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# The Comic Toolbox How to Be Funny Even If You're Not

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Review: My Fav How-To book - John Vourhaus has many book worth reading. But if you only read one, or only have time to read one book about comedy, read this one. You’ll be glad you did!
Review: Comedy and Life.... Life and Comedy - More than just comedy, John Vorhaus is able to weave in advice that is applicable to, lets face it, most aspects of life! Because of this, you have a philosophical deep dive into comedy that goes far beyond just getting a laugh. There's a reason it's such a widely recommend foundational tool. Don't worry though -- this book is perfect for comedians of every level!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #134,518 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #303 in Fiction Writing Reference (Books) #336 in Performing Arts (Books) #1,692 in Movies (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (600) |
| Dimensions  | 6.18 x 0.54 x 8.87 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 1879505215 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1879505216 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 191 pages |
| Publication date  | July 1, 1994 |
| Publisher  | Silman-James Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Fav How-To book
*by R***T on October 11, 2025*

John Vourhaus has many book worth reading. But if you only read one, or only have time to read one book about comedy, read this one. You’ll be glad you did!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Comedy and Life.... Life and Comedy
*by M***J on February 17, 2025*

More than just comedy, John Vorhaus is able to weave in advice that is applicable to, lets face it, most aspects of life! Because of this, you have a philosophical deep dive into comedy that goes far beyond just getting a laugh. There's a reason it's such a widely recommend foundational tool. Don't worry though -- this book is perfect for comedians of every level!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you're not blessed with the humor gene, Vorhaus can help
*by J***Y on April 13, 2012*

I bought this book because I wanted to see if there were guidelines for humor. I like steps, a plan, Rules A, B, C that will insure I achieve the right end result. And the book's byline--"A funny idea is worthless until you understand the mechanics of its construction and execution. Meet Mr. Goodwrench."--made it sound like I'd found my blueprint. Besides being a successful comic writer for most of his life with credits for a variety of sitcoms, Vorhaus taught at a variety of Film-oriented schools including the American Film Institute. What he does in the book is distill his lifetime of comedy writing into a how-to toolkit on creating humor. He starts by analyzing humor, explaining why some lines are funny and others aren't, with lots of examples. You can't get bored reading this book because the moment it starts to feel like a textbook, it breaks out into a joke (What do you get when you cross a Jehovah's Witness with an agnostic? Someone who rings your doorbell for no apparent reason). Here are some hints that made sense to me in my quest for humor: mix truth with pain (A man falls off a cliff. As he plummets to his death, he's heard to mutter, 'So far, so good.') be willing to risk making yourself look stupid for every ten jokes you tell, nine will be trash the comic premise is the gap between comic reality and real reality (for example, in the comic strip Peanuts, there's a gap between Snoopy's 'real' reality--he's a dog--and his 'comic' reality--he's a World War I flying ace humor through exaggeration (Jerry Lewis is the supreme bumbler)--and be bold about it clash of context--a forced union of incompatibles--i.e., lunar golf course, Madonna sings opera the wildly inappropriate response--For example, a backyard barbeque with militant vegetarianism, at a baseball game cheering for the vendors the law of comic opposites tension and release Each chapter, he not only explains the comedic tool, he encourages the reader to practice the tool. For example, in the chapter, The Comic Premise, readers must write a mundane task (i.e., going to a store) and what would make that out of the ordinary (shopping for Uzis). Here's one example I liked: a mundane event--the Magna Carta; out of the ordinary rejoinder--written by e.e. cummings. In a nutshell, Vorhaus breaks comedy down into its bits and pieces. Yes, some people are blessed with the comic gene, a funny bone that turns life into a laugh tape, but the rest of us need help. Since I'm a firm believer that every story goes better with a sense of humor (I get a lot of my funny-isms from my naturally-talented husband), you'll want to spend a couple hours with this book.

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