Funny Business

by Jeff Silverman

Overview

For the last 25 years, Jeff Silverman has been the President of YukYuk's comedy club: one of the world's largest stand-up comedy chains. With a career spanning more than forty years, Jeff has helped launchthe careers of Jim Carey, Howie Mandel and Russell Peters, and started his business career with the 99-cent Roxy Theatre back in the '70s, showcasing cult underground movie marathons. He went on to run the New Yorker Theatre and Horseshoe Tavern music venues, bringing in bands like The Police and The Ramones for the very first time. In the '80s, Jeff turned his attention to television production, and produced one of the first all-night television shows, The All-Night Show, which was a fusion of zany experimental television, old favorites and interactive programming never seen on the air before, or since. Now, Jeff takes you behind the scenes of how a funny businessoperates, and explains how the hilarious and insightful ventures and adventures of his unconventional career path have sprung forth a well of invaluable skills along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781722520625
Publisher:	G&D Media
Publication date:	10/09/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

For the last twenty-five years, Jeff Silverman has been the President of Yuk

Yuk's comedy club: one of the world's largest stand-up comedy chains.

With a career spanning more than forty years, Jeff has helped launch

the careers of Jim Carey, Howie Mandel and Russell Peters, and started

his business career with the 99-cent Roxy Theatre back in the '70s,

showcasing cult underground movie marathons. He went on to run the

New Yorker Theatre and Horseshoe Tavern music venues, bringing in

bands like The Police and The Ramones for the very first time.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Part 1 Mentors

half fixes 3

manipulate circumstances, not people 10

inject some fun into everything 16

michelle 40

Part 2 The All-Night Show

night owls 45

ten irons in the fire 74

Part 3 Yuk Yuk's

it's a funny business 83

scandalous success 90

oh boy, i wanna be a comic! 95

the edge 101

25th anniversary 104

"tomatoes, eggs" 107

the no-joke machine 111

the big gorilla 116

heads of the hydra 118

it gets lonely near the top 122

saying what needs to be said 128

jumping the gate 133

slicing bologna 135

colourful, wild ride 140