Comedy category: 18107 books
The Chris Farley Show
A Biography in Three Acts
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
The New York Times bestselling biography of an American comedy legend
After three years of sobriety, Chris Farley's life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased him back to drugs and alcohol. He fought hard against them, but it was a fight he would lose...
I Don't Care About Your Band
What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Se nsitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
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In the tradition of Cynthia Heimel and Chelsea Handler, and with the boisterous iconoclasm of Amy Sedaris, Julie Klausner's candid and funny debut I Don't Care About Your Band sheds light on the humiliations we endure to find love--and the lessons...
by Samantha Bee
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Candid, outspoken, laugh-out-loud funny essays from much-loved Samantha Bee, host of TBS's uproarious late-night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, executive producer and writer of TBS's comedy television series The Detour, and former The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’s Most Senior Correspondent.
In...
F My Life
It's Funny, It's True, Except When It Happens to You
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Today, my boss fired me via text message. I don’t have a text messaging plan. I paid 25 cents to get fired.
Your girlfriend dumped you, your car broke down, your boss passed you up for the big promotion. Life’s not fair, but there is one sure-fire way to ease your pain–laughing at someone...
by Charles M. Sevilla
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1999
In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.
Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy.
The Court: The charge here is theft...
by Neil Pasricha
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Based on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000 Awesome Things, The Book of Awesome is an international bestselling high five for humanity and a big celebration of life’s little moments.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget the things that make us smile. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting...
Shatner Rules
Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
You love William Shatner.
You admire his many and varied talents.
You appreciate his creativity and willingness to take risks.
You want to learn his master negotiation techniques.
You wish you could hang out with him.
Admit it. You want to BE William Shatner.
And now...you can (almost).
To...
UFOs, JFK, and Elvis
Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
"I'm not asking you to believe every conspiracy theory you'll find in this book. . . . I didn't write this book to give you all the answers. The Warren Commission did that, and the answers were all wrong. I wrote this book to inspire you to do what the powers that be wish you wouldn't: to question...
Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid
The Simple Truth to a Complicated Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
THE REVEALING AND RIP-ROARINGLY FUNNY GUIDE TO MAKING EVERY RELATIONSHIP SMARTER, SANER, AND HAPPIER
It's all very simple. When it comes to women, men are profoundly stupid. And when it comes to men, women—no matter how intelligent or mature—are completely crazy. Based on this groundbreaking...
When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win
Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2009
Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about her age. But the choice soon became clear: “I see now that when you deny your age, you...
How to Be Funny
The One and Only Practical Guide for Every Occasion, Situation, and Disaster (no kidding)
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
An invaluable guide on how to "lighten up" from a distinguished pro who has provided laughs for JAY LENO, BILLY CRYSTAL, STEVE MARTIN, ROBIN WILLIAMS, BRAD GARRETT, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, AND MANY MORE.
Who hasn't wished for the perfect withering comeback line, a clever tension-breaking quip, or...
Best Dating Rules
The Best Girls, #2
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
A new job. A new city. The same old problem. . . A man who won't take "no" for an answer!Emily Best went to work for her stepfather, and now she's on a mission to prove she's the right woman for the job. There's no time for romance in her life. Not now, and especially not with a player like Spencer. Spencer...
The Death of Cool
From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Though technically a memoir, this is more a compendium of hair-whitening bar stories that punch you in the throat until your eyes explode. Many people have watched their friends die and some have been to jail. There are those who have stepped in the ring with professional fighters and been beaten...
Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You
A good beer joint is hard to find and other facts of life
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
PRAISE FOR LEWIS GRIZZARD
“So this is what’s happened to the South since William Faulkner left! Lewis Grizzard, a great American, gives us the best collection of stories about a mother’s love, old folks, railroad trains, going home, and the No-Name Bar in Willacoochee, Georgia.”
- The...