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African American comedians African American comedians 21st century Biography African American women authors 21st century Biography American wit and humor Authors, American 21st century Biography Comedians United States Biography Humour américain Irby, Samantha Political satire, American United StatesLithgow, John
Summary: "While the Trump Era was rife with corruption and abuse of power, it was nothing new. Through Lithgow's cutting humor, you will read about a rogues' gallery of villains that came before Donald J. Trump, powerful men and women who were corrupt, venal, criminal, adulterous, racist, or just plain disgusting. With dark and lyrical stories from across American history, you will learn about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Prism 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 LITColbert, Stephen
Summary: The host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" offers his opinions, untarnished by facts or research, on important issues in modern American society, including higher education, pets, religion, sports, sex, and the Hollywood agenda.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Leary, 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 LEAHughley, D. L. (Darryl L.)
Summary: Legendary satirist D. L. Hughley here uses humor to draw attention to injustice, sardonically offering advice on a number of lessons--a much-needed antidote in these distressing times.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 817 HUGSummary: 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 ColbertColbert, Stephen
Summary: In the history of mankind there has never been a greater country than America. But as perfect as America is in every single way, America is broken! It's high time America was restored to the greatness it never lost! Stephen Colbert single-bookedly attempts to pull the country back from the brink. Covering subjects ranging from healthcare to the economy to food, Stephen gives America the dose of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2012
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 818 COLSummary: A news-parody compendium of world non-facts features maps and incorrect statistics for all of the world's independent nations, from Afghanistan to the Ukraine, and includes the world's rejected flag designs and the planet's most annoying handicrafts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.08 DIKHicks, Bill
Contents: 1 (CD). Fevered egos -- I'm talking to the women here -- My favorite new kid -- Marketing & advertising -- Artistic roll call -- Orange drink -- Save Willie -- Menu? -- A killer idea -- Goodbye you lizard scum -- Summertime -- Elvis -- News -- Confession time (cops) -- Please do not disturb -- Spectravision & housekeeping -- Girl of your dreams -- Clam lappers & Sonic the hedgehog -- What is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rykodisc, Inc. 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN HICMoore, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 817.54 MOOMoore, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 MOOBarry, Dave
Summary: Sure, there was the 2000 election and flying insects the size of LeBron James. But Barry is going to show you why Florida is a great state. And whatever else you think about Florida-- you can never say it's boring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818 BARIrby, Samantha
Summary: "Beloved writer Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page for her much-anticipated, sidesplitting fourth book following her 2020 breakout, Wow, no thank you, a Vintage Books Original. The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRBIrby, Samantha
Summary: "The widely beloved, uproarious, first essay collection and the basis for the upcoming FX Studios series from smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy Samantha Irby. Samantha Irby exploded onto the printed page with this debut collection of essays about trying to laugh her way through failed relationships, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn's disease, and more. Every essay is crafted with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Gerald Ford (1:19) -- Opening (:36) -- Monologue (2:20) -- Segue -- Speed (1:01) -- Bedtime story (2:36) -- Segue -- Shimmer (1:27) -- Gun control (4:42) -- Segue -- Fondue (1:29) -- Dueling Brandos (1:49) -- Anna Freud (2:15) -- Bees on parade (:44) -- Promo -- Weekend update 1 (3:20) -- Spud (1:01) -- Weekend update 2 (1:06) -- Weatherman (1:54) -- Emily Litella (1:20) -- News for the hard of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arista 1976
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL COMEDY/SPOKEN SATSummary: Memorable moments from Chris Farley's appearances on Saturday Night Live as he portrays the Chippendales dancer, Matt Foley (motivational speaker), Bennet Brauer (news correspondent) and other characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATPerelman, 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 PERMaher, Bill.
Summary: From bestselling author and host of HBO's "Real Time," Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 MAHCarolla, Adam
Summary: Taking actual questions from his fans--and even some celebrity friends, including Ray Romano, Maria Menounos, and Judd Apatow--Adam dishes out hilarious rants, unpredictable tangents, brilliant inventions, sage advice, and controversial opinions in a way only a self-proclaimed asshole can.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.602 CARFiresign Theatre (Performing group)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laugh.com 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN FIRStreeter, Leslie Gray
Summary: "Leslie Gray Streeter is not cut out for widowhood. She's not ready for hushed rooms and pitying looks. She is not ready to stand graveside, dabbing her eyes in a classy black hat. If she had her way she'd wear her favorite curve-hugging leopard print dress to Scott's funeral; he loved her in that dress! But, here she is, having lost her soulmate to a sudden heart attack, totally unsure of how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STREETER, LESLIE GRAY STRPhilippe, Ben
Summary: In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life comes Ben Philippe's candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend in predominantly white spaces. From cheating his way out of swim tests to discovering stray family members in unlikely places, he finds the punchline in the serious while acknowledging the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 PHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 PHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 PHISummary: Nonstop laughs are in the house with season four of In living color on DVD! No celebrity was too sacred and no current event was too controversial for this Emmy-winning hit show that pushed the boundaries of sketch comedy with hilarious results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INIrby, Samantha
Summary: "Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed page with her debut collection of brand-new essays about trying to laugh her way through failed relationships, being black, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn's disease, and more. Every essay is crafted with the same scathing wit and poignant candor thousands of loyal readers have come to expect from visiting her notoriously hilarious blog,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Curbside Splendor Publishing 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 IRBSummary: Eddie Murphy entertains with celebrity impersonations and his observations on '80s love, sex, marriage, his remembrance of Mom's hamburgers, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004