Celebrity Comedy

Tutto comincia ad Asti, al numero 33 di corso Torino: è lì che nasce, "bambino fatto in casa", Giorgio Faletti. Sono passati 62 anni, che lui ha impiegato facendo il comico, il musicista, l'attore, il pittore, e naturalmente lo scrittore. Scorrendo l'elenco delle sue imprese (e parliamo solo di quelle professionali) sembra che Giorgio Faletti abbia vissuto mille vite. Di sicuro, scopriamo leggendo il suo nuovo libro, ne ha vissute due: "Quando" e "Ora" sono le prime due sezioni che compongono questa autobiografia fatta di musica e parole.

Once women like Phyllis Diller, Jean Carroll, and Moms Mabley took the stage, their impact changed the face of stand-up comedy forever. Listen in as Evergreen breaks down the comedic stylings of some of the funniest women in the world in this curated collection, available for the first time in audio.

Die Gruberin ganz persönlich. Seit Jahren begeistert Monika Gruber ihre Fans auf der Bühne, zuletzt 20.000 Menschen in der zweimal ausverkauften Olympiahalle - aber wie macht sie das eigentlich? Wie ist sie jedes Mal auf den Punkt vorbereitet? Was sollte man vor dem Auftritt essen - und was eher nicht? Was passiert nach der Show? Und wie schafft man es, sich in der kleinsten Künstlergarderobe der Welt hinter Bierkisten unfallfrei umzuziehen und zu schminken?

The frank, funny, and astonishing story of Roy 'Chubby' Brown, one of the UK's most popular (and filthiest!) comedians.

Attention would-be paesans: Can’t distinguish “gabagool” from “pasta fazool”? Not sure how to properly accessorize your track suit with gold chains? Does the phrase “go to the mattresses” make you sleepy? Now Steven R. Schirripa, The Sopranos’ own Bobby Bacala, exposes the inner mysteries of this unique Italian-American hybrid in A Goomba’s Guide to Life so that anyone can walk, talk, and live like a guy “from the neighborhood.”

David Acuff is a Hollywood insider, a military brat, a comic, a piano recital survivor, a BMW murderer, an offensive linebacker, a dog licker, a divorced TikToker, a father of three Jedi princesses, and possibly a child prodigy. He is also a semi-centurion. That's a word he made up when he turned 50 this year because "quinquagenarian" sounds like a horse disease or a Menudo song. And before he could move on to the next nifty fifty, he wanted to process how he'd lived, laughed, loved, and litigated along the way. So he wrote this semi-memoir. A semi-memie, let's call it.

Writer-Producer Robert Youngson’s seminal compilation documentaries of silent comedy in the 1960s inspired a Renaissance in the legacies of Charley Chase, Snub Pollard, and, above all, Laurel and Hardy as well as other comedians from movies of the teens and '20s. Youngson died young, but his widow, Jeanne, tells author Manago about her late husband’s obsession with movies, laughter, and food.

Erinnerungen eines legendären Theatermachers. Erstmals erzählt Tom Pauls von dem Moment, der ihn für die Bühne begeisterte, von Selbstzweifeln während seines Schauspielstudiums, den Widersprüchen vor 1989 sowie dem Neuanfang nach 1990. Noch nie sprach er so persönlich von den Höhen und Tiefen seiner Karriere, über die Rolle des Theaters in der DDR, die Ostalgie sowie gegenwärtige Katastrophen wie Elbe-Hochwasser und Corona-Pandemie. Ohne Herausforderungen ging es bei ihm nie. Aber mit Possen bringt er unverdrossen sein Publikum zum Lachen und macht immer weiter Theater.

Mothers, immigration, marriage, parenthood, sports, political correctness, and our general attitudes toward each other - all are equally worthy of Dennis Miller's close inspection and ridicule. What's really going on in this country? Ask Dennis Miller. Or don't ask. He'll tell you anyway.

In Five Minutes to Kill, actor and comedian Fred Stoller tells the story of the Young Comedians Special in 1989. He and five other talented, then-unknown comics took the stage with the hopes that their five-minute sets would propel them to fame and fortune. Some, like David Spade and Rob Schneider, hit it big; others didn’t. By turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, Five Minutes to Kill is the bittersweet story of what happened to six of America’s funniest people after their first big breaks.

Katrin Weber ist einer der hellsten Sterne am sächsischen Kabaretthimmel. Zusammen mit Bestsellerautor Stefan Schwarz plaudert sie aus ihrem Leben voller Missgeschicke, Pannen und Ungeschicktheiten, die sie bis auf die Bühne verfolgten - größtenteils ehrlich und umwerfend komisch. Sie werden lachen. Garantiert. Die kleine Katrin hatte es schwer. Zu dick, zu langsam, zu dusselig: Stehen, Laufen, Pubertieren, die Liebe.

Am 5. September 2015 wird Dieter Hallervorden 80 Jahre alt. Doch ans Aufhören denkt er noch lange nicht, die Bühne ist sein zu Hause, das Spielen sein Lebenselixier. Aufgewachsen in Dessau, verließ er 1958 die DDR, um sich in West-Berlin ein neues Leben aufzubauen. Bis heute steht er vor der Kamera und auf der Bühne, vorzugsweise in seinem Schlossparktheater in Berlin.

Am 30. August 2015 feiert Helge Schneider seinen 60. Geburtstag. Der Komiker, Kabarettist, Buchautor, Schauspieler und Multiinstrumentalist wuchs in Mülheim an der Ruhr auf. Seinen Durchbruch hatte Helge Schneider 1992 mit seinem Album "Guten Tach", 1994 stürmte sein Hit "Katzenklo" die Charts.

Comedy, Tragedy, Therapy. Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of 13. His parents had just divorced, and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything. Read by Simon Amstell, and interspersed with footage from his stand-up tours, HELP is the hilarious and heartbreaking account of Simon's ongoing compulsion to reveal his entire self onstage. To tell the truth so it can't hurt him anymore. Loneliness, anxiety, depression - this book has it all. And more.

For more than 40 years Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise lit up our TV screens with their wonderful humour. This is the inside story, as written and read, by Eric's son Gary. As well as his unique position from inside the family he did extensive research through both families archives to uncover new facts about the duos early years. It provides a fascinating and entertaining picture of two of our most loved entertainers.

For half a century Ken Dodd has been sending audiences around Britain in to spasms of laughter and at the age of 80 he is still performing. How did this feather duster salesman from Liverpool become one of the greatest comic geniuses of his generation? In this entertaining biography we follow his life from schooldays in Knotty Ash to the top of his profession with the odd excursion through the courts and Shakespeare!

Like Kofi Annan, Larry Miller is one of the most irresistible comic personalities working today. Known for years as an actor, writer, comedian, and sexual pioneer, he's gained a new following as a cultural commentator and frequent guest on political shows. Now, in Spoiled Rotten America, he fixes his gaze on what's funny about our daily lives; which includes, roughly speaking, everything.

Linda Smith (1958-2006) was a national treasure and voted "wittiest person alive" on Radio 4. From her childhood in Erith, featuring her "sweet smiling fascist grandmother", and holidays abroad (to the Isle of Wight), to her early stand-up days and comedy career, Warren Lakin recalls Linda's story and their life together.

This is the first audiobook of its type to be released in North America. Road Stories of the Real Highway Comics takes a hard, comical look at the world of stand-up comedy from veteran Canadian stand-up comic, author, and voice-over artist Bryan Cox. If you've thought it might be fun to be a comedian, this audiobook is a must listen. Or, if you've wondered what that life is like, Road Stories uses humor to lay it all out for you.

Disillusioned by her glitzy life in London and her desirable but cruel TV-presenter boyfriend, Rosie Richardson chucks it all in and spends four years running a refugee camp in Africa. Then famine strikes in a nearby province and an influx of starving refugees threatens to overwhelm the camp. Frustrated by the cautious response of the aid agencies, Rosie decides on a drastic short-term solution.