Possible Clues:

• English provoking humour about working without trying too hard
• Saving money with false claim on author, initially
• Finally be amusing about working and saving money
• One comical novel never wastes a laugh presumably
• Saving claim one prepared about small company
• Online scam has zero claim to work for saving money
• Thrifty
• Cost-friendly
• A lone comic, terribly cheap
• Comic, alone in resort, should be careful