Laugh Lines: Forty Years Trying to Make Funny People Funnier
By: Alan Zweibel
4.09
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
WITH THIS TENDER, FUNNY MEMOIR OF FOUR DECADES IN THE BUSINESS ALAN ZWEIBEL TRACES THE HISTORY OF A…
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1. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
By: Martin Short
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this engaging memoir, written with heart, wisdom, and a huge helping of hilarity, Martin Short s… read more
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"To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them."-Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
2. So, Anyway...
By: John Cleese
3.18
Format: 183 pages,
Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare wen… read more
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3. The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy
By: Kliph Nesteroff
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with… read more
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- humor
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- comedy
4. My Seinfeld Year
By: Fred Stoller
3.50
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
You'd know Fred Stoller if you saw him. He has appeared on practically every great sitcom you've ev… read more
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5. Maybe We'll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star
By: Fred Stoller
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Fred Stoller has played the annoying schnook in just about every sitcom you've seen on TV--Friends,… read more
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6. This Boy's Life
By: Tobias Wolff
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
This unforgettable memoir, by one of our most gifted writers, introduces us to the young Toby Wolff… read more
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7. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
By: Bob Odenkirk
3.60
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more
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"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
8. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More
By: James Burrows
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more
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- tv
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9. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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10. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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11. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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- audiobook
12. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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13. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more
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- audiobook
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
14. Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy
By: Judd Apatow
3.79
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An all-new collection of honest, hilarious, and enlightening conversati… read more
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- comedy
15. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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16. Entrances and Exits
By: Michael Richards
4.12
Format: 425 pages, Hardcover
The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more
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17. You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
By: Tom Papa
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Comedian and “Live from Here” head writer Tom Papa, author of Your Dad Stole My Rake, tackles the m… read more
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"Try and be strong. Try and be better. Try to enjoy."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
"Social media is like a photo album with all the bad parts taken out."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
"Life isn’t easy. It’s actually extremely difficult, with only one guaranteed ending. But you should refuse to waste it, if not for yourself, then for everyone around you."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
"We're all somewhat unpleasant--which is another way of saying disgusting--and we're all flawed. All of us. That's what love is. Finding someone whose flaws you can put up with."-Tom Papa, You're Doing Great!: And Other Reasons to Stay Alive
18. Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
By: Dana Stevens
4.19
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPR In this genre-defying work … read more
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19. Laugh Lines: Forty Years Trying to Make Funny People Funnier
By: Alan Zweibel
4.09
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
WITH THIS TENDER, FUNNY MEMOIR OF FOUR DECADES IN THE BUSINESS ALAN ZWEIBEL TRACES THE HISTORY OF A… read more
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20. The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
By: Isaac Butler
4.26
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE N… read more
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21. I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame
By: Kevin Nealon
3.79
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
You may know Kevin Nealon as a celebrated comedian and Saturday Night Live alum—but he also happens… read more
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