The eight characters of comedy a guide to sitcom acting and writing - Sedita, Scott (Los Angeles, California Atides Publishing, 2014)
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)
Includes index.
Keywords: Situation comedies (Television programs); Situation comedies (Television programs) -- Authorship; Characters and characteristics in literature; Television acting