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WILBRAHAM Beach Reads
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A comedy writer thinks she's sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions.
"Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, the late night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The show was shot at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York City in January 2011, immediately following the conclusion of its wildly successful Broadway engagement. The HBO special is filled with subversive humor and childlike wonder based both on Reubens' original stage show The Pee-wee Herman Show and the Emmy-winning Saturday morning television show Pee-wee's Playhouse that quickly became a cultural phenomenon.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006], ©2006
Description
Second City has spawned generations of great comedians. Join hosts (and Second City alums) Dave Thomas, Scott Thompson, and Joe Flaherty for an uproarious, behind-the-scenes history of the troupe that incubated more than four decades' worth of funny people."--Container.
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A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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The TV series of the Canadian sketch comedy troupe that, more often than not, puts bizarre, unique, and insane twists in their skits. From fan favorites like Buddy, Kathie, and the Chicken Lady to new creations like the waiter with stumps for hands or the hillbilly kicked in the head by his cow, fans find them laughing despite themselves.
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"The History of Sketch Comedy will appeal to all kinds of comedy fans as well as fans of Keegan-Michael Key. With epic personal tangents and hilarious asides, their story takes you on an illuminating look at all facets of comedy from the stock characters of commedia del arte in the 16th century, to the rise of vaudeville and burlesque, the golden age of television comedy, the influence of the most well-known comedy schools, and ascension of comedy...
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Few television shows revolutionized comedy as profoundly or have had such an enormous and continued impact on our culture as In Living Color. Inspired by Richard Pryor, Carol Burnett, and Eddie Murphy, Keenen Ivory Wayans created a television series unlike any that had come before it. Along the way, he introduced the world to Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Rosie Perez, and Jennifer Lopez, not to mention his own brothers Damon, Marlon,...
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Just in time for the 40th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live," a rollickingly updated edition of LIVE FROM NEW YORK with nearly 100 new pages covering the past decade. When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live," LIVE FROM NEW YORK was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a dazzling galaxy of trail-blazing...
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Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"This cutting-edge, incredibly hysterical monologue book is specifically for teen girls who need the extra bang to land the perfect comedic role. Teen Girls' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny features monologues by writers and comics who have written and/or performed for Comedy Central, Backstage magazine, NBC, Huffington Post, The Onion, Second City, E , and many more." --
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Applause Theatre & Cineam Books, an Imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"You wanna be funny for your audition? This book of monologues, written by people who are actually funny for a living, has your back. This incredibly hysterical, cutting-edge monologue book will give the teen actor the extra bang he needs to land the perfect comedic role! Teen Boys Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny features monologues by writers and comics who have written for and/or performed on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Last...
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"Wild and Crazy Guys opens in 1978 with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray taking bad-tempered swings at each other backstage at Saturday Night Live, and closes 21 years later with the two doing a skit in the same venue, poking fun at each other, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, Nick de Semlyen takes us on a trip through the tumultuous '80s, delving behind the scenes of movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Beverly Hills...
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Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Specifically for actors auditioning for LGBTQ roles, this book features works by LGBTQ writers and comics (and their allies) who have written and/or performed for Comedy Central, Backstage magazine, NBC, the Huffington Post, the Onion, Second City, E!, and many more.
The first and only book of its kind, this cutting-edge and incredibly hysterical monologue book is specifically for actors auditioning for LGBTQ roles. LGBTQ Comedic Monologues That...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Eric Idle, the outrageously successful actor, writer, composer, director, producer, and Broadway impresario has gathered what he considers to be the very best Monty Python material of the entire four-year run and squeezed it into one convenient package.
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