Comedy Writing Secrets 2nd Ed (Recommended by David DeAngelo
COMEDY WRITING SECRETS, Copyright 2005 © by Melvin Helitzer.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Helitzer, Melvin.
Comedy writing secrets: the best-selling book on how to think funny, write
funny, act funny, and get paid for it / by Mel Helitzer with Mark Shatz.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-58297-357-1 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Wit and humor—Authorship. I. Shatz, Mark. II. Title.
PN6149.A88H445 2005
808.7-dc22
2005014368
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