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Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Podcast: The Book, Scott Aukerman transports readers inside the zany world of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. The book features brand-new anecdotes and opinions from the show's wild cast of recurring characters, and matches the show in tone and wackiness, with essays, lists, plays, nods to running bits, and four-color illustrations throughout, helping to bring the zany, satirical, undefinable world of Comedy Bang! Bang!...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Hell hath no fury like an ex-Bible-Belter-turned-New-Yorker. To see the world through comedian and writer Zach Zimmerman's eyes is to be reminded of the many ways in which love, religion, family, sex, money-or often lack thereof-lay bare our most elemental and embarrassing humanness. From meditations on heartbreak to not-so-helpful how-tos, this laugh-and-cry-out-loud essay collection documents one man's navigation through queerness, climbing the...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Showing off their trademark humor and writing chops that have made them a viral sensation, Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold provide a collection of startlingly funny short stories that will keep readers laughing. Naked in the Rideshare is a riotous collection of comedic short stories, bursting with the safe spaces, shrooms dealers, and Notes app apologies that define growing up right now. The essays take a drunken cannonball into this generation's...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Want to write your own jokes? This book shows you how! Packed with fun-filled illustrations, easy-to-follow exercises, and sample jokes, this humorous how-to joke book for kids proves that with a little elbow grease, anyone can write jokes that really make people LOL. Covering everything from surprise to wordplay to visual jokes - plus tips on how to perform a joke so it lands - LOL 101 is the approachable and (of course) funny guide for any kid...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"World you rather ride on the back of a T-Rex or fly on the back of a Pterodactyl? Choose your fun in this hilarious collection of would you rather jokes that are sure to keep the whole family laughing"--
Author
Publisher
Castle Point Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Jokiest Joking Spooky Joke Book Ever...No Joke! is a haunted library full of ghoulish guffaws and giggles that will have you and all your favorite goblins laughing like jack-o'-lanterns! No nightlights necessary, this kid-friendly joke book is a puntastically playful tomb of fun. Take this cauldron companion anywhere, and you can bring even the most dead-boring situations howling back to life!"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This hilarious book has more than seventy jokes featuring Pencilmate, Pencilmiss, and all their Pencil friends. There are plenty of knock-knock jokes, punchlines, and silly puns for everyone to enjoy that will keep you laughing for hours!" -- page [4] of cover
Author
Publisher
Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Este libro contiene una visión de México distinta de la versión que se nos enseñó. Desde esta otra perspectiva, Armando Fuentes Aguirre, Catón, nos recuerda que nuestros héroes no son de bronce ni de mármol sino hombres sujetos a la grandeza y a las miserias de la condición humana. Este consumado escritor y ameno periodista va más allá de la impasibilidad de Juárez, profundizando en sus errores, aciertos, aliados y adversarios, al tiempo...
Author
Publisher
Castle Point Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Fa la la la la, la ha-ha-ha! Welcome to The Jokiest Joking Christmas Joke Book Ever...No Joke!-where you will find a jolly sleigh ride of jokes, giggles, gags, and Christmas joy that will have you snickering along with good ol' St. Nick and all his reindeer friends. Get ready for the Santa season with enough laughs to shake your belly like a bowlful of jelly! This Christmas companion can fit just as easily inside your stocking as it can in your sleigh-so...
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers/Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"NOT FUNNY is a FUNNY, whipsmart essay collection on gender, politics, the entertainment industry, and work. Jena Friedman is an acclaimed writer and performer, with multiple credits to her name in the fields of tv comedy (The Daily Show and The Late Show with David Letterman), film (an Academy Award nomination for writing on Sacha Baron Cohen's 2020 blockbuster Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), humor writing (The New Yorker), and live performance. More...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Would you rather be able to fly or be able to turn invisible? Eat rotten eggs or drink expired milk? Have hands for feet or have feet for hands? Containing hundreds of devious dilemmas and curious questions on all things silly, smelly, and more, this is a game book like no other. Grab your friends and family and start playing!"--
Author
Series
Bat Cat and Rat volume 1
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In three-and-a-half stories, friends and roommates Bat, Cat and Rat share, joke, and read together.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Captain Dad and his crew are having a day at the beach, and of course Dad is bringing his treasure trove of jokes. Whether it's a ship he bought on sail or an earring that costs one buccaneer, a day with Dad is shore to be hilarious! At least he seems to think so.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Those people should probably not read this book in public. Hilariously and movingly, Timpf argues that those subjects are actually the most important to joke about. She shows us we can find healing through humor regarding things you probably don't want to bring up in polite conversation, like traumatic...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Calvin Trillin can write just about anything -- and has. He covered the Civil Rights movement in the South for Time, chronicled stories from small towns and cities for The New Yorker, and wrote comic poetry for The Nation. He has been called "perhaps the finest reporter in America" (The Miami Herald), "our funniest food writer" (The New Yorker), and "one of the most brilliant humorists of our time" (Charleston Post and Courier). But one of his favorite...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloom Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Discover the ultimate laugh-out-loud joke book for kids that's all about celebrating Easter! Inside, kids will find clean, fun jokes like: What is the Easter Bunny's favorite state capital? Albunny, New York! What did the silly kid eat on Easter? Hot cross puns . . . .And many more!
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