THE COMEDIAN'S BIBLE : The Finest Collection of Verbal Humour in a Uniquely Categorised Form (Build Universes)

Marks, R.J.P./ Europe Books (EDT)

Europe Books（2025/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 512 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9791256970926

Full Description

I met Dick on the Tour of the 5th Wallabies to Great Britain, France
and Canada. Like the artist who did the front cover, ours was also a
long tour of four and a half months. On a tour such as this much time is
spent on buses. Sometimes these trips could be six or eight hours, and
it is during this time the art of repartee, joke and storytelling come
to the fore to become part of the glue that binds a team together.

His quick wit carried over to the rugby field, I recall in one game
Dick complained to the referee about a decision, the referee replied,
"Who do you think is refereeing this game?", Dick with the last word
said, "Neither of us". As a result of his entertaining ability Dick has
been the "Go to Man" as an MC or Guest Speaker for sporting or Rugby
Clubs Australiawide for decades. In fact, he was the resident MC at the
monthly Ballymore sporting lunches in Brisbane for over twenty years. At
these events Dick has frequently been asked, "Why don't you write a
book?". He has finally done it to the amusement of us all.

With categories in the book like "Blue Humour" and "Smut" a small
amount of material is crass but the best way to describe the content
generally is "clever.". Educationally, it includes varieties of verbal
comedy across the times which means that some of the examples would not
currently be used to amuse "politically correct" audiences. If you
ignore that small part, you will find this publication a valuable tool
in both enriching your conversational appeal and certainly in making
speech making more entertaining.

There is more than enough material in each volume, however if you
want a huge choice, you won't regret acquiring the complete set.

Russ Tulloch