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- Headwriters - Custom comedy writing staffs comprised of nationally-known comedians.
- Comedy Writing Pros - Speech and presentation writers. Includes past client recommendations and biographies.
- Butler, Bill - Freelance corporate/commercial services. Samples and contact information included.
- Levitt, Mark - Corporate and production services. Includes writing samples, past clients, resume and contact information.
- Humber School of Comedy, The - Located in Toronto, Canada offering lessons in voice, physical, stand up, improvisation and sketch comedy, writing and theory courses. Contact, tuition and faculty information included.
- Artiglier, Kathy - Providing original presentations and re-writes. References, testimonials, samples, photos, and contact information included.
- Diary of a Second City Sketch Writer's Show - Jerry M. Krull's diary of putting together a sketch comedy show. His personal experience with The Second City Comedy Writing program in Chicago, IL. Writing and audition tips.
- Speechboosters - Provides reasonably priced custom made top ten lists, limericks, and roasts.
- Kaye, Joyce - Florida based comedienne performs retirement roasts and conducts comedy writing workshops.
- Hagerman - Performs shows at schools, theme parks and museums all over the country. Extreme Science, teaches children science through the use of comedy. Also writes professional comedy for a host of other performers.
Wikipedia Articles
- Humber College Comedy: Writing and Performance - The Humber School of Comedy (Comedy: Writing and Performance program) was founded in 1999, at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the first and only post-secondary degree program in comedy in the English-speaking world.
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Comedy Series - Outstanding Writing In a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material.
- Romantic comedy film - Romantic comedy films are movies with light-hearted, humorous dramatic stories centered around romantic ideals such as a "true love" able to surmount most obstacles Bill Johnson, "The Art of the Romantic Comedy", Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing (1996) or the "perfect couple." Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre of comedy films as well as of romance films.
- Hack (Comedy) - Hack is a term used primarily in stand-up comedy, but also sketch comedy, improv comedy, and comedy writing to refer to a joke or premise for a joke that is considered obvious and/or has been frequently used by comedians in the past, particularly by unskilled ones. Alternatively, it may refer to a comedian or performance group that uses hack ...
- Guitar comedy - Guitar comedy is a recent form of stand-up comedy in which acoustic guitar (with other possible accompaniments) is used to accentuate the humor of a comedy routine. Content and originality varies by performer, with some comedians writing original songs, others performing song parodies, and some doing a mix of both.