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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Rising comedy star Tiffany Haddish takes the stage in her hometown of Los Angeles to tackle subjects ranging from her early days in foster care and being bullied on the playground, to getting her revenge on ex-boyfriends and introducing Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to Groupon. With a bold and unique style of comedy and her refreshingly positive outlook on life, Haddish proves she ready for the spotlight!
85) Funny pains
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In a height of the #MeToo movement, feminism, and the infiltration of stand-up comedy by the politically correct, the life and times of courageous comedian Wendi Starling is examined.
87) Hacks: Season 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Multiple Emmy Award winner Jean Smart stars as a legendary Las Vegas comedian who is forced to hire an ambitious young writer. These two talented comedic voices from different generations form an unlikely bond in this new comedy from "Broad City" alums Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky and Emmy Award winning executive producer Michael Schur.
88) Vanilla
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A freewheeling comedienne determined to save her family business invites an uptight app developer on a long first date, a road trip to New Orleans.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Negin Farsad is an Iranian-American-Muslim female stand-up comedian who believes she can change the world, one joke at a time. In HOW TO MAKE WHITE PEOPLE LAUGH, Farsad shares her personal experiences growing up as the "Other" in an American culture that has no time for nuance. Writing bluntly and hilariously about the elements of race we are often too politically correct to discuss, Farsad takes a long hard look at the iconography that still shapes...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Veteran funnylady Joan Rivers hosts an honest look into the lives of the most famous women in comedy through personal, in-depth interviews. Some of the most talented female comics working today shed light on the courage, dedication, and passion that is required to be successful in a male-dominated scene.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Part autobiography, part self help, part confession, part celebration of being a common-or-garden woman, part collection of synonyms for nunny, Sarah Millican's debut book How To Be Champion delves into her super normal life with daft stories, funny tales and proper advice on how to get past life's blips -- like being good at school but not good at friends, the excitement of IBS and how to blossom post divorce. If you've ever worn glasses at the age...
93) Beautiful
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Learning to love her luscious self over the past forty years, comedian Margaret Cho realized that the eye of the beholder doesn't hold all the power when it comes to beauty. Our tastes may be groomed by the media, but how we feel about how we look brings our self-image into focus. Armed with something more potent than lip gloss - a mouth so shocking and raunchy it should be stamped with a warning. Cho toured America with her manifest "This show...
95) Spin cycle
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Divorcee Rachel Katz, a stand-up comic whose husband left her for another man, is trying to raise her ten-year-old son who has a fixation for Barbra Streisand, while trying to decide whether or not to marry her dentist boyfriend, and fighting an attraction to a sexy washing machine repairman.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
Dylan O'Conner, a gifted young artist, is abducted while he and his autistic brother, Shep, are en route to an arts festival in Santa Fe. He is attacked by a mysterious "doctor," injected with a strange substance and told that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill him . . . or transform his life in the most remarkable way. -- pub.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Barber shares her raucous, hilarious, and outspoken opinions on life, unwanted gas, and how to rock a sexy scar. Part memoir, part comedy routine, part advice manual, she reveals her secrets to love, friendship, family, and marriage and how Nutella quite literally shaped who she is as a woman.
99) Kate McKinnon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This title chronicles the rise of Kate McKinnon, a gay female comedian who started with sketches, exploded into stardom with Saturday Night Live, and has made her way to Hollywood and starred in numerous films"--
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