Humour Comedy category: 17948 books
by Clifford Sawhney
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
While many Indian joke books are jokes themselves, this book avoids the pitfalls by its professional approach towards compilation, rewriting and editing. The book comprises the world’s best adult medical jokes, quips, quotes and humour. Bold and bawdy lines that don’t make it between the covers of...
by Anindya Roy
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This book 'Humour of Birbal' is a unique collection of very interesting and popular stories which are full of humour and Birbal's witty respones. Birbal was the brightest jewel of king Akbar. Due to his witty responses, it would be better to call these stories as 'humorous tales'. Each story is presented...
Humor and Chinese Culture
A Psychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies. It starts by reviewing how the concept of humour evolves in Chinese history, and how it is perceived by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism respectively. It then compares differences in the Western and the Chinese perceptions...
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...
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...
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...
by Thomas Beaumont
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
The Accidental Bus Driver is a view from the bus driver’s seat. It is an observation of all the extraordinary events which seem to happen on buses – well they seemed to happen whenever I got behind the wheel and drove one.I found my experiences on the buses to be a microcosm of life in...
by HR Shenoy, M Subramanian, KR Iyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
What’s the journey of life without a dash of humour?Seen through the prism of a good laugh, life becomes a ‘jolly good show’ to be enjoyed and experienced, the good and the bad notwithstanding.H R Shenoy and his two co-authors cull out real life instances and experiences, and share them with just...
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...
by Robert Ross
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Mike Myers thinks he was “a genius”, while John Cleese regards him as “a true cultural icon”. He was an architect of British comedy, paving the way for Monty Python, and then became a major Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein. A writer, director,...