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Do you write pantos, or are you just the sort of person who can't wait for 'that time of the year' to come around again? If either of these are you then a)are you male and single (only joking)! and b) you must buy this book. Paul Harris is a local radio presenter for the BBC in Kent and is also one of the U.K.'s top panto dames and has written and produced various pantos over the years. (If the name sounds familiar, you night also have heard of him through 'Titter Not'). This book is a comprehensive guide to panto's history, development and gags. It also contains countless routines which regular panto-goers will recognise and which will be invaluable if writing pantos is 'your bag'. If you're passionate enough about panto to buy this book, I'm sure you wont regret it! As for your days of panto history ignorance, 'they're behind you!!'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Paul Harris must be applauded for collating this terrific collection. These routines form the basis of the work of theatre, tv and movie comedians over the last (in some cases)100 years.
For those not familiar with comedy scripts, they should not be confused with joke books where the gags are immediately obvious on the page, hence some of the confusion raised in other reviews where they find them 'unfunny'. Anyone read the Fawlty towers scripts? Exactly.
For those smart enough to recognise their true value and try them out, they will be ultimately rewarded.
Implicit to Paul Harris' excellent text is the amount of experience that exudes from the writing. This is not just a book of 'flat' comedy scripts, it is a volume of expert information from a man who has performed them at the very highest level. To dismiss them as 'unfunny' is not only falsely superior and disrespectful but also naiive in the extreme.
If you think these gags are old fashioned and won't appeal to todays kids... Buy yourself a Chuckle Brothers DVD - All these routines are there. All the scripts are here!
If there is room for improvement then it must be that some classic routines are not included in this book: The Choir Sketch; The Beer Gag; Who, Why, What (later adapted by Abbott & Costello as 'Who's On First?') and a number of others.
This book contains all the stuff that you need to MAKE a panto. Every year the question comes: 'What's the big comedy scene this year?'. What they don't know is that I get them all from this book!
Get the most out of the unique comedy opportunity that panto offers - These fit seamlessly into any script.
Perfect!
For those not familiar with comedy scripts, they should not be confused with joke books where the gags are immediately obvious on the page, hence some of the confusion raised in other reviews where they find them 'unfunny'. Anyone read the Fawlty towers scripts? Exactly.
For those smart enough to recognise their true value and try them out, they will be ultimately rewarded.
Implicit to Paul Harris' excellent text is the amount of experience that exudes from the writing. This is not just a book of 'flat' comedy scripts, it is a volume of expert information from a man who has performed them at the very highest level. To dismiss them as 'unfunny' is not only falsely superior and disrespectful but also naiive in the extreme.
If you think these gags are old fashioned and won't appeal to todays kids... Buy yourself a Chuckle Brothers DVD - All these routines are there. All the scripts are here!
If there is room for improvement then it must be that some classic routines are not included in this book: The Choir Sketch; The Beer Gag; Who, Why, What (later adapted by Abbott & Costello as 'Who's On First?') and a number of others.
This book contains all the stuff that you need to MAKE a panto. Every year the question comes: 'What's the big comedy scene this year?'. What they don't know is that I get them all from this book!
Get the most out of the unique comedy opportunity that panto offers - These fit seamlessly into any script.
Perfect!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
(First edition) Lots of classic panto gags and short sketches suitable for insertion into a script you write yourself. Note that this does not contain much material on panto plots and style so it's not a complete "how to write a panto" book. A few nice anecdotes too.
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We put on shows every year in our church and this year we intend putting on a pantomime so this book will be invaluable for filling in during scene changes.
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