Author(s): Macks, Jon
Jon Macks, a writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards, Hollywood Squares, and the nation's top comedians, politicians, and corporate leaders, knows his funny business. Here he demystifies the process of making people laugh, breaks down the building blocks and types of humor - which include self-deprecation, misdirection, deadpan delivery, sarcasm, and the reverse - and reveals the best approach to use in common situations. How to Be Funny features helpful (and hilarious) tips and anecdotes from the comic legends he's worked with in his ten years as one of the nation's top television writers.
