The Sitcom Handbook

by Phil Ramuno, Mary Lou Belli, Henry Winkler

Book Overview

Here is a comprehensive career handbook to the television sitcom. Revealed are the rules, the language, and the traditions of this popular art form and how the pacing, jokes and dialogue in a sitcom... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823028747
• ISBN13: 9780823028740
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Back Stage Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

.. there's hope for all who enter here

This book is a must read for students contemplating the change to the real world of television employment. Concise, compassionate and clear, I recommend this volume to all the students who come my way.

I CAN make a career of it!

This book has inspired me to achieve my dream to become a working actor in Hollywood. At times, it's a challenging path, but this book offers practical and thoughtful tips that will help me to advance my career to the next level. Thank you for giving us this gem of a book, Mary Lou Belli and Phil Ramuno!

Perky Patty Parkerson is pleased with this purchase!

This is a must have for actors and writers interested in making a career in sitcoms. Mary Lou Belli and Phil Ramuno thoroughly explain the specifics of each day on a sitcom set. They illustrate the different types of jokes and define what makes each of them funny. And, they pepper the book with fun, informative anecdotes. I will read this book again and again! Mostly, because I can never remember anything... But still, the book is that good!

The only book on sitcoms that tells the complete truth

The authors leave no stone unturned as they walk you through every aspect of sitcoms. Required reading for anyone looking to break in.

thought you knew?

I just finished reading this book and enjoyed it. It read like a magazine article. Info, info, personal account, summaries, and recaps. It kept me interested by giving the personal insights of actors, casting directors and sitcom vets (all recognizable names unless you're under a rock) who are point blank right on...they don't mince words and the honesty is refreshing and often amusing. They quiz their readers at the end of each section, walk you through a week on set and negate the purchase of any other "how-to" sitcom book for an actor