Film And Television In Jokes

Author : Bill van Heerden
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612064
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film and Television In-Jokes written by Bill van Heerden and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Only the Lonely (1991), Ally Sheedy appeases prospective mother-in-law Maureen O'Hara by going along to see the 1939 film How Green Was My Valley--starring Maureen O'Hara. Richard LaGravenese, slighted by critic Gene Siskel over his screenplay for The Fisher King (1991) wrote an unsavory character named Siskel into The Ref (1994). Movies and television shows often feature inside jokes. Sometimes there are characters named after crew members. Directors are often featured in cameo appearances--Alfred Hitchcock's silhouette can be seen in Family Plot (1976), for example. This work catalogs such occurrences. Each entry includes the title of the film or show, year of release, and a full description of the in-joke.

Author : Neil Archer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350985506
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond a Joke written by Neil Archer and published by . This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the variety of ways British film culture has used forms of parody, from the 1960s to the present day. It provides a contextual and textual analysis of a range of works that, while popular, have only rarely been the subject of serious academic attention from Morecambe and Wise to Shaun of the Dead to the London 2012 Olympics' opening ceremony. Combining the methodologies of both film history and film theory, Beyond a Joke locates parody within specific industrial and cultural moments, while also looking in detail at the aesthetics of parody as a mode. Ultimately, such works are shown to be a form of culturally specific film or televisual product for exporting to the global market, in which 'Britishness', shaped in self-mocking and ironic terms, becomes the selling point. Written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout with a diverse range of examples, Beyond a Joke is the first book to explore parody within a specifically British context and makes an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on both British and global film culture.

Author : Frank Krutnik
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134946856
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Film and Television Comedy written by Frank Krutnik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Neale and Frank Krutnik take as their starting point the remarkable diversity of comedy's forms and modes - feature-length narratives, sketches and shorts, sit-com and variety, slapstick and romance. Relating this diversity to the variety of comedy's basic conventions - from happy endings to the presence of gags and the involvement of humour and laughter - they seek both to explain the nature of these forms and conventions and to relate them to their institutional contexts. They propose that all forms and modes of the comic involve deviations from aesthetic and cultural conventions and norms, and, to demonstrate this, they discuss a wide range of programmes and films, from Blackadder to Bringing up Baby, from City Limits to Blind Date, from the Roadrunner cartoons to Bless this House and The Two Ronnies. Comedies looked at in particular detail include: the classic slapstick films of Keaton, Lloyd, and Chaplin; Hollywood's 'screwball' comedies of the 1930s and 1940s; Monty Python, Hancock, and Steptoe and Son. The authors also relate their discussion to radio comedy.

Author : Rob Long
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408855836
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conversations with My Agent (and Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke) written by Rob Long and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barely out of film school, Rob Long struck the jackpot and landed a job on the phenomenally successful TV sitcom, Cheers. However, with the demise of the show, Long was faced with the question, 'Is there life after Cheers?' Mercilessly witty about the daunting process of setting up a new series and getting it on air, these two books tell the absurd tale of what came next. Getting from pitch to pilot is a tricky path to navigate successfully, from making non-negotiable changes and deal-breaking edits, combined with accommodating the whims of studios, networks and agents, often the finished product ends up a long way from where the script-writer started. With the help of his agent, her constant demands, monstrous salesmanship, brutal irony and unswerving loyalty, Long's career fluctuates from wannabe to player, from award-winning script-writer to burnt out has-been. And it's all, as he says 'half true'.

Author : Martha Bolton
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780806972466
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TV Jokes and Riddles written by Martha Bolton and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1992-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Desberg
Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0757054455
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Now That's Funny! written by Peter Desberg and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a feeling of pure delight that comes from laughing out loud while watching a hilarious movie or a TV show. Yet as funny as these lines may be, they are the work of people you will never see. The magic behind any comedy hit begins when an idea is hatched in the mind of a comedy writer and is then put down on paper. And while few of us are privy to this fascinating process, for writers Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis, the challenge of observing and understanding how comedy is born has culminated in a unique new book, Now That’s Funny! Desberg and Davis provide an intimate look into the minds of twenty-four of Hollywood’s funniest comedy writers, who have given us such shows as: Saturday Night Live Monk Everybody Loves Raymond The Simpsons Frasier Maude Home Improvement Valerie Modern Family Cheers There’s Something about Mary The Honeymooners Suddenly Susan Newhart Sabrina the Teenage Witch Archie Bunker’s Place The Tracey Ullman Show Wings Who’s The Boss? and more How do you get to see the creative wheels turn? The authors’ premise was simple: Using a Q and A format, they provided each writer with a story idea and let them run with it. Each of the writers was told there were no rules, no boundaries, and no limits! Because everyone started with the same concept, the authors could see how some writers jumped in and began creating, while others asked lots of questions; how some writers stuck closely to the premise, while others turned it on its head. What emerges is an entertaining look—illuminating and hilarious in turn—at the creative process behind hit TV shows and movies. If you’re one of the millions who have enjoyed watching the work of comedy writers, here is an opportunity to go behind the scenes and see the madness unfold. Now that’s funny!

Author : John Mundy
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526130521
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laughing matters written by John Mundy and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughing Matters takes an analytic approach to film, television and radio comedy and provides an accessible overview of its forms and contexts. The introduction explains the value of studying comedy, concisely outlines the approach taken and summarises the relevant theories. The subsequent chapters are divided into two parts. The first part examines the specific forms comedy has taken as a constant and key element in film and broadcast comedy from their origins to the present. The second part shows how the genre gravitates towards contentious issues in British and American culture as it finds humour in the boundaries of class, gender, sexuality, race and logic. The authors cover silent cinema comedy including Chaplin, Lloyd and Keaton, sound film comedies including the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, Romantic film comedy, radio, television situation and sketch comedy, comedy and genre (including parody and spoof), animations from cartoons to CGI, issues of gender and sexuality from drag comedy to queer reading, issues of taste and humour from Carry On to contemporary 'gross-out' , and issues of race and ethnicity including a case study of African-American screen comedy. Numerous opportunities for following up are highlighted and advice on further reading, writing academically about comedy and an extensive bibliography add to the value of this textbook.

Author : Alan Buxton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853759192
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best. Gags. Ever! written by Alan Buxton and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mammoth collection of the funniest one-liners, jokes, and gags ever uttered"" ""Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people only once a year." --"Victor Borge""" ""When you have a fat friend, there are no see-saws; only catapults." --Demetri Martin""" ""Well, it's 1am. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids." --""Homer Simpson""" ""Old McDonald was dyslexic, E-O-I-O-E." --""Billy Connolly""" ""A man in the house is worth two in the street." --""Mae West" From Groucho to Gervais--this is the ultimate collection of more than 1,000 of the world's funniest jokes, one-liners, and zingers from stand-up, film, and television. This book is filled with the funniest quotes from the greatest comedians, actors, and actresses ever to walk the Earth. Containing thousands of great observations and jokes, the variety in this book is incredible, and the uniting factor is simple: great, funny lines

Author : M.B. Chatfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crack Up with ChatGPT: A Treasury of Funny Jokes written by M.B. Chatfield and published by . This book was released on with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash Non-Stop Laughter with ChatGPT: AHilarious Journey Through AI-Generated Comedy Get ready to crack up with Crack Up with ChatGPT: A Treasury of Funny Jokes, a laugh-a-minute collection of jokes meticulously crafted by the ingenious ChatGPT language model. Prepare to be amazed by the incredible wit and creativity of AI as you delve into a treasure trove of hilarious material that will leave you in stitches. What makes Crack Up with ChatGPT the perfect pick-me-up? A Side-Splitting Selection: From classic one-liners and puns to clever situational humor and witty observations, this book offers a diverse range of jokes to tickle every funny bone. AI Humor at Its Finest: Witness the brilliance of ChatGPT as it generates original jokes that are both relatable and laugh-out-loud funny. A Gift That Keeps on Giving: Share the joy with friends and family. Crack Up with ChatGPT is the perfect conversation starter and guaranteed to bring laughter to any gathering. The Perfect Size for On-the-Go Fun: This compact and portable book is your ideal companion for commutes, waiting rooms, or whenever you need a quick dose of laughter. Crack Up with ChatGPT is more than just a joke book; it's a testament to the power of AI to create humor that's both intelligent and side-splitting. Here's a sneak peek at the fun that awaits you: Classic Jokes with a Modern Twist: Enjoy a refreshing take on your favorite one-liners and puns, all reimagined by the witty ChatGPT. Hilarious Observations on Everyday Life: Find humor in the ordinary with ChatGPT's clever takes on relatable situations. Unexpected Gems: Prepare to be surprised by original jokes and witty remarks that will have you chuckling long after you've read them. Crack Up with ChatGPT is perfect for: Anyone who loves a good laugh Fans of AI and technology People looking for a way to de-stress and lighten the mood Those seeking a unique conversation starter Grab your copy today and embark on a laughter-filled adventure with ChatGPT! #Humor #AIJokes #FunnyBooks #LaughOutLoud #GiftIdeas #Joke #AIWit #RobotComedy #MachineHumor #AI-PoweredJokes #ChatGPTJokes #FunnyPuns #JokeCollection #Wordplay #Punny #ChatGPT #Funny #HilariousMoments #AIQuirks #FamilyFun #Anecdotes #ChatGPT #Hilarious #AI #Fun #Wit #Robot #Machine #Laughter #Comeny

Author : Rob Long
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408855828
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conversations with My Agent (And Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke) written by Rob Long and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barely out of film school, Rob Long struck the jackpot and landed a job on the phenomenally successful TV sitcom, Cheers. However, with the demise of the show, Long was faced with the question, 'Is there life after Cheers?' Mercilessly witty about the daunting process of setting up a new series and getting it on air, these two books tell the absurd tale of what came next. Getting from pitch to pilot is a tricky path to navigate successfully, from making non-negotiable changes and deal-breaking edits, combined with accommodating the whims of studios, networks and agents, often the finished product ends up a long way from where the script-writer started. With the help of his agent, her constant demands, monstrous salesmanship, brutal irony and unswerving loyalty, Long's career fluctuates from wannabe to player, from award-winning script-writer to burnt out has-been. And it's all, as he says 'half true'.