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1) Three amigos
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Lane Moore is a fool for love. From her addiction to romantic comedies to her tendency to form instant soulmate connections with strangers, Lane has a way of romanticizing everything and everyone. It's no wonder the New York Times, in a review of her comedy show, 'Tinder Live! with Lane Moore,' called her 'a flirt par excellence.' But her romantic nature belies a decidedly unromantic childhood, one that sent her down a long and difficult road. Lane...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like "Buying the Plot" and "Nodding Off," Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: If you've watched television or movies in the past year, you've seen Michelle Buteau. With scene-stealing roles in Always Be My Maybe, First Wives Club, Someone Great, Russian Doll, and Tales of the City; a reality TV show and breakthrough stand-up specials, including her headlining show Welcome to Buteaupia on Netflix, and two podcasts (Late Night Whenever and Adulting), Michelle's star is on the rise. Now, in Survival of the...
10) The big sick
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This acclaimed comedy is based on the real-life relationship and culture clash between comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his future wife, Emily Gordon. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail has to force himself to face her feisty parents, temper his family's expectations, and follow his heart.
12) The next to die
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and Woman with a Secret returns with a disturbing tale of psychological suspense and obsession that hits at the heart of some of our most precious relationships.
Author
Series
Barftastic life of Louie Burger volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Louie Burger's dad has to go away for two weeks for a job and he is stuck with a house full of girls. Suddenly, it's makeup, princess dogs, love notes from your kissy-faced grandma, and heart-shaped pancakes all the time. How can Louie be the man of the house when it is constantly under attack by girlzillas?"-- Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For eleven years, the six-person comedy team known as the Commune has killed onstage, waiting for its big break. The team finds itself at a crossroads when one of the group becomes a solo success and the others start to wonder if they will make it after all.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy's most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. Profiles important events and humorists from the 1880s to the present.
19) It's Trevor Noah: born a crime : stories from a South African childhood ; adapted for young readers
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Trevor Noah, the funny guy who hosts The Daily Show, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa, with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child like him to exist. But he did exist--and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. This compelling memoir blends drama, comedy,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Packed with never-before-published anecdotes and photos, "Danny Kaye: King of Jesters" takes the first-ever behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Kaye's film, TV, radio and stage work, and at the "secret life" of the incredible performer behind them.
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