Includes filmography.

How to use this book. How to bust a gut, or, Comedy college 101 ; The comedic idea, a.k.a., The importance of being inappropriate, a.k.a., The Blues Brothers are not role models -- Plot vs. character : who will win? Comedic characters, a.k.a., A fool's journey, a.k.a., I know a guy just like that ; Hilarity and heart, a.k.a., It's all about the wolf pack -- The comedic roadmap : the eight comic sequences. Comic sequence (A), a.k.a., The comedic world, a.k.a., Well begun us half come ; Comic sequence (B) : setting up the inappropriate goal, a.k.a., "You're going to do what?", or Why crashing a wedding is a good idea ; Act two!, a.k.a., Where scripts go to die. Comic sequence (C) : the mad, mad, mad, mad world, a.k.a., Sometimes girls throw up on you ; Comic sequence (D) : it just keeps getting worse, a.k.a., How much pain can Ben Stiller take? ; Comic sequence (E) : love in the air, a.k.a., Why Andy chooses love over sex ; Comic sequence (F) : what was I thinking? a.k.a., Yes, I'm a liar but-- ; Act three. Comic sequence (G) : time to grow up, a.k.a., Why are Ashton and Natalie so sad even though they said no strings attached? ; Comic sequence (H) : the new men, a.k.a., Why Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey, Hugh Grant, Natalie Portman are running at the end of the movie ; Writing the screenplay.