Entertainment category: 96258 books
What's So Funny?
My Hilarious Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Six-time Emmy Award-winning funny man Tim Conway—best known for his roles on The Carol Burnett Show—offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.
In television history, few entertainers have captured as many hearts and made as...
by Marc Maron
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
People make a mess.
Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved comedian who dreamed of a simple life: a wife, a home, a sitcom to call his own. But instead he woke up one day to find himself fired from his radio job, surrounded by feral...
This Is Just My Face
Try Not to Stare
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
“Gabourey Sidibe’s delightful memoir offers a memorable look into what happens when a black girl’s dreams come true, from the inside out. Sidibe is fearless, incredibly funny, and gorgeously open. What she offers of herself in these pages is a gift.”—Roxane Gay
In This Is Just My Face, Gabourey...
by Rue McClanahan
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Rue McClanahan, best known for her portrayal of Blanche Devereaux on the Emmy-award winning series The Golden Girls reveals her life in and out of the spotlight in a laugh-out-loud funny memoir about love, marriage, men, and getting older that is every bit as colorful as the characters she played.
Raised...
by Steve Austin
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
He's wrestled under many names but to the fans he is and will always be Stone Cold Steve Austin. His quick wit and colorful use of language combined with his everyman character captured the hearts of fans worldwide and rewrote the dynamics of professional wrestling forever.
Steve's ability...
Dangerously Funny
The Uncensored Story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
An unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour -- the provocative, politically charged program that shocked the censors, outraged the White House, and forever changed the face of television.
Decades before The Daily Show, The Smothers Brothers...
Just the Funny Parts
… And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys’ Club
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
You’ve almost certainly laughed at Scovell’s jokes—you just didn’t know it until now.
Just the Funny Parts is a juicy and scathingly funny insider look at how pop culture gets made. For more than thirty years, writer, producer and director Nell Scovell worked behind the scenes of iconic...
by Bryan Cranston
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
“Nothing short of riveting...an engrossing first-person account by one of our finest actors” (Huffington Post)—both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft—Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history’s most successful TV shows, Breaking...
West of Eden
An American Place
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles from the author of the contemporary classic Edie
Jean Stein transformed the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book Edie: American Girl, an indelible portrait of Andy Warhol “superstar” Edie...
Where Am I Now?
True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
**"Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...Who is she now? She's a writer." —NPR's "Guide To 2016’s Great Reads"
“Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight.” —Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star...
The Tao of Bill Murray
Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Perfect for the Bill Murray fan in all of us, this epic collection of “Bill Murray stories”—many reported for the first time here—distills a set of guiding principles out of his extraordinary ability to infuse the everyday with surprise, absurdity, and wonder.
No one will ever believe...
Andy and Don
The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, this “humorous, informative, and poignant book” celebrates the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America’s most iconic television programs and “shows how the magic was created” (Library Journal).
Andy Griffith...
My Song
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the...
We Killed
The Rise of Women in American Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
No matter how many times female comedians buck the conventional wisdom, people continue to ask: "Are women funny?" The question has been nagging at women off and on (mostly on) for the past sixty years. It's incendiary, much discussed, and, as proven in Yael Kohen's fascinating oral history,...