TY - BOOK AU - Sedita,Scott TI - The eight characters of comedy: a guide to sitcom acting and writing SN - 0977064107 AV - PN1992.8.C66 S43 2006 U1 - 808.2523 PY - 2006/// CY - Los Angeles, Calif. PB - Atides Pub. KW - Situation comedies (Television programs) KW - Authorship KW - Characters and characteristics in literature KW - Television acting N1 - Includes index; 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) ER -