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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
When Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, he described it as a "comic weekly." And although it has become much more than that, it has remained true in its irreverent heart to the description, publishing the most illustrious literary humorists of the modern era, from Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker to Woody Allen and Steve Martin. This anthology gathers together the funniest work of more than seventy contributors. Parodists take on not only...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Fresh from his triumph at the Tupperware Convention, Dave Barry brings his wit to bear on the everyday experiences of life. Like nasal spray and homemade beer and how not to look like a pervert when hanging around a public toilet waiting for your 4-year-old son to re-emerge. And, of course, what to do when attacked by a giant squid and other aspects of safe boating practices.
48) Drunk stoned brilliant dead: the writers and artists who made the National Lampoon insanely great
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Contains Diffee's funniest [New Yorker] drawings and writings from the past decade as well as all-new cartoons and sketches organized into categories that will appeal to smart attractive people in all walks of life, based on profession and circumstance."--Amazon.com.
55) Zero gravity
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"His first new collection of short humor in fifteen years is classic Woody Allen. Zero Gravity is the fifth collection of comic pieces by Woody Allen, a hilarious prose stylist whose enduring appeal readers have savored since his classics Getting Even, Without Feathers, Side Effects, and Mere Anarchy. This new work combines pieces that have appeared in The New Yorker along with eleven written exclusively for this book, each a comic inspiration. Whether...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like "Life," "Vanity Fair," and "The New Yorker," earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humorists of his time; his influence--on contemporaries such as E.B. White, James Thurber, and S.J. Perelman, or followers like Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor--has left an indelible mark on the American comic tradition. "The Benchley Roundup "collects those pieces, selected...
Author
Publisher
Keyword Press/Atria
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
From the break-out star of BuzzFeed and the People's Choice Award-winning comedian behind the web series "Whine About It" and "To Be Honest" comes a collection of hilariously anguished essays chronicling awful moments from his life so far, the humiliations of being an adult, and other little indignities.
Matt Bellassai has no idea what he's doing. Well, to be fair, he did become semi-Internet famous by getting drunk at work, making him a socially-acceptable-nay-professional...
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