Perelman, S. J. (Sidney Joseph)
Summary: "A collections of the very best writings of America's funniest and zaniest humorist, made by the comic genius himself, is reissued in a handsome paperback. Here, S. J. Perelman's gift for wordplay, witticism, spoofery, and sheer nonsense are on full display. In a playful, loving tribute to the funny man, novelist Joshua Cohen-also an erudite wordsmith and punster-introduces Perelman's sui...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 817.52 PERJessup, Joel
Summary: "Featuring subjects from hacking to hipsters, AI to modern art, plastic to post-apocalyptic puns, The Amazing Joke Book will hit your funny bone right where it's needed. Ideal for dipping into, as inspiration for entertaining your friends or making a speech, this bumper book of funnies is guaranteed to provide hundreds of laughs for all the family."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcturus Publishing Limited 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.882 JESOfferman, Nick
Summary: The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the best-selling Paddle Your Own Canoe pays tribute to inspiring mischief makers, from George Washington to Willie Nelson, while expounding on such topics as religion, handcrafting and meat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 817 OFFSummary: This silly snack-size book is back to bring you more strange facts, comical tales, trippy tongue twisters, and adorable photos, featuring all kinds of our furry, scaly, feathery, and slimy friends. Get the scoop on famous critter comedians; delight in the hijinks of a runaway "unicorn;" discover a social media maven who also happens to be a dog; or bust a gut laughing at bizarre animal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 818 JUSCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 818 JUSHandler, Chelsea.
Summary: On safari in Africa, it's anyone's guess as to what's more dangerous: the wildlife or Chelsea. In this uproarious collection, Chelsea Handler answers your most frequently asked traveler's questions about Africa, hot travel trips, and travel etiquette, none of which should be believed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: A rhyming illustrated humor book for moms who feel they're not doing a good job (and that's <i>all</i> moms, right?). Packed with scientifically true examples of terrible parents in the animal kingdom, to remind and reassure any mother that there are way worse moms out there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 BOOSummary: All the jokes from A Prairie Home Companion's first four joke shows (1996-1999). An entertaining mix of knock-knocks, one-liners, North Dakota, religious, animal, bar, and light bulb jokes, those famous 'yo mama' insults and much more. Read by a full cast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Company 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 817.54 PRAWright, Steven.
Contents: CD. Introduction -- Ants -- Hitchhiking -- Ice -- Dog stay -- Rachel -- 7's and museums -- Water -- Jiggs Casey -- Cross country -- Book store -- Winny -- Apt. -- Babies and skiing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN WRICheech & Chong
Summary: Presents a collection of comedy routines performed by Cheech & Chong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Records 1981
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN CheEphron, Nora.
Summary: Nora Ephron, author of the immensely popular I Feel Bad About My Neck, offers an honest, hilarious critique of contemporary life and what, if anything, the future has to offer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 817.54 Ephron 2010Keillor, Garrison.
Summary: Recorded in front of a live audience at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Garrison Keillor presents the best jokes from the show's four most recent shows (2002-2008) of A Prairie Home Companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Audio 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.9 MASPoundstone, Paula.
Contents: Intro & thank you -- Maine mud season -- Massholes -- Calif. devil's elbow -- Canada -- Cuckoo's nest -- Aging process -- Jowls -- Designer dogs -- Boxer/Chihuahua -- 12 cats -- Cats puff up -- Guilford guy -- Berlin -- Paper mill lady -- Lady home with her kids -- Thomas E. Fever -- Sleeping guy -- Aspartame -- Snow ranger -- Who replaced you? -- Snow ranger's wife -- Airport security -- seat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lipstick Nancy 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN POUSummary: From the host of television's comedy-punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the other 23 hours of your day. This book contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast, his most deeply held knee-jerk beliefs on The American Family, Race, Religion, Sex, Sports, and many more topics, conveniently arranged in chapter form. Stephen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.602 COLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit ColbertSummary: It's time to be rocked by these rib-ticklers! Featuring the toughest and funniest Superstars of WWE, these jokes are more savage than Macho Man, deadlier than Undertaker, and with punch lines so hilarious, you will never Cena them coming. Use this book to become the Heavyweight Comedian of the world!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 818 WWECarlin, George.
Summary: In a collection of irreverent humor, the author presents his observations and opinions on the foibles and follies of modern life, taking on such topics as the media, the battle of the sexes, hygiene, evasive language, and politics.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Audiobooks 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 814.54 CARKeillor, Garrison.
Summary: Life These Days features 11 of Garrison Keillor's signature "News From Lake Wobegon" monologues recorded from live radio broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 1998
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 817.54 KEILeary, Denis
Summary: Denis Leary refutes the current highly partisan Right Wing Nutjob versus Left Wing Snowflake approach to American politics—where you’re either one or the other, with no gray areas in between. Leading a new protest movement called Gray Lives Matter, he takes equal opportunity aim at the screaming heads we see arguing every night on CNN (the Clinton News Network) and Fox’s Fair and Balanced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 LEATrudeau, G. B.
Summary: No one can feel the pulse of the world like Garry Trudeau, whose satirical look at the 1960's and early 1970's is a real delight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1975
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRUBeaton, Kate
Summary: "Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature -- with dignity for few and cookies for all -- with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared-down style. This collection features favorite stories from the webcomic of the same name, as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEAShores, Erika L.
Summary: "Simple text and color photographs present classroom jokes"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 817.54 SHOSummary: "This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that continue to bend the boundaries of comedy today. Chronically serious? Prepare to be cured by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 817 EISCross, David
Contents: Disc 1. Lunch with Frankenstein -- Austin Powers saying "Yeah baby" -- "You go, girl!" -- Phone call from a cranky terrorist -- Sex on the Internet!? -- Spiderman vs. Batman vs. Wonder Woman on the rag -- Shaving the Pope's pussy -- Monica Lewinsky and the Three Bears -- Fake tits/real beer -- Disc 2. My wife's crazy! -- Flying on a Mexican plane -- Abortion doctor from Hell! -- My daughter's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sub Pop 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN CROScottoline, Lisa
Summary: Everyone's favorite mother-daughter writing duo is back with a new collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. With twenty-something Francesca navigating New York City, Lisa holding down the fort in the suburbs, and Mother Mary making frequent and always entertaining appearances, there are plenty of opportunities for family-induced guilt, fighting, laughter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014