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Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Diversion Books edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
It's been a minute. Readers last sat down with Tiffany. Since then, Haddish has catapulted to A-list fame as the breakout star of Girls Trip. She's walked the Oscars red carpet, released a hit stand-up special with Netflix, and made history as the first Black female comedian to host Saturday Night Live and Shark Week. But it hasn't been all VIP parties and free diving with apex predators. In these humorous and heartfelt essays, Tiffany gets real about...
Author
Publisher
Permuted Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xiv, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this memoir, the author writes about the evolution of Cosmo Kramer, his character on Seinfeld, sharing insecurities and successes he experienced creating the character. He discusses his childhood with his schizophrenic grandmother and single mother, and his drive to unravel the mystery of his father. He tells of his early passion for theater and performance, his tour of duty in the army, his interest in psychology and religion, and his days coming...
4) Nickerbacher
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
55 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Nickerbacher longs to be a stand-up comedian. However, his father has told him that "Every Dragon has a duty to guard a princess". Will Nickerbacker ever get the courage to confront his father?
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 361 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, "queen of the B-pluses." But on the small screen she was a superstar-arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy's genius and places it in the context of her conflicted and sometimes bitter personal life.
Ball of Fire gives us Lucy in all her contradictions. Here is the beauty who became a master of knock-down...
9) Fault line
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Howard Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 247 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Six-time Emmy Award-winning funnyman Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnett Show, offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 565 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Draws on exclusive reporting to honor Bob Hope's top-rated successes while discussing such topics as his secret first marriage, stint in reform school and ambivalent relationships with fellow stars.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxviii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kohen assembles more than 150 interviews from America's most prominent comediennes (and the writers, producers, nightclub owners, and colleagues who revolved around them) to piece together the revolution that happened to (and by) women in American comedy"--Provided by publisher.
An oral history tracing the careers and achievements of comediennes from the past half century challenges opinions about why women cannot be effective comedic entertainers...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The account begins in the late 1880s, when Native Americans were forced to tour in wild west shows as an alternative to prison. (One modern comedian said it was as {28}if a Guantanamo detainee suddenly had to appear on X-Factor.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A candid, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon. At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems--from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs. Maria Bamford is a comedian's comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place...
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