Comedy
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Last Words
$20.00 Add to cartFor the last 14 years of his life, the brilliant, caustic, and hilarious George Carlin worked on his autobiography–now, written with bestselling author Tony Hendra and posthumously published, Carlin … [more below]
- Author: Carlin, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 02 2010
- ISBN10: 1439191107
- Language: English
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Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian
$16.99 Add to cartThis 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… [more below]
- Author: Rosenfield, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1613736924
- Language: English
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Comedy Writing Secrets: The Best-Selling Guide to Writing Funny and Getting Paid for It
$18.99 Add to cartThe Must-Have Guide to Humor Writing
Bring on the funny With Comedy Writing Secrets 3rd Edition, you can discover the secrets of humor writing that will keep your readers rolling in their seats. Lea- Author: Shatz, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1599639610
- Language: English
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Can We Laugh at That?: Comedy in a Conflicted Age
$24.95 Add to cartDid you hear the one about the comedian who was canceled?
Comedians are no strangers to controversy or crossing the line. But some things do change. Humorists the world over are no longer simply deno- Author: Berlinerblau, Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0520403037
- Language: English
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When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy
$35.00 Add to cartFINALIST FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY – From longtime New York Times and Vanity Fair writer David Margolick comes the first definitive biography of Sid Caesar: founding fathe… [more below]
- Author: Margolick, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0805242554
- Language: English
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Hell in a Handbag
$17.95 Read moreThe debut memoir from the unhinged queer genius known as Dynasty Handbag.
A freak’s freak, iconoclast performance artist Jibz Cameron is best known for her multimedia act Dynasty Handbag, an alter ego- Author: Cameron, Jibz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1635902789
- Language: English
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Teeth: A Coming-Of-Rage Musical Comedy
$17.95 Add to cart“[Teeth is] really a show not about vagina dentata but about the cancerous cycles of self-loathing, misogyny, and violence that fester at the heart of purity culture. Well, it’s also about vagina dent… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, Michael R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1636702457
- Language: English
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Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
$18.99 Add to cartA finalist for the 2017 George Freedley Memorial Award
“A compelling, absolutely unputdownable story . . . And, in case you’re wondering, yes, the book is funny. In places, very funny. A remarkable st
- Author: Wasson, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1328508005
- Language: English
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Mini MIC Drop: With Feedback Sound [With Battery]
$14.95 Add to cartCelebrate life’s victories both big and small with this miniature microphone replica, which makes a fun electronic drop and feedback sound when it triumphantly hits a surface–the perfect way to make … [more below]
- Series: Rp Minis
- Author: Lemke, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798894141336
- Language: English
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Fawlty Towers: Fawlts and All: A 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Nation’s Beloved Sitcom
$32.00 Add to cartDuck surprise. The car that wouldn’t start. The psychiatrists. Those builders…
Fifty years ago Fawlty Towers hit British TV screens for the first time, becoming an instant classic. Now for the firs- Author: Cleese, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1035433214
- 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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Afterthoughts: Wisdom for the Unreflective
$14.95 Add to cartRichard Ayoade dispenses a lifetime of deepness into over 500 individually digestible thought pellets. Taste, masticate, and savour. You’re about to get extremely wise.
Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne. Men… [more below]
- Author: Ayoade, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0571398200
- Language: English
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Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good: Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fully Revised and Updated
$19.95 Add to cartReaders can’t curb their enthusiasm for Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good, now fully revised and includes a full insightful episode guide to the entire Curb Your Enthusiasm series
For Larry David, success- Author: Levine, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1770418377
- Language: English
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Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian’s Guide to Autism
$17.99 Add to cartComedian 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 Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits
$29.00 Add to cartBeloved comedian Vir Das shares his journey as a perpetual outsider, using humor to navigate heartbreak, failure, and the quest for belonging.
When comedian and actor Vir Das found himself stranded on- Author: Das, Vir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1668066327
- Language: English
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Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures
$50.00 Add to cartAn intimate, rollicking highly-visual memoir of a comedic genius that offers a rare glimpse into the creative life and inner workings of legendary director producer Judd Apatow through never-before-se… [more below]
- Author: Apatow, Judd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0593595939
- Language: English
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John Candy: A Life in Comedy
$29.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy, the definitive biography of John Candy–a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy’s most beloved and enduring stars.
From his humble begin
- Author: Myers, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1487009526
- Language: English
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