Humour Comedy category: 17948 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
From Judd Apatow comes an intimate portrait of his mentor, the legendary stand-up comic and star of The Larry Sanders Show, with never-before-seen journal entries and photos, as well as new contributions by fellow comedians and writers.
Garry Shandling was a singular trailblazer in the comedy...
by Bruce A. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Fun with Stuff is a collection of humor columns, many of which first appeared in a Southern California Mensa publication. But dont be frightened; theyre not all that intellectual. Hardly. Instead, these are true life stories and exaggerated fabrications that everyone can relate to. Laugh along as...
by Miles Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
A comic novel about the meaning of life and the end of the world. And dogs.
When Charlie wakes in the middle of the night to discover an alien in his house, he is more than a little alarmed. But that fades into insignificance when the alien tells him that a) it is the end of the world, and b) he has...
Comic Insights
The Art of Stand-up Comedy
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
If you want to make it in stand-up comedy, this book is a must-read. If you want to write comedy, this book is a must-read. If you simply enjoy comedy, this book is a must-read. Comic Insights contains fascinating, candid, insightful interviews with today’s top comedians, who discuss at length...
Laugh Off
The Comedy Showdown Between Real Life and the Pros
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Truth, as any good reporter knows, is stranger than fiction. It's often funnier as well. Bob Fenster provides proof of that in his latest hilarious collection,Each Laugh Off chapter presents a collection of true-life anecdotes and professional comic material covering subjects such as funny...
Does Santa Exist?
A Philosophical Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
A humorous philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa—from a co–executive producer of The Big Bang Theory
Emmy award–winning comedy writer and philosophy scholar Eric Kaplan brilliantly turns a search for the truth about Santa into a laugh-out-loud metaphysical romp. Surveying...
Yo' Mama Is So...
892 Insults, Comebacks, Putdowns, and Wisecracks About Yo' Whole Family!
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
It's everyone's favorite form of insult comedy (as seen on MTV!)—hundreds of crushingly funny one-liners about "yo' mama"—and all yo' other relatives—sure to shut people’s mouths or make them howl with laughter.
Yo' mama is so fat, when her beeper goes off, people think she’s...
Nice Try
Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2019
Emmy-Award winning writer and comedian Josh Gondelman’s collection of personal stories of best intentions and mixed results.
Josh Gondelman knows a thing or two about trying—and failing. The Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic—dubbed a “pathological sweetheart” by the New York Observer—is...
CHINA MOST MISBEHAVED COUNTRY
Cultureshocking News : A guide to Chinese etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
CHINA MOST MISBEHAVED COUNTRY - A guide to Chinese etiquette
A comedy complement to the unconventional CHINA BEST BEHAVED COUNTRY, this guide to Chinese etiquette goes pop and punk with stereotypes, images and the fear of using them both. It offers you concrete scenarios in colorful anecdotes....
Dispatches Volume One
What Men Don’t Tell Women; One Fell Soup; and Camels Are Easy, Comedy’s Hard
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Laugh-out-loud observations from “America’s foremost humorist” (Chicago Tribune).
What Men Don’t Tell Women: Well, that’s just for starters. Roy Blount Jr. realized that nearly all of his writing involved things people don’t tell people: what Southerners don’t tell Northerners, what...
by Pinky M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Laughter is as essential for us as breathing is. The life becomes a big boredom without humour. Whatever be the merits of today’s busy and hectic life, it certainly has taken away laughter from our lives. Mental breakdowns we see around are proofs of it. This ‘Jokes E-book’ of ours is an effort...
by Jan McInnis
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
If you’ve ever thought about using humor in a speech, sales letter, blog, vlog, or even casual conversation but stopped because you had no idea where to start looking for the funny, then this book is for you! And no, you don’t have to spend hours trying to find the humor. This quick guide to finding...
by Amnesty International
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Back in the day, if you wanted to raise money you stood on street corner with a tin and a smile. That is until Mr John Cleese rounded up a few friends in 1976 for Amnesty International's first fundraising show, 'A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick)'. Since then, Amnesty has produced a dozen Secret...
Not to be Rude
Intemperate outbursts from one nutty broad!
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Not to be Rude is a painfully assembled collection of writing by Sarina Rowell from cult humour websites The Scrivener’s Fancy and Imagined Slights. Here, all in one place, for the first and last time, she goes into bat for the unfairly maligned – thirtysomething, Nicole Kidman, fashion models and...