Kathy & Mo. The dark side

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The Kathy & Mo show. Parallel lives

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Whose improv is it anyway? : beyond Second City by Seham, Amy E.

Table of Contents: “…ImprovOlympic: The Truth about Improv; Chapter Three. ComedySportz: Play's the Thing; Interlude: The Third Wave; Chapter Four. …”
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Whose improv is it anyway? : beyond Second City by Seham, Amy E.

Table of Contents: “…ImprovOlympic: The Truth about Improv; Chapter Three. ComedySportz: Play's the Thing; Interlude: The Third Wave; Chapter Four. …”
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Stand-up comedy.

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All joking aside : American humor and its discontents by Krefting, Rebecca, 1978-

Subjects: “…Stand-up comedy United States.…”
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Funny As : the Story of New Zealand Comedy. by Horan, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Bloody laughter: war and the birth of New Zealand comedy; 2. Comedy and writers: blokes, bastards and outbreaks of beauty; 3. …”
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Stand-up Comedy in Africa Humour in Popular Languages and Media. by Nwankwọ, Izuu

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Old Wine in a New Bottle: Stand-up Comedy and its Dispersal across Africa -- Part I Resisting and Reinventing the Status Quo -- Chapter 1 Confronting Racism and Colonialism in Cécile Djunga's and Trevor Noah's Stand-up Comedy -- Chapter 2 South African Vernacular Stand-Up Comedy as Performative Resistance -- Chapter 3 The People's Joker: The Popularity of Mr Jokes' Stand-up Comedy in Malawi -- Chapter 4 Resisting Shame and the Male Gaze: Humour Evocations in the Acts of Noha Kato and Real Warri Pikin…”
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Stand-up comedy in theory, or, Abjection in America / by Limon, John

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The laugh makers : stand-up comedy as art, business and life-style / by Stebbins, Robert A., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 An Art Is Born -- 2 Stand-up Comedy Comes to Canada -- 3 Comedy Club Comedy -- 4 So You Think You're Funny -- 5 Becoming a Comic -- 6 The Road -- 7 The Comedy Business -- Appendix: Interview Guide for Professional Comics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y…”
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Sunday morning. You're killing me!

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Women and comedy in solo performance : Phyllis Diller, Lily Tomlin, and Roseanne / by Lavin, Suzanne, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Roseanne; 5. Women's Comedy on the Stage; 6. Feminist Humor and Change; 7. …”
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Jackie Mason : the ultimate Jew

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Something funny

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Mock stars : Indie comedy and the dangerously funny / by Wenzel, John, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Show Effect; 3 At Cross Lake; 4 Friends with Benefits: Comedians of Comedy; 5 Humor in Small Doses; 6 Comedy with an Amp; 7 Least Likely to Succeed; 8 Supportive Undergarments; About the Author; Sources; Index.…”
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Fobulous

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Crack me off

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Funny chokers

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Old school

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Gary Gulman : in this economy?

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The Best of Laughing with Samoans

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Funny pains

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I'm dying up here : heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era / by Knoedelseder, William, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: A true comic -- Blood brothers -- The hippest room -- Mitzi's store -- Tom, Dave, and George -- All about Budd -- Six minutes, twenty-two laughs -- The boys' club -- Guns, drugs, and Westwood -- Comedy university -- Richard's baroness, Steve's movie -- The funniest year ever -- Roommates -- The New Year's resolution --- Drugs and theft -- Order, please -- Diary of a young comic -- The gauntlet -- Comedians for compensation -- Choosing up sides -- Fire! …”
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Playing poker with the SAS : a comedy tour of Iraq and Afghanistan / by Gleeson, Tom, 1968-

Subjects: “…Stand-up comedy Australia.…”
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Kathleen Madigan : Madigan again by Madigan, Kathleen

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A vulgar art : a new approach to stand-up comedy / by Brodie, Ian (Ian Bernard)

Table of Contents: “…Stand-up comedy and a folkloristic approach -- Where is the stand-up comedian?…”
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Iliza Shlesinger : freezing hot

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3 still standing

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Working to laugh : assembling difference in American stand-up comedy venues / by Thomas, James M., 1982-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The comedy kitchen -- Into the field: the comedy kitchen and helter skelter -- Affective labor and the comedy kitchen -- Affective labor and helter skelter -- Assembling order in stand-up comedy -- Stand-up comedy, urban nightlife, and affective-cultural assemblages -- Coda : soleil -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The dance of the comedians : the people, the president, and the performance of political standup comedy in America / by Robinson, Peter M., 1958-

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A small Samoan Wedding

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Off work

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The Laughing Samoans present : greatest hits

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Prettyfull Woman

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Choka-Block

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Live from Gramercy Park. Amy G

Table of Contents: “…. -- I who have nothing / Carlo Donida, Mogol, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller -- Comedy routine with Amy G. -- Interview with Amy G. -- Comedy routine with Amy G. -- Interview with Amy G. -- Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard -- Interview with Amy G. -- Mad about the boy / Noel Coward -- Interview with Amy G.…”
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Furiously Funny : Comic Rage from Ralph Ellison to Chris Rock. by Tucker, Terrence T.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: A joke to the eye -- (Re)viewing Ellison's Invisible Man: comedy, rage, and cultural tradition in an African-American classic -- Dick Gregory, Moms Mabley, and Redd Foxx: African-American humor, stand-up comedy, and comic rage in mainstream America -- From absence to flight: comic rage in the black arts/black power movements, 1966-1976 -- Fury in the "promised land": comic rage in George C. …”
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Furiously funny : comic rage in late 20th century African-American literature by Tucker, Terrence T.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: A joke to the eye -- (Re)viewing Ellison's Invisible Man: comedy, rage, and cultural tradition in an African-American classic -- Dick Gregory, Moms Mabley, and Redd Foxx: African-American humor, stand-up comedy, and comic rage in mainstream America -- From absence to flight: comic rage in the black arts/black power movements, 1966-1976 -- Fury in the "promised land": comic rage in George C. …”
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