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1) Funny girl
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In swinging 60s England, the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball. Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. The show's writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret....
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Capturing the essence and alchemy of all six seasons of what is now considered to be one of the most groundbreaking comedy television series of the last decade, Best Wishes, Warmest Regards is a gift to fans everywhere who have made the show their own. Included are character profiles from the cast of Johnny, Moira, David, and Alexis, and all of the characters that populate the town, major moments from Moira's endorsement of Herb Ertlinger Winery,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An Emmy Award-winning original Saturday Night Live writer draws on personal memories and interviews with such contemporaries as Eric Idle and Dave Barry in a cultural memoir that includes discussions of the creative process behind classic skits.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bassem Youssef made a decision that's every mother's worst nightmare - he left his job as a heart surgeon to become a full-time comedian. Dubbed "The Egyptian Jon Stewart," Bassem creates the most viewed television program in the Middle East. He has 30 million viewers per episode, compared to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's 2 million viewers. In a country where free speech is not settled law, Bassem comes up with creative ways to non-violently...
Publisher
[Kinetic Media]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Arab Spring in Egypt: From a dictator to free elections, back to a dictatorship. One comedy show united the country and tested the limits of free press. This is the story of Bassem Youssef, a cardiologist turned comedian, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and his show "The Show".
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The television show Sex and the City changed how a generation of women relate to themselves, their friends, and their men. Now, through a careful examination of the characters and the issues the show confronted-from sexuality and feminism to friendship and motherhood-this book reveals how the series impacted viewers from the 1990s to today"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book revisits and celebrates the cultural legacy of the cult television series Northern Exposure. With a focus on its production history, fan culture, and individual episodes, it reveals the show's profound influence and argues its status as the prototype contemporary television series"--
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It is a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman, as she hurls herself at modern living in London. This time around, she's coping with her father's upcoming nuptuals, and her attraction to the hot priest they've chosen to officiate, while the brother-in-law escalates everything around him.
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Monty Python, one the most popular and influential forces in modern comedy--and of their TV show--told in words and images. This celebratory book includes 22 removable facsimiles of rare memorabilia from their official archives, including hand-scribbled scripts, cue sheets, character lists, posters, and animation artwork. Written with active input from the Pythons themselves, the book recounts the adventures of all six members...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A personal history of comedy from the 1950s to the present, with interviews conducted by the author." --publisher.
Steinberg, a comic instation himself, provide a personal history of comedy from the 1950s to the present. From the historic greats to the greats of right now, Steinberg makes clear why he loves comedy and the comedians who have been by his side in his work, and in his life, for more than sixty years. -- adapted from jacket
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From Executive Producer Michael Schur comes a smart, unique new comedy about what makes a good person. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. While hiding in plain sight from Michael, the wise architect of the Good Place, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the...
18) Decline and fall
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follow the exploits of Paul Pennyfeather, whose unfair expulsion from Oxford kick-starts a disastrous series of events, wherein he is by turn a naive teacher, a celebrity bridegroom, a wanted fugitive, and an international white slave-trader.
19) Rake: Series 4
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Smart but self-destructive lawyer Cleaver Greene faces new challenges to his career and his personal life as the hit Australian comedy drama returns. Last seen dangling from a runway hot air balloon, Cleaver crashes into the window of wanted criminal Edgar Thompson. Forced out of hiding, Edgar stirs up a huge corruption scandal involving most of the politicians in Sydney, and vows revenge on Cleaver.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When writer-turned-comedian Dick Cavett became the host of his own talk show in 1968, his mentor, Groucho Marx, quickly became a frequent guest. Groucho's appearances on The Dick Cavett Show captured what Cavett calls "the last of Groucho's greatness."
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