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Author
Publisher
It Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the wildly popular podcast 'Girl on Guy, ' comedian and actress Aisha Tyler asks her guests to recount moments from their lives when they've done something boneheaded, ill-conceived, dangerous, or just plain stupid--to themselves. In Self-inflicted wounds, Aisha turns the lens on herself--recounting her most egregious mistakes--to hilarious result"--
Author
Language
English
Description
""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...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Bill Murray is one of the world's most beloved celebrities--but his off-screen antics rival his filmography for sheer entertainment value. Gavin Edwards traveled the country to the places where Murray has lived, worked, and partied, and interviewed everyone from rock stars to bartenders, in search of the most epic, outrageous, and hilarious Bill Murray stories from the past four decades, many of which have never before been reported.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In his second book, Adam Carolla--author of New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks and chart-topping podcaster--reveals all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today. Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabble childhood to his slacker friends to the hypocrisy of Hollywood. He tackled...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Amy Schumer, Emmy Award-winning comedian, actress, writer, and star, mines her past for stories about her teenage years, her family, relationship, and sex, and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is -- a woman with the courage to bare her soul and stand up for what she believes in, all while making us laugh. Ranging from the raucous to the romantic, the heartfelt to the harrowing, this entertaining collection is the literary equivalent...
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
John Crist wasn't always recognizable as "the guy from that hilarious video in the grocery store." Growing up part of a homeschool family of ten in rural Georgia with Mennonite grandparents and a high-school job at Chick-fil-A, he was an unlikely candidate for Internet fame. Despite all that, or perhaps because of it, Crist passionately pursued his dream of stand-up comedy. In his first book, Crist offers heartfelt, laugh-out-loud observations on...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 14 hr.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations, color ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive collection of the best work of Caesar and his teams, beginning with The Admiral Broadway Review, through Your Show Of Shows and Caesar's Hour, and featuring many interviews and extras, including the 2014 Paley Center For Media Tribute with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Billy Crystal.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xvii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Amy Poehler, Mel Brooks, Adam McKay, George Saunders, Bill Hader, Patton Oswalt, and many more take us deep inside the mysterious world of comedy in this fascinating, laugh-out-loud-funny book. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories, from a day in the writers room at The Onion to why a sketch does or doesn't make it onto Saturday Night Live to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of Monty Pythons Flying Circus--Poking a Dead Frog is a...
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