Comedy
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Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian
$16.99 Read moreThis entertaining and sharply written guide–for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers–examines the work of great comedians suc
- Author: Rosenfield, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01, 2017
- ISBN10: 1613736924
- Language: English
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Female Trouble: A Screenplay
$16.00 Add to cart“Burroughs famously dubbed Waters the Pope of Trash. Female Trouble, we might say, is his Summa Trashologica.”
It all goes to hell when Baltimore bad girl Dawn Dav
—Ed Halter, The Criterion Collection- Author: Waters, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371252
- Language: English
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Multiple Maniacs: A Screenplay
$15.00 Add to cartA very John Waters traveling show, replete with freaks, robbery, murder, sex, blasphemy, and savage shellfish–a lurid, surreal celebration of camp and trash.
The Cavalcade of Perversion is a traveli- Author: Waters, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371317
- Language: English
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Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian’s Guide to Autism
$17.99 Read moreComedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck’s back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was him
- Author: Novellie, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1785121022
- Language: English
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Hairspray: A Screenplay
$16.00 Add to cartA feel-good fable and an enduring critique of conformity told with true John Waters flair.
Tracy Turnblad, a spunky, full-figured Baltimore teen, wants nothing more than to be a featured dancer on Th- Author: Waters, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371295
- Language: English
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Funnier: A New Theory for the Practice of Comedy
$30.00 Add to cartA roadmap for understanding and creating comedy from the visionary Second City comedy director
Great comedy can feel ineffable–and unlearnable. Debunking the myth that “either you are funny, or you a
- Author: Libera, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0810149362
- Language: English
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The Black Pack: Comedy, Race, and Resistance
$29.95 Add to cartThe Black Pack: Comedy, Race & Resistance is the first book to chronicle the untold history behind the iconic collaborations between a legendary group of comedians–Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Keenen I… [more below]
- Author: Great, Artel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1978838131
- Language: English
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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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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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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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Let’s Put on a Show: A Collection of Plays
$22.95 Read moreRosie Taravella’s “Let’s Put on a Show” offers a retrospective collection of her plays from the 1990s, a testament to her unique talent for character-driven humor and truthful narratives. The antholog… [more below]
- Author: Taravella, Rosie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 478
- Publish Date: November 16 2023
- ISBN10: 9798350915464
- 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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Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times
$20.00 Add to cartWork is a joke. Laughing at it is political.
Humor, Groucho Marx asserted, is “reason gone mad.” For Walter Benjamin, laughter was “the most revolutionary emotion.” In a moment when great numbers of pe… [more below]
- Author: Lane-McKinley, Madeline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1942173709
- Language: English
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Comedy Writing Self-Taught: The Professional Skill-Building Course in Writing Stand-Up, Sketch, and Situation Comedy
$16.95 Add to cartComedy writing is an acquired skill. No one is born a comedy writer. The desire may be there from an early age, but the techniques must be learned, developed, and honed. Fortunately, the best teachers… [more below]
- Author: Perret, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: January 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1610352203
- Language: English
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Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History
$64.93 Add to cart“It’s kind of crazy, the impact on culture so many Boom Chicago alums have had. Boom was where I became my best comedic self: the excitement of Amsterdam, the freedom of that environment, the letting … [more below]
- Author: Moskos, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636141676
- Language: English
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Monty Python Speaks, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Oral History
$17.99 Read moreWith a Foreword by John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of its BBC debut, a revised and updated edition of the complete oral history of Monty Python–an insight
- Author: Morgan, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0062866443
- Language: English
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The Comedy Bible: From Stand-Up to Sitcom–The Comedy Writer’s Ultimate How to Guide
$19.99 Add to cartJudy Carter, guru to aspiring comedy writers and stand-up comics, tells all about the biz of being funny and writing funny in this bright, entertaining, and totally practical guide on how to draw humo… [more below]
- Author: Carter, Judy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 05 2001
- ISBN10: 0743201256
- Language: English
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A Small Book of Jewish Comedians
$29.95 Read moreAn unmissable gift book, A Small Book of Jewish Comedians is a perfect (please God) post-pandemic pick-me-up
A New York Times Book Review 2021 holiday gift guide pick
In 1978, Time magazine estimated t- Author: Nourmand, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1909526835
- Language: English
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Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
$21.99 Add to cart“More fun to read than the movie was to watch… a scene-stealing book.”
An Entertainment Weekly Must List selection Caddyshack is one of the most beloved comedies of all time, a
— The Washington Post- Author: Nashawaty, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 125010596X
- Language: English
