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62) Noble ape
Publisher
Comedy Dynamics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In his all new stand up special album, Jim Gaffigan gets personal as he discusses the medical crisis that befell his wife and family this year, which almost led to his retirement.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In President Me, Carolla shares his vision for a different, better America free from big issues like big government down to small problems like hotel alarm clock placement. Running on an anti-narcissism platform, President Carolla calls for a return to the values of an earlier time when stew and casserole were on every dinner table and there were no "service dogs" on airplanes. President Me hits right at the heart of what makes our country really...
66) The main stream
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Humorist Roy Blount, Jr. takes an offbeat journey down the Mississippi River. Navigating this great liquid divide on an assortment of canoes, rafts, steamboats, towboats and fishing vessels, Blount explores what holds this wildly diverse country together. Blount's unpredictable odyssey celebrates the full range of American diversity and eccentricity-- from a wedding ceremony at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, to a rodeo at America's...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
"Who Cut The Cheese?" is the updated 2011 edition of the razor-sharp parody dedicated to the millions of readers who either enjoyed or suffered through the motivational bestseller "Who Moved My Cheese?(tm)" "Who Cut the Cheese?" is a parable in which four characters must find a way through a maze in their hunt for "Cheese." But this cheese is actually symbolic of the things that we all want out of life: success and self-confidence, a nice house, a...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
These sixteen episodes showcase the edgy and subversive sketch comedy. The cast presented their twisted view of the early 80s to adventurous viewers on a weekly basis. It left audiences laughing long into the wee hours of the night. With top-notch musical guests as well as the show's infamous guest appearances, Fridays proved that late night comedy wasn't just for Saturday night.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Mia Mercado is a razor-sharp cultural critic and essayist known for her witty and hilarious dissections of the uncomfortable truths that rule our lives. In this thought-provoking collection of new essays, Mercado examines what it means to be "polite," "agreeable," and "nice." She covers topics from the subtleties of the "Bad Bitch" and why women dominate the ASMR market, to what makes her dog an adorable little freak and how you know if you're shy....
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Brian Regan reinvigorates comedy with his new live stand-up special. He describes the ups and downs of being a waiter, demonstrates the awkwardness of going to a new doctor and challenges the common notion that you shouldn't grocery shop when you're hungry. Anything could happen, so expect lots of Regan's signature high-energy social commentary.
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the basement of a small publishing house in San Francisco, fourteen high school students met weekly over the past year to read literary magazines, chapbooks, graphic novels, and many other things. This committee was assisted by a group of students that met in the basement of a robot shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Together these high schoolers selected the contents of The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014, a collection in which you can take a...
Author
Publisher
Highbridge
Pub. Date
p1997.
Language
English
Description
Enjoy the best of Garrison Keillor's comic fables from A Prairie Home Companion, all about true love and other tribulations, brought to life by a cast of brilliant radio actors. Contents: This Man This Woman; Taking a Chance on Love; Bertha's Kitty Boutique: Cat Box Video; Greenwich Village Days; Cafe Boeuf: Secrets of the Kitchen; Beebopareebop: The Operation; Cowboys: The Second Lefty; Famous Celebrities: New Year's Eve; Just One of Those Things;...
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and alternative comics by Woddy Allen, Karen Joy Fowler, Andrew Sean Greer, and George Saunders.
Publisher
Rhino
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
The documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues, and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life. Melding performance, biography and history, it features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers, and historians.
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