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23) Doin' it again
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
George Carlin is Doin' It Again in his seventh live stand-up concert for HBO, taped at the State Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1990.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 23 cm
Description
An incredibly timely, witty, and moving debut about a young writers' assistant on a late night comedy show and what transpires when she accepts an invitation from its enigmatic host to spend a long weekend at his mansion in Connecticut.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
261 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Journalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. This critical biography is an insightful (and hilarious) examination of Carlin's body of work as it pertained to its cultural times and the man who created it, from his early days as a more-or-less conventional comedian to his stunning transformation...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
248 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
The former Saturday Night Live comedian recounts her midlife career slump, long-distance relationship, and unplanned motherhood, which culminated in uproarious childcare activities and the bewilderment of friends and family members.
28) 700 Sundays
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
vi, 182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
"One of America's most beloved entertainers takes us home. Billy Crystal opens the front door to a time in his life when he shared joy, love, music, and laughter with an eccentric family headed by the hardworking father who left them all too soon. From the story of the Crystal family's proud connection to the New York jazz scene of the 40s and 50s, to the hilarious living room performances that would sow the seeds of Billy's career, to the times of...
Author
Series
Jake the fake volume 2
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Having discovered his natural talent for comedy at his school's end-of-semester talent show, Jake decides to pursue "his art," but can his comedian-mentor teach Jake humility as well as humor?
30) Call me lucky
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins' gruff, hard drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-surpressed and horrific abuse as a child, a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and into the political arena.
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"Since his arrival at The Daily Show in 1999, Jon Stewart has become one of the major players in comedy as well as one of the most significant liberal voices in the media. In Angry Optimist, biographer Lisa Rogak charts his unlikely rise to stardom. She follows him from his early days growing up in New Jersey, through his years as a struggling standup comic in New York, and on to the short-lived but acclaimed The Jon Stewart Show. And she charts his...
32) Three amigos
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
34) Joker
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck encounters violent thugs while wandering the streets of GOtham City dressed as a clown. Disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as Joker in director Todd Phillips' thrilling origin story.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
Hand-picking the keenest insights and funniest exchanges from eighty-four episodes of the groundbreaking streaming series, this carefully curated book offers excerpts from casual yet intimate conversations with the funniest people alive and behind-the-scenes photos and anecdotes.
36) Bossypants
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Description
From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
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"What are my qualifications to write this book? None really. So why should you read it? Here's why: I'm a little fat. If a thin guy were to write about a love of food and eating I'd highly recommend that you do not read his book." Bacon. McDonalds. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kale. Stand-up comedian and author Jim Gaffigan has made his career rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet ("choking on bacon is like getting murdered by...
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Description
"Growing up in small-town Ohio isn't easy, particularly when you're a closeted gay kid surrounded by... no one openly gay. Luckily, Danny Pellegrino grew up in the '90s, coming of age when the internet opened up a whole new world for a curious kid itching for life outside of Midwest suburbia. Danny escaped the pains of growing up by submerging himself in a sea of pop culture-bingeing The Nanny until he had the confidence of Fran Fine, belting out...
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"Hannah Gadsby's unique standup special Nanette was a viral success--and to some, her worldwide fame may have seemed like an overnight sensation. But like everything else about Gadsby, there's more to her success than meets the eye. In her first book, thequeer Australian comedian, writer, and actress takes us through the key moments in her life that ultimately led to the creation of Nanette and her startling declaration that she was quitting comedy....
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xviii, 188 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
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 havebeen 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 only forty, his influence on the worlds of comedy,...
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