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Bestsellers
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Comedian Trevor Noah offers listeners a glimpse into his childhood during apartheid in South Africa in this award-winning memoir.
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
By: Trevor Noah
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Born Standing Up
- A Comic's Life
- By: Steve Martin
- Narrated by: Steve Martin
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In the mid-70s, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up....
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Fantastic
- By Andrew on 11-30-07
By: Steve Martin
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Bossypants
- By: Tina Fey
- Narrated by: Tina Fey
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Before Liz Lemon, before Weekend Update, before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: A recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV....
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Tina Fey broke my new SUV
- By Warren on 04-07-11
By: Tina Fey
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I'd Like to Play Alone, Please
- Essays
- By: Tom Segura
- Narrated by: Tom Segura
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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From a massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-topping podcasts “2 Bears 1 Cave” and “Your Mom’s House,” hilarious real-life stories of parenting, celebrity encounters, youthful mistakes, misanthropy, and so much more....
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Hot sauce is the best!
- By Michael Bowen on 06-15-22
By: Tom Segura
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Live from New York
- The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests
- By: James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine, Paul Woodson
- Length: 28 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales raucously and revealingly take the SNL story up to the present, adding a constellation of iconic new stars, surprises, and controversies....
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The First Forty Years ... and Counting
- By Dubi on 10-21-18
By: James Andrew Miller, and others
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Tremendous
- The Life of a Comedy Savage
- By: Joey "Coco" Diaz
- Narrated by: Joey "Coco" Diaz
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend. Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled....
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Thank you
- By amanda on 05-04-23
By: Joey "Coco" Diaz
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Comedian Trevor Noah offers listeners a glimpse into his childhood during apartheid in South Africa in this award-winning memoir.
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
By: Trevor Noah
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Born Standing Up
- A Comic's Life
- By: Steve Martin
- Narrated by: Steve Martin
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In the mid-70s, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up....
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Fantastic
- By Andrew on 11-30-07
By: Steve Martin
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Bossypants
- By: Tina Fey
- Narrated by: Tina Fey
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Before Liz Lemon, before Weekend Update, before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: A recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV....
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Tina Fey broke my new SUV
- By Warren on 04-07-11
By: Tina Fey
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I'd Like to Play Alone, Please
- Essays
- By: Tom Segura
- Narrated by: Tom Segura
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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From a massively successful stand-up comedian and co-host of chart-topping podcasts “2 Bears 1 Cave” and “Your Mom’s House,” hilarious real-life stories of parenting, celebrity encounters, youthful mistakes, misanthropy, and so much more....
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Hot sauce is the best!
- By Michael Bowen on 06-15-22
By: Tom Segura
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Live from New York
- The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests
- By: James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine, Paul Woodson
- Length: 28 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales raucously and revealingly take the SNL story up to the present, adding a constellation of iconic new stars, surprises, and controversies....
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The First Forty Years ... and Counting
- By Dubi on 10-21-18
By: James Andrew Miller, and others
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Tremendous
- The Life of a Comedy Savage
- By: Joey "Coco" Diaz
- Narrated by: Joey "Coco" Diaz
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend. Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled....
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Thank you
- By amanda on 05-04-23
By: Joey "Coco" Diaz
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Is This Anything?
- By: Jerry Seinfeld
- Narrated by: Jerry Seinfeld
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub “Catch a Rising Star” as a 21-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything....
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Joke, joke, joke. Boring, boring, boring.
- By ECMILLER on 10-11-20
By: Jerry Seinfeld
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Robin
- By: Dave Itzkoff
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations....
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Disappointing but worth a read
- By Joe Moore on 05-18-18
By: Dave Itzkoff
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Subculture Vulture
- A Memoir in Six Scenes
- By: Moshe Kasher
- Narrated by: Moshe Kasher, Larry Wilson
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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After bottoming out, being institutionalized, and getting sober all by the tender age of fifteen, Moshe Kasher found himself asking: “What’s next?” Over the ensuing decades, he discovered the answer: a lot....
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Who knew THAT guy is such an intellectual powerhouse?
- By Gregory A. Pless on 04-24-24
By: Moshe Kasher
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Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
- A Memoir
- By: Bob Odenkirk
- Narrated by: Bob Odenkirk, Steve Rudnick, Leo Benvenuti
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Bob Odenkirk’s career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a “Homeric” decades-long “odyssey” from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs to a dramatic career full of award nominations, it’s almost like there are many Bob Odenkirks....
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Not great
- By D. Moore on 04-12-22
By: Bob Odenkirk
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Dirty Daddy
- The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian
- By: Bob Saget
- Narrated by: Bob Saget
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Millions of viewers know and love Bob Saget from his role as the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House, and as the charming wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos....
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Meh to the 2nd Power
- By Hilary on 06-30-14
By: Bob Saget
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How to Write Funny
- Your Serious, Step-By-Step Blueprint for Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writing, Book 1
- By: Scott Dikkers
- Narrated by: Scott Dikkers
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In this definitive joke-writing handbook, learn comedy writing and how to write a joke with a simple comedy-writing and joke-writing formula you can use right now to write your own jokes....
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What I expected
- By J. Genovese on 02-04-19
By: Scott Dikkers
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Girl Logic
- The Genius and the Absurdity
- By: Iliza Shlesinger
- Narrated by: Mayim Bialik, Iliza Shlesinger
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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From breakout stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a subversively funny collection of essays and observations on a confident woman's approach to friendship, singlehood, and relationships....
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A delight
- By Haha917 on 03-28-18
By: Iliza Shlesinger
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The New Comedy Bible
- The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy
- By: Judy Carter
- Narrated by: Judy Carter
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The exercises in this book will get you off the couch and onto the stage, helping you develop the skills necessary to envision, and achieve, a successful career in comedy....
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PDF workbook
- By Lluvia Guerra on 02-22-21
By: Judy Carter
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Chasing the Last Laugh
- Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour
- By: Richard Zacks
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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“There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate,” he wrote. “When he can’t afford it and when he can.” The publishing company Twain owned was failing; his investment in a typesetting device was bleeding red ink....
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The Master Storyteller
- By Jean on 08-16-16
By: Richard Zacks
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling, Michael Schur, B. J. Novak
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress....
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If you like Mindy, you'll enjoy this listen.
- By Lisa on 01-04-12
By: Mindy Kaling
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The Bassoon King
- My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
- By: Rainn Wilson
- Narrated by: Rainn Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Rainn Wilson’s memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life. For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character....
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Exquisite narration!
- By Johanna on 11-13-15
By: Rainn Wilson
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Nothing Like I Imagined
- (Except for Sometimes)
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In these fresh and hilarious personal essays, Mindy Kaling gives the inside scoop on her new role as single mom, the perks of being her own husband, and how she deals with social anxiety even at the most glamorous A-list parties....
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Mindy is wonderful
- By Jen Kious on 10-12-20
By: Mindy Kaling
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Playing with Myself
- By: Randy Rainbow
- Narrated by: Randy Rainbow
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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An intimate and lighthearted memoir by viral sensation and three-time Emmy-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow that takes listeners through his life - the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes....
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I was left wanting MORE!
- By T. Widegren on 04-19-22
By: Randy Rainbow
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Unsuccessful Thug
- One Comedian's Journey from Naptown to Tinseltown
- By: Mike Epps
- Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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From Naptown to Tinseltown - legendary stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps finally tells all in this outrageous, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir....
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The performer is not good
- By Sgamble on 04-11-18
By: Mike Epps
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The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book
- By: Jerry Seinfeld, Full Cast
- Narrated by: Jerry Seinfeld
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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A celebration of and behind-the-scenes look at Jerry Seinfeld’s groundbreaking streaming series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee....
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meh
- By Anonymous User on 07-14-23
By: Jerry Seinfeld, and others
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What's So Funny?
- My Hilarious Life
- By: Tim Conway, Jane Scovell, Carol Burnett - foreword
- Narrated by: Tim Conway, Carol Burnett, Dick Hill, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Not narrated by Tim
- By Bob Murdock on 05-05-14
By: Tim Conway, and others
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At the Mountains of Madness
- By: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of a polar expedition meeting unspeakable horrors is brought to life in the style of a 1930s radio drama....
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some portions unintelligible
- By Nelson on 02-22-20
By: H. P. Lovecraft
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Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
- By: Alan Partridge
- Narrated by: Alan Partridge
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE....
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Rhinocerene
- By Anonymous User on 10-12-23
By: Alan Partridge
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Failure Is an Option
- An Attempted Memoir
- By: H. Jon Benjamin
- Narrated by: H. Jon Benjamin
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Actor, voice actor, and comedian H. Jon Benjamin helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own - despite his success starring on Archer and Bob's Burgers - in a hilarious, self-helpful memoir....
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No joke, This book helped my marriage
- By Michelle on 05-07-18
By: H. Jon Benjamin
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Almost Interesting
- The Memoir
- By: David Spade
- Narrated by: David Spade
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian, and Saturday Night Live alumnus....
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Everything You Could Want in an Autobiography
- By Zoegirl777 on 10-30-15
By: David Spade
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Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die
- And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life
- By: Daniel Sloss
- Narrated by: Daniel Sloss
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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One of this generation's hottest and boldest young comedians presents a transgressive and hilarious analysis of all of our dysfunctional relationships, and attempts to point us in the vague direction of sanity....
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101 Course in Scottish Swearing and Philosophy
- By Amber D. Courtot on 12-11-21
By: Daniel Sloss
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The Comedians
- Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy
- By: Kliph Nesteroff
- Narrated by: Kliph Nesteroff
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts....
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Performance issues
- By E. A. Smith on 09-02-19
By: Kliph Nesteroff
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Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
- By: David Mitchell
- Narrated by: David Mitchell
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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David Mitchell’s 2014 best seller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think - because everything’s got worse....
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Meant for UK listeners
- By Maggie May on 11-19-19
By: David Mitchell
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Comedy Book
- How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work
- By: Jesse David Fox
- Narrated by: Jesse David Fox
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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From a beloved comedy critic, a wisecracking, heartfelt, and overdue chronicle of comedy’s boom—and its magic....
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Comedy Book blew me away!
- By Chris Thomas on 01-26-24
By: Jesse David Fox
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