↑ Borns, Betsy (1987). Comic Lives: Inside the World of American Stand-up comedy. Simon & Schuster, Inc. m/s. 16. ISBN0-671-62620-5. Jerry Seinfeld explains: ‘Comedy is a dialogue, not a monologue—that’s what makes an act click. The laughter becomes the audience’s part, and the comedian responds’
↑ Stewart Lee (3 Julai 2013). On Not Writing (Lecture) (dalam bahasa Inggeris). St Edmund Hall: University of Oxford. Peristiwa berlaku di 48:54-48:58. Dicapai 13 February 2019. On the whole, you have to give the illusion that it’s a dialogue
↑ Dean, Greg (2000). Step by Step to Stand-up Comedy. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. m/s. 190. ISBN0-325-00179-0.
↑ Martin, Steve (2007). Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life. New York: Scribner. m/s. 40–42. ISBN978-1-4165-5364-9. I was demonstrating tricks eight to twelve hours a day
↑ Mendrinos, James (2004). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Comedy. NY, New York: ALPHA: A member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. m/s. 12. ISBN1-59257-231-6.
↑ Borns, Betsy (1987). Comic Lives: Inside the World of American Stand-up comedy. Simon & Schuster, Inc. m/s. 90–91. ISBN0-671-62620-5. [A stand-up’s] act [is a] fictionalized account with a few actual facts thrown in to make the act believable and, perhaps more relevant to people’s lives...Every stand-up goes onstage as a character to some extent. Some may adopt a persona that’s very similar to their own personality, but it’s still a separate entity...even observational comics...use truth...as a foundation on which to build jokes by taking the truth to its farthest [sic] extreme.
↑ Borns, Betsy (1987). Comic Lives: Inside the World of American Stand-up comedy. Simon & Schuster, Inc. m/s. 262. ISBN0-671-62620-5. (loosely) autobiographical comedy is the dominant form of stand-up today.
