(An excerpt from The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy by Tim Ferguson – Currency Press) Hollywood producer & executive Thom Mount has a sign in his office that defines his criteria for a good script to all who enter: Make Me Laugh Make Me Cry Make Me Cum Make Me Think Mount demands these…
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TICKLING THEORY
(An excerpt from The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy [Currency Press]) The most reliable stimulus for laughter is tickling. And yet even here the laughter response can be enhanced by mock-threatening behaviour. For instance, imagine you are about to tickle a toddler. Do you simply reach out your hands and tickle? Is any part…