Comedy
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Desperate Living: A Screenplay
$15.00 Add to cartA grotesque and hilarious satire about the American dream, suburban living, and the corrupting influence of power, set in a world that could only have sprung from the unhinged and brilliant mind of Jo
- Author: Waters, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371236
- Language: English
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Flamingos Forever: A Screenplay
$15.00 Add to cartOne part of John Waters’ iconic Trash Trilogy, Flamingos Forever is a dark-comedy screenplay about a drag queen trying to retain her title of “Filthiest Person in the World.”
Fifteen years after the e- Author: Waters, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371279
- Language: English
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Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
$16.95 Add to cartIn this book Richard Ayoade — actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist — reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over ten brilliantly insightful and often … [more below]
- Author: Ayoade, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0571316530
- Language: English
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Pink Flamingos: A Screenplay
$15.00 Add to cartThe return of a spectacular, reviled, and iconic classic of American filth!
John Waters takes us back to the scene of his original crime against good taste. Watch as Babs Johnson fights to hold on to- Author: Waters, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371333
- Language: English
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Nothin’ Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield
$29.00 Add to cartThe first-ever biography of the legendary comic and the most improbable rise to fame in the history of American comedy. Getting there wasn’t always a laughing matter.
Rodney Dangerfield’s fidgety deli- Author: Starr, Michael Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 080654323X
- Language: English
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Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
$21.99 Add to cartThe New 50th Anniversary Edition of Saturday Night
“It reads like a thriller, and may be the best book ever written about television.”
— Associated Press“A chilling real-life cliffhanger.”
— Washin- Author: Hill, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1592115365
- Language: English
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Deathtrap: ‘A Thriller in Two Acts’
$19.99 Add to cartIra Levin’s Broadway triumph Deathtrap melds gasp-out-loud thrills with laugh-out-loud laughs in a murderously entertaining “who’ll-do-it” of a play, within a play, within a …
Once-successful Sidney
- Author: Levin, Ira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798212642705
- Language: English
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You Don’t Have to Have a Dream: And Other Life Lessons
$20.00 Add to cartA whimsically illustrated celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches from beloved comedian Tim Minchin in a … [more below]
- Author: Minchin, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1668080354
- Language: English
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Sicker in the Head: More Conversations about Life and Comedy
$18.99 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An all-new collection of honest, hilarious, and enlightening conversations with some of the most exciting names in comedy–from lifelong comedy nerd Judd Apatow.
“When I ne- Author: Apatow, Judd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0525509429
- Language: English
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Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
$19.99 Add to cartNow in paperback, a rollicking history of the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour –“A stunningly alive portrait of the 1960s and of two very different men who ‘refused to shut up’ and … [more below]
- Author: Bianculli, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1439101175
- Language: English
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Lucky Loser: Adventures in Tennis and Comedy
$32.00 Add to cartFrom a host of The Daily Show and stand-up comic, Michael Kosta, comes a wildly funny and insightful memoir about his unlikely journey from professional tennis player (#864 in the world) to profession
- Author: Kosta, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 63418061
- Language: English
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Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
$32.99 Add to cartThe New 50th Anniversary Edition of Saturday Night
“It reads like a thriller, and may be the best book ever written about television.”
— Associated Press“A chilling real-life cliffhanger.”
— Washin- Author: Hill, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1592115306
- Language: English
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Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein: The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks
$29.95 Read moreAn in-depth look at the 1974 releases of Mel Brooks’s Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein that will leave cinephiles enthralled.
1974 was a busy year for Mel Brooks. Although still recovering after
- Author: Hallenbeck, Bruce G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1493078003
- Language: English
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Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–And the Magic That Makes It Work
$20.00 Read moreOne 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- Author: Fox, Jesse David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338093
- Language: English
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Bedtime Stories for Privileged Children: Charming Tales of Wealth and Entitlement for Tots Who Were Simply Born Better
$16.99 Add to cartA whip-smart, funny and very of the moment parody of uber-rich extravagance from brilliant, upcoming comedian Daniel Foxx.
Author and comedian Daniel Foxx presents a wonderful collection of stories e- Author: Foxx, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1800962096
- Language: English
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Sick in the Head: Conversations about Life and Comedy
$21.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE A.V. CLUB – Includes new interviews
From the writer and director of Knocked Up and the producer of Freaks and Geeks comes a c… [more below]- Author: Apatow, Judd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: May 31 2016
- ISBN10: 0812987284
- Language: English
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You’re Funny for A…: The Illustrated Guide to Trans Comedians, Non-Binary Comics, & Funny Women in the Comedy Scene
$13.99 Read moreLooking for your next laugh? This illustrated guide to women, non-binary, and trans comedians has what you’re looking for! Showcasing emerging talent along with well-loved icons, you’re certain to dis… [more below]
- Author: Zarders, Sophia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: November 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1945509996
- Language: English
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Sidesplitter: How to Be from Two Worlds at Once
$19.99 Read more, *A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*
‘A hilarious breath of fresh air’ AMY SCHUMER ‘A razor-sharp dissection of cultural differences. And yes, it’s side-splittingly funny’ ADAM KAY ‘I’ve laughed out loud at l- Author: Wang, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 152935031X
- Language: English
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Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage
$34.95 Read moreAn updated paperback version of the book heralded as “a new benchmark in Marx scholarship” by the Los Angeles Times
Before film made them international comedy legends, the Marx Brothers developed the- Author: Bader, Robert S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0810145758
- Language: English
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Humour
$15.00 Add to cartA compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture–by one of its greatest exponents
Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the natur- Author: Eagleton, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0300255020
- Language: English
