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101 damnations the humorists' tour of personal hells / by Rosen, Michael J.,1954-editor.(CARDINAL)738535;
Subjects: American wit and humor.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mark Twain : man in white : the grand adventure of his final years / by Shelden, Michael.(CARDINAL)742085;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-468) and index.How the Man in Black became the Man in White -- Blithe spirit. Ragtime on tap ; Domestic circle ; Pirates of Broadway ; Body and soul ; Autobiography house -- American idol. College of one ; A Yank at Oxford ; Young and old -- The world according to Mark. Princes and paupers ; To heaven and back ; Manhattan melodrama ; Tourist trade ; Farewell, Fifth Avenue ; Connecticut Yankee ; Breaking and entering ; The Mark Twain Company -- Tempest. Hannibal-on-Avon ; End of the line ; Crime and punishment ; Letters from the Earth ; Revels -ended.Mark Twain: Man in White brings the legendary author's twilight years vividly to life, offering surprising insights, including an intimate, tender look at his family life. Includes rare and never-published Twain photos, delightful anecdotes, and memorable quotes, including numerous recovered Twainisms.
Subjects: Biographies.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Authors, American; Humorists, American; Authors, American; Humorists;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 17
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And here's the kicker : conversations with 21 top humor writers on their craft / by Sacks, Mike.(CARDINAL)493860;
Includes bibliographical references.Buck Henry (Get Smart, The graduate, Catch-22, To die for) -- Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras) -- Todd Hanson (The Onion) -- Merrill Markoe (Late Night with David Letterman, it's my f---ing birthday, Walking in circles before lying down) -- Dick Cavett (The Tonight Show, The Dick Cavett Show) -- Dan Mazer (Da Ali G Show, Borat, Bruno) -- Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, Kick me, Superstud) -- Irving Brecher (At the circus, Go west, Meet me in St. Louis, The Wizard of Oz) -- Bob Odenkirk (The Ben Stiller Show, Mr. Show with Bob and David) -- Roz Chast (The New Yorker) -- Daniel Handler (A series of unfortunate events) -- Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late nIght with Conan O'Brien, Lookwell, The Dana Carvey Show, TV Funhouse) -- Daniel Clowes (Like a velvet glove cast in iron, Ghost World, David Boring, Twentieth century eightball, Art school confidential) -- Marshall Brickman (The Tonight Show, The Dick Cavett Show, Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Muppet Show: sex and violence) -- Mitch Hurwitz (Arrested development) -- David Sedaris (Barrel fever, Naked, Me talk pretty one day, Dress your family in corduroy and denim, When you are engulfed in flames) -- George Meyer (Army man, The Simpsons) -- Al Jaffee (Mad) -- Allison Silverman (The Daily Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Colbert Report) -- Harold Ramis (SCTV, National Lampoon's Animal House, Meatballs, Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Groundhog day) -- Dave Barry (Dave Barry's Guide to marriage and / or Sex, The World, According to Dave Barry, Dave Barry is not making this up) -- Larry Wilmore (In living color, The Bernie Mac Show, The Daily Show, The office) -- Bruce Jay Friedman (Stern, The Collected Short fiction of Bruce Jay, Friedman, The Heartbreak kid, Stir crazy) -- Larry Gelbart (Caesar's hour, M*A*S*H, Tootsie).
Subjects: Interviews.; Comedy; Humorists, American; Wit and humor;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Mark Twain / by Ziff, Larzer,1927-(CARDINAL)142516;
Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.Celebrity -- Tourist -- Novelist -- Humorist.
Subjects: Biographies.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Authors, American;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Laughter's gentle soul : the life of Robert Benchley / by Altman, Billy.(CARDINAL)392718;
Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945.; Humorists, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Will Rogers: Wise and Witty Sayings of a Great American Humorist by Rogers, W.(Will)(CARDINAL)424568;
Subjects: Humor.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Don't give up the ship : finding my father while lost at sea / by Steinberg, Neil.(CARDINAL)368727;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Steinberg, Neil.; Steinberg, Neil; Humorists, American; Humorists, American; Fathers and sons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Remember laughter : a life of James Thurber / by Grauer, Neil A.(CARDINAL)733611;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.1520L
Subjects: Biographies.; Thurber, James, 1894-1961.; Humorists, American;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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O rare Don Marquis, a biography. by Anthony, Edward,1895-1971.(CARDINAL)193714;
A poet and journalist, whose chief character in his humorous, saterical column led to the creation of the "archy and mahitabel" poems.
Subjects: Biographies.; Marquis, Don, 1878-1937.; Humorists, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The most of Lewis Grizzard : Five titles complete in one volume / by Grizzard, Lewis,1946-1994.(CARDINAL)507124;
Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I love you -- Won't you come home, Billy Bob Bailey? -- Don't sit under the Grits tree with anyone else but me -- Elvis is dead, and I don't feel so good myself -- Shoot low, boys-they're riding Shetland ponies.
Subjects: Biographies.; Grizzard, Lewis, 1946-1994.; Humorists, American;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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