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  • 39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss

    The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There

    by Tom Davis ...
    A memoir from the Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live writer that is “funny, spiky, and twistedly entertaining” (Entertainment Weekly).39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss is a seriously funny and irreverent memoir that gives an insider’s view of the birth and rise of Saturday Night Live, and features laugh-out-loud stories about some of its greatest personalities—Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Comedy Book

    How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work

    One of NPR’s Best Books of 2023. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book by Vulture, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Millions, and Lit Hub.“*Comedy Book*changes the way we talk about an art form that is more diverse and exciting than ever before.” —Seth Meyers“Energetic and wise . . . Comedy Book <... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Eleven Comedies: Includes: Knights, Acharnaians, Peace, Lysistrata, The Clouds, The Wasps, The Birds, The Frogs, The Thesmophoriazusae, The Ecclesiazusae, And Plutus (Mobi Classics)

    by Aristophanes ...
    The Eleven Comedies: Knights, Acharnaians, Peace, Lysistrata, The Clouds, The Wasps, The Birds, The Frogs, The Thesmophoriazusae, The Ecclesiazusae, and Plutus. Eleven of his forty plays have come down to us virtually complete. These, as well as fragments of some of his other plays, provide us with the only real example we have of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and they are in fact ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase

    A Biography

    by Marion Meade ...
    An American icon, Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton is easily acknowledged as one of the greatest filmmakers in early cinema and beyond. His elaborate slapstick made audiences scream with laughter. But, his stone face hid an internal turmoil. In BUSTER KEATON: CUT TO THE CHASE, biographer Marion Meade seamlessly lays out the life and works of this comedy genius who lacked any formal education.“Buster” ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Letterman

    The Last Giant of Late Night

    by Jason Zinoman ...
    New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefined the modern talk show with an ironic comic style that transcended traditional television. While he remains ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Wired

    The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi

    by Bob Woodward ...
    This reissue of Bob Woodword’s classic book about John Belushi—one of the most interesting performers and personalities in show business history—“is told with the same narrative style that Woodward employed so effectively in All the President’s Men and The Final Days” (Chicago Tribune).John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose March 5, 1982, in a seedy hotel bungalow off Sunset Boulevard in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

    An Autobiography

    During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy."Although Bruce died when he was ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Tremendous

    The Life of a Comedy Savage

    by Joey Diaz ...
    **New York Times BestsellerOutsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend.Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled.**Today, he stars in hit films, headlines sold-out tours, hosts the popular Uncle Joey’s Joint podcast, and is a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Adolf Hitler

    My Part in his Downfall

    Series series Spike Milligan War Memoirs
    Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' Guardian______________'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a trav... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Shorter, Faster, Funnier

    Comic Plays and Monologues

    Edited by Eric Lane, Nina Shengold ...
    This cornucopia of comedy showcases works by major playwrights and emerging young writers, with casts of all sizes and diverse and challenging roles for actors of every age and type. You’ll discover such colorful characters as a businessman free-falling from a plane, an embittered sword swallower, a punkish girl skateboarder, and retirees in post-apocalyptic Siberia, alongside plays that unleash ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • American Cornball

    A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny

    American Cornball is Christopher Miller's irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor—the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids—and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today.Miller revisits nearly 200 comic staples that have been passed down through our culture for generations, many originating from the vaudeville ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • It’s Not Me, It’s You!: Impossible perfectionist, 27, seeks very very very tidy woman

    ‘I loved Jon’s book. It’s even better than the real thing because you can’t hear his voice.’ Michael McIntyreA control freak looks for love (women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply).‘I haven’t woken up with a cup of tea by the bed for seven years. It seems such a small thing but it’s one of a thousand things I miss about having someone around to take care of me. I have spent my ... Read more

    $7.49 USD $5.49 USD

  • I Killed

    True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics

    In a hilarious look at real life on the comedy circuit, some of America's most famous comics share their own stories of life on the road, gigs gone wrong, and unexpected, zany moments, with contributions by Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Bill Maher, Joan Rivers, Jeff Foxworthy, and others. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • What’s French for WTF?

    A sitcom-style comedy set in Paris

    by Gwen Ellery ...
    Series series Broads Abroad
    This is a novella and a complete story at 23,000 words. If you like television sitcoms, you'll feel right at home. Who are the Broads Abroad? They're wits, nits, and innocents abroad, four friends and two sisters in their twenties who've landed in Paris on their backsides, without a cent to their names or much sense to their credit. But don't worry; they always pick themselves up in time to ... Read more

    Free

  • Steve Allen's Private Joke File

    An Encyclopedia of His Favorite Gigs, Anecdotes, Essays, and Monologues

    by Steve Allen ...
    Why Did Steve Allen Cross the Road?Steve Allen is a legend among comedians and entertainers. He's been playing to audiences on stage, radio, film, and television for more than fifty years, gaining acclaim for his unique wit and energy. Now for the first time, he shares more than a thousand of his favorite one-liners, anecdotes, limericks, quotes, and other generally funny things. The entries are ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Groucho And Me

    by Groucho Marx ...
    "An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality."--James ThurberWith impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho tells the saga of the Marx Brothers: the poverty of their childhood in New York's Upper East Side; the crooked world of small-time vaudeville (where ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • We Killed

    The Rise of Women in American Comedy

    by Yael Kohen ...
    No matter how many times female comedians buck the conventional wisdom, people continue to ask: "Are women funny?" The question has been nagging at women off and on (mostly on) for the past sixty years. It's incendiary, much discussed, and, as proven in Yael Kohen's fascinating oral history, totally wrongheaded.In We Killed, Kohen pieces together the revolution that happened to (and by) women in ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Groucho and Me

    by Groucho Marx ...
    The “Me” in the title is a comparatively unknown Marx named Julius (1895-1977), who, under the nom de plume of Groucho, enjoyed a sensational career on Broadway and in Hollywood with such comedy classics as Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, and A Day at the Races. His solo career included work as a film actor, television game show emcee, and author ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ass Is A Poor Receptacle For The Head

    Why Democrats Suck At Communication, And How They Could Improve

    by Barry Eisler ...
    "Barry Eisler is this generation's tech-savvy new media incarnation of Graham Greene." -Jeremy Scahill, The Nation By internationally bestselling thriller author and syndicated political blogger Barry Eisler, THE ASS IS A POOR RECEPTACLE FOR THE HEAD is a must-read for anyone interested in verbally crushing the competition in politics, business, and even romance. Regardless of what you think of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Romantic Comedy Bargain Box Set #1

    A Romantic Comedy Collection

    by Lynda Renham ...
    A bargain box set of three of Lynda Renham’s hilarious full length romantic comedy novels. Including: Croissants and Jam Annabel Lewis (Bels) has two days to get to her wedding in Rome but her journey is beset with one disaster after another as fate takes its turn. Will the stranger she meets on the way get her to her wedding on time or will he change her life forever? Come with Bels on her ... Read more

    $6.56 USD

  • We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

    The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy

    A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and EsquireFrom Kliph Nesteroff, “the human encyclopedia of comedy” (VICE), comes the important and underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy.It was one of the most reliable jokes in Charlie Hill’s stand-up routine: “My people are from Wisconsin. We used to be from New York. We had a little real estate problem.”In We Had a Little Real Estate Problem, ... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Wes Anderson Collection

    Series series The Wes Anderson Collection
    Wes Anderson is one of the most influential voices from the past two decades of American cinema. A true auteur, Anderson is known for the visual artistry, inimitable tone, and idiosyncratic characterizations that make each of his films—Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom—instantly ... Read more

    $25.99 USD $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Don't Bend over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes

    This time Lewis Grizzard has gone and done it--written a book about sex, as seen through his bespectacled, ironic squint. He tells us why Junior Leaguers don't do it in groups, why Baptists won't do it standing up, and why Richard Nixon never did it, among other things. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Wild and Crazy Guys

    How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever

    The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphy—and the beloved films that made them stars, including Animal House, Caddyshack, and GhostbustersNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEW YORK**“An enjoyable romp that vividly captures the manic ups and downs of the remarkable group of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD