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Title The eight characters of comedy : a guide to sitcom acting and writing / by Scott Sedita.
Author Sedita, Scott.
Publication Info. Los Angeles, Calif. : Atides Pub., c2006.
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Location Call No. Status
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  791.45028 SED    Checked Out
 Southeast  791.45028 SED    Check Shelves
Description 243 p. ; 22 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Who's funny? -- Sitcom history -- Half hour technique: rhythm, words, punctuation, timing and pace, the turnaround, triplets -- Acting technique -- The four C's of comedy -- The characters: the logical smart one, the lovable loser, the neurotic, the dumb one, the bitch/bastard, the womanizer/manizer, the materialistic one, in their own universe -- Finding your comedic note -- Appendix 1: Ten rules of comedy -- Appendix 2: Who said that? -- Appendix 3: Glossary (finding the funny).
Subject Television comedies.
Television comedies -- Authorship.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Acting for television
Added Title 8 characters of comedy
ISBN 0977064107 : $17.99
9780977064106