Comedy category: 18107 books
by Cormac G. McDermott
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
'A Spree of Comedy' is a collection of individual scenes involving ordinary Irish people in everyday circumstances akin to a soap opera but is not a continuous storyline.The author repeats the characters in order for the readers to familiarise themselves with them. These characters are fictitious...
The Ridiculously Divine Comedy
A Sample of True Tall Tales
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Laugh-Out-Loud Faith!
Looking for tall tales to tickle your funny bone and encourage you in God's purpose and calling? Then you will love this ebook-only sample of true stories from actor and comedian Torry Martin!
Whether dealing with pythons in South Africa, Toto the puppet in Seattle,...
by Mindy Kaling
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Kaling is] like Tina Fey’s cool little sister. Or perhaps . . . the next Nora Ephron.”—The New York Times
Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating...
My Life as a Goddess
A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
“Smart, fast, clever, and funny (As f*ck!)” (Tiffany Haddish), this collection of side-splitting and illuminating essays by the popular stand-up comedian, alum of Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, and host of truTV’s Talk Show the Game Show is perfect for fans of the New York Times bestsellers...
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...
Believe Me
A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Izzard is one of the funniest people alive, a talented actor, a sharp cross-dresser, an experienced marathon runner, and a great writer. You will have to read this if only to find out what a jazz chicken is.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
With his brand...
Silver Screen Fiend
Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
The instant New York Times bestseller from author, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, a “heartfelt and hilarious” (USA TODAY) memoir about coming of age as a performer during the late 1990s while obsessively watching classic films at a legendary theater in Los Angeles. “[Oswalt has] a set of...
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Live star recounts the hilarious adventures and unexpected joy of dating and becoming a mother when she least expected it-at the age of forty-four.
Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch....
Failure Is an Option
An Attempted Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
**“Writing this funny requires immense talent.”
—AV Club
H. Jon Benjamin—the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers—helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure.**
Most people would consider H....
by Stewart Lee
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Experience how it feels to be the subject of a blasphemy prosecution! Find out why 'wool' is a funny word! See how jokes work, their inner mechanisms revealed, before your astonished face!
In 2001, after over a decade in the business, Stewart Lee quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and...
Lost in the Funhouse
The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
From renowned journalist Bill Zehme, author of the New York Times bestselling The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin', comes the first full-fledged biography and the only complete story of the late comic genius Andy Kaufman. Based on six years of research, Andy's own unpublished,...
Riding the Elephant
A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
From the comedian, actor, and former host of The Late Late Show comes an irreverent, lyrical memoir in essays featuring his signature wit.
Craig Ferguson has defied the odds his entire life. He has failed when he should have succeeded and succeeded when he should have failed. The fact that he...
How to American
An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
**Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO's Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood.
"I turned down a job in finance to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. My dad thought I was...
I Killed
True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
In a hilarious look at real life on the comedy circuit, some of America's most famous comics share their own stories of life on the road, gigs gone wrong, and unexpected, zany moments, with contributions by Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Bill Maher, Joan Rivers, Jeff Foxworthy, and others.