Product Description: Want to be the last comic standing? You can! For years Jay Arthur, has been studying and reverse engineering how comedians think. With his co-author Karyn Ruth White, a standup comedian and professional speaker, they have refined the process and come up with the essential skills of how to think like a comedian and find the funny in everyday life.
The Seventh Sense: How to Think Like a Comedian I sent this book to my son who is in prison, as he has a great love of humor. He has written me twice thanking me, as it helps his spirit make it through the day. When his time is up he will leave it there to be passed among others to help them in that way. One day I pray that we will have less prisons but more rehabs., understanding, helping, healing, with humor,etc.. smile of Peace Marlene Frabasilio P.S. Thanks to Karyn Ruth
Lame I love comedy and I try to read anything I can about it. This book is extremely lame. It offers on real insight into generating humor, and finally tells you that there are other books that can help you do that better than this one. I have the books that the author recommends and they aren't that great. Half of this book consists of full pages with one lame joke per page, some just a whole page with a one liner. Most are repeated jokes from earlier pages. It's sad when an author cannot come up with enough material that they have to resort to wasting an entire page with a quote or joke. I really enjoy humor, and I am a fan of stand up comedy. Judging by the jokes that Karyn Ruth White fills almost half of the book with, she needs to study some of the methods of some good comedians. Yes humor is relative, but I don't know of anyone or their relatives that would find her jokes funny(The preceding joke is funnier than hers, and it's pretty bad). She tries to give you an example of a joke as she constructs it, then tells you "This is what makes it funny". The trouble is there was nothing funny about it. If you are interested in comedy in any form, I recommend The Comic Toolbox by John Vorhaus, and Comedy Writting by Mel Helitzer is pretty good, a little outdated, but good. I do not recommend Judy Carter's books, as Mrs. White does. If you are just wanting to become a little funnier with friends, How To Be Funny by Jon Macks is a pretty good book. Any of these are better than Karyn Ruth's book. Please don't waste your money on this lame piece of garbage. I think I'm the only one who has bought this books so far, because the only other two reviewers to date have to be the authors. Anyone can write a book, and here's the proof. As I was reading this I was thinking about people I know who try to be funny, but fail miserably, thinking they could have very well written this book. If you can't tell, I didn't like this book.
An ideal book for future stand-up comedians. I enjoyed this book thoroughly.Both authors explain everything in simple English.Nothing boring here.The are many ideas in this book to help develop more material.The book holds your attention and the jokes throughout are enjoyable.This is a definite book that you should add to your collection if stand-up comedy is your goal.
An excellent guide not only for aspiring comedians Jay Arthur is a master practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Karyn Ruth White is a standup comedian and professional speaker. In Your Seventh Sense: How To Think Like A Comedian these two quite diverse experts work together to offer the reader an introduction of the essential skills required to "think like a comedian". Chapters address how to hone one's comedy radar, learning to refine one's act before taking it public, transforming random ideas into belly-laugh gold, and much more. Each two-page spread offers solid advice on one page, and a humorous or inspirational comedy-related quote on the other. An excellent guide not only for aspiring comedians, but also for those seeking to learn just enough of the art to liven up their speeches and presentations.
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