Comedy category: 18107 books
A Vulgar Art
A New Approach to Stand-Up Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
In A Vulgar Art Ian Brodie uses a folkloristic approach to stand-up comedy, engaging the discipline's central method of studying interpersonal, artistic communication and performance. Because stand-up comedy is a rather broad category, people who study it often begin by relating it to something they...
Funny: The Book
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Funny: The Book is an entertaining look at the art of comedy, from its historical roots to the latest scientific findings, with diversions into the worlds of movies (Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers), television (The Office), prose (Woody Allen, Robert Benchley), theater (The Front Page), jokes...
Do You Talk Funny?
7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change.
In what doesn’t sound like the best plan ever,...
Stand-Up Comedy
The Book
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
If you think you’re funny, buy this book!
Whether you dream of becoming a star . . .
A better public speaker . . .
A more effective communicator . . .
A funnier, happier human being . . .
You can learn to leave ‘em laughing!
David Letterman learned to do it. Jay Leno learned to do it. Roseanne...
Monty Python Speaks
The Complete Oral History of Monty Python, as Told by the Founding Members and a Few of Their Many Friends and Collaborators
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
With a Foreword by John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of its BBC debut, a revised and updated edition of the complete oral history of Monty Python—an insightful, in-depth portrait of the brilliant and hysterically funny show that transformed modern...
The Three Stooges
An Illustrated History, From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
More people today can name the members of the Three Stooges than can name three justices of the Supreme Court. The Stooges are comedy icons whose enduring appeal and slapstick legacy have made them one of the most famous and beloved comedy troupes in the world. Michael Fleming's The Three StoogesTM...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Best Comedy Tv Shows Ever Made: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating Best...
King of Comedy
The Life and Art Of Jerry Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Shawn Levy's fascinating biography King of Comedy - the product of vast research and interviews with contemporaries, admirers, foes, and even, briefly, Lewis himself - traces the story of a man who defines High American Show Biz. At points along the time line of his career, Lewis has been the highest-paid...
They'll Never Put That on the Air
The New Age of TV Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
In the 1950s, Lucille Ball couldn't even say the word pregnant” on TV. But by the 1990s, Carrie Bradshaw and her posse could say everything there is to say about sex-and demonstrate most of it. How have broadcast standards changed from the dawn of television till today? Through interviews with...
Make 'Em Laugh
The Funny Business of America
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
From the most popular routines and the most ingenious physical shtick to the snappiest wisecracks and the most biting satire of the last century, MAKE 'EM LAUGH illuminates who we are as a nation by exploring what makes us laugh, and why. Authors Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor draw on countless...
Joker Face
Over 450 Comedians Share Their Best One-liners
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Stewart Lee has seen a ghost but doesn’t believe in the afterlife. Rob Beckett can peel a banana with his feet. Viv Groskop gave birth to a baby next to a dishwasher.
What do you get when you combine unknown facts about some of Britain’s best-lovedcomedians with their favourite one-liners...
by Dave Vitty
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Comedy from Dave Vitty - Chris Moyles' hilarious sidekick on Radio 1.
Dave Vitty, aka Radio 1's Comedy Dave, has worked his way from the backrooms of BBC radio to the biggest breakfast show on the airwaves and has a story to tell. He's played Glastonbury - twice - he's had his ear licked by...
The Improv
An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Featured in the New York Times 2017 "Holiday Gift Guide for Hardcover Fans"
Get an insider's oral history of the World's most iconic comedy club, featuring exclusive interviews with today's most hilarious stars recalling their time on stage (and off) at the Improv.
In 1963,...
I'm Dying Up Here
Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Now a Showtime original series
In the mid-1970s, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Elayne Boosler, Tom Dreesen, and several hundred other shameless showoffs and incorrigible cutups from across the country migrated en masse to Los Angeles, the new home of...