Afternoon Tea with Tim Ferguson at Robina Library, Gold Coast Come down to Robina Library to meet none other than Australian Comedian Tim Ferguson, author of ‘Carry a Big Stick’. Tim will tell his wonderful tale of a funny, fearless life of laughter, friendship and MS, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Where: Robina…
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Humour and Story
[Excerpt from ‘The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy’ by Tim Ferguson] “Gags die. Humour doesn’t.” —Jack Benny The driving force behind narrative comedy is character. Comedy deriving from character underpins many gag principles. American playwright Neil Simon boasted that he wrote his comedies without ever writing one joke. Without starting a debate about his…