story - 303 Plot vs Story - 311 . . . AND THE PUNCHLINE The Secret of Comedy - 319 A Joke Amongst Friends - 322 Comedy is Big and Clever - 329 Hack Comedy - 331 Her Majesty - 334 Acknowledgements - 337 Epigraph Sources - 341 Resources - 349 A Note on the Author - 359 Supporters - 361
Disclaimer - 1 Comedy is Important - 3 PART ONE: COMEDY IS HUMAN The Funniest Joke in the World - 11 Human Laughter - 14 Human Comedy - 19 Freud Never Played Glasgow Empire - 25 What Clever People Have Reckoned - 32 Surprise! - 39 What’s Brown and Sticky? - 45 No Harm Meant - 49 Play-Fighting - 57 Typing ‘5318008’ on a Calculator - 61 Pretty Patterns - 66 The Rule of Three - 73 PART TWO: COMEDY IS MUSIC The Rhythm of Comedy - 81 The Music of Comedy - 84 The Comedy Keyboard - 89 Comedy Piano For Beginners - 95 Confuse: The Bum Note - 102 The Howl of Confusion - 108 Shaggy Dogs - 115 Sheer Nonsense - 120 The Lure of the Brillig - 126 The Bucket - 132 PART THREE: COMEDY IS US Laughing Together - 141 Mike is a Wanker - 147 Laughing Together - 151 The Tribe - 157 Anyone in From 1991? - 162 The Specifics - 169 These Robots Are Funny - 174 Shared Values - 178 Reading the Room - 183 Dangerous Laughs - 189 Only Teasing - 197 Comic Relief - 202 Woke Me Up Before You Go Go - 207 Raise the Right Flag - 211 PART FOUR: COMEDY IS CHARACTER Comedy is Fractal - 221 I Haven’t Learned a Thing - 230 Confirmation Bias - 234 I Wouldn’t Do That, If I Were Me - 239 A Dramatic Pause - 243 Patterns of People - 247 Character Pieces - 252 Double Act - 256 Marge & Dorothy & Velma & Ringo - 259 PART FIVE: COMEDY IS STORY Building the Clown Car - 271 The Shape of Story - 278 The Straight Story - 285 The Big Questions - 291 Is This the Right Room For an Argument? - 296 An Incredible Story - 303 Plot vs Story - 311 . . . AND THE PUNCHLINE The Secret of Comedy - 319 A Joke Amongst Friends - 322 Comedy is Big and Clever - 329 Hack Comedy - 331 Her Majesty - 334 Acknowledgements - 337 Epigraph Sources - 341 Resources - 349 A Note on the Author - 359 Supporters - 361
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