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All By My Selves
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 25.95The most popular standup comic in the U.S." -- Time Whether he's breathing life into Walter, an old curmudgeon; Peanut, an over-caffeinated purple maniac; or Achmed, a screaming, skeletal, dead terrorist, comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is the straight man to some of the wildest, funniest partners in show business. All By My Selves... more...
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Pan Macmillan UK 2002; US$ 15.18The highly-acclaimed unauthorised biography of cult anti-hero comedian Bill Hicks. He was a radical stand up who dared to question the values of small town America and the evils of American foreign policy. Ruthlessly honest, a voice of reason in what he saw as an insane world, Hicks refused to compromise in spite of the censorship he faced for most... more...
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HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99In his memoir American on Purpose , Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show , traces his journey from working-class Glasgow to the comedic limelight of Hollywood and American citizenship. Moving and achingly funny, American on Purpose moves from Ferguson?s early life as an alcoholic to his stint on The Drew Carey Show to his decision to become... more...
And Nothing But the Truthiness
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 15.99A funny and personal portrait of the comedian who became the headline-making, ground-breaking star of The Colbert Report . ?My name is Stephen Colbert, but I actually play someone on television named Stephen Colbert, who looks like me and talks like me, but who says things with a straight face [that] he doesn?t mean.? ?Stephen Colbert... more...
Andy Kaufman
University of Minnesota Press 2005; US$ 58.50Taking as his starting point the 1999 biopic Man on the Moon, Florian Keller explores Andy Kaufman's career within a broader discussion of the ideology of the American Dream, grasping Kaufman's radical agenda beyond avant-garde theories of transgression. Presenting readings of Kaufman's most significant performances, Keller shows how he... more...
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Another Fine Mess
Chicago Review Press 2010; US$ 19.95From City Lights to Knocked Up , this history examines American film from the perspective of its unwanted stepbrother, the comedy, and puts the comic titans of the present in the context of their predecessors. The 30 chapters and 100 essays follow the connections that link Mae West to Marilyn Monroe and W. C. Fields to Will Ferrell. Offering unvarnished... more...
The Art of Clowning
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