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A Bathroom Book for People Not Pooping or Peeing But Using the Bathroom as an Escape by Joe Pera is a funny, warm, and sincere guide to regaining calm and confidence when you're hiding in the bathroom.

Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at Saturday Night Live, where he penned classic material for Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and all of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players. From SNL, he went on to have a hand in a series of landmark shows - from It’s Garry Shandling’s Show to Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Want to learn how to make people laugh out loud? How to Make People Laugh is a book that targets regular comedians, such as you and me. It does not try to transform you into a professional comedian. Instead, it puts comedy in the spotlight of everyday life. With this book, you will learn techniques that you can easily incorporate at parties or even in regular banter with friends and colleagues.

During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed the world of comedy". Although Bruce died when he was only 40, his influence on the worlds of comedy, jazz, and satire are incalculable.

Christina Pazsitzky (pronounced puh-jshit-ski) is a comedian with spunk. Please don't call her a "girl comic" - Christina's comedy ignores easy labels and covers all sorts of topics. Her comedy effortlessly coasts from topic to topic, always with a heavy dose of wit and charm. Smart, irreverent and funny, Christina has it all in one spunky Pazsitzky package.

This very special Un-Cabaret collection includes four deeply funny stories about Jews and Jewishness: "The Day I Got Caught Playing with Myself in Hebrew School", "Hitler's Willing Executioner, Me?", "The Ish Factor", and "Bar Mitzvah Boy".

Everyone knows who you find in bookshops: people who want to buy books. But, as Shaun Bythell reveals, that's really only half the story. Join Shaun as he introduces us to seven bookshop characters, from the Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover) to the harried Parents Secretly After Free Childcare and all the way over to the erotica section, where we'll meet The Person Who Is Up to No Good.

During their prime in the 1940s and early 1950s, Abbott and Costello were the most popular comedy duo in show business. They first became a team in burlesque, graduated to radio with Kate Smith, then Broadway with comedian Bobby Clark and Carmen Miranda; and, ultimately, to the movies, making their debut supporting Allan Jones and Nancy Kelly in One Night in the Tropics (1940).

Tipped as one of the most talented and popular comedians to have recently emerged, Paul Chowdhry is definitely the man to look out for in 2012. With his hilariously dry observational humour he has impressed audiences throughout the UK, leaving fans wanting more, and his appearance on Channel 4’s Stand Up for the Week brought him massive critical acclaim and a growing fan base, all of which has led to him being titled the UK’s Number 1 Asian Comedian.

Wyatt Cenac is a comedy person.

Host Ian Aber, a StandUp NBC finalist, brings his humor and charm to str8 ppl : a minor look at the majority. Join him for 30-minute one-on-one interviews with folks about sexuality, as well as a deeper and hilarious discussion on straightness as an identity rather than an overwhelming reality.

the boys talk give their take and share what's been going on in their world that week, as far as the culinary world, comedy, MMA, wrestling, whiskey, growing up differently, stories, documentaries, reality TV shows and sports entertainment and everything in between, basically just two best friends being young and dumb and sharing life with you guys.

Wooing People In Isolation is a show where Italian Australian Drag King, Silvio Di Baci, gives some wholesome advice in a time of isolation, he interviews people from the cabaret community and tells some of his outrageous love stories.    New Episodes Every Saturday.

Travel back in time to relive the adventures of Joel and John in the form of an immersive stereo experience. As you hear us develop as individuals, friends, and collaborators, you may find yourself growing right alongside us. This is our most vulnerable project to date, and we hope you take this opportunity to adventure and travel with a couple fellas who may just become your new best friends.

LA-based stand-up comedian Michael Kosta recorded Comedy for Attractive People at The Comedy Store in La Jolla. Listen to Fox Sports 1's funniest panelist on Crowd Goes Wild riff on everything from Afghanistan to gay athletes.

Texas native Dustin Chafin performs at New York Comedy Club in Manhattan.

Roy Jackson has been making people laugh his whole life with his innate ability to find humor in just about anything. On Jackson's debut album, Ugly People Cause Problems, he attacks his comedy with a "tell it like it is" approach.

The Blunt People are friends/comedians Chase Mayers, Erin Ingle, Travis Nelson and Vanessa Dawn. Each episode is a combination of 4 segments, one by each host. You never know what we're going to bring up, but the jokes are guaranteed. @chase_mayers @erin.ingle.time @travisisjoking @nessathedawn Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebluntpeople/support

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