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The Bedwetter

Author/Reader: Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman

Format: 9 CDs (Unabridged)

This is the audiobook your mother warned you about but you have to listen to anyway. The outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedian shares shocking true tales in her alternately funny and moving collection of autobiographical essays. She includes mortifying childhood diary entries and truly humiliating e-mails to and from her comedian friends.

Item #: C9H327 ISBN:

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Born Standing Up

Author/Reader: Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Format: 4 CDs (Unabridged)

This award-winning standup comic, actor, and author tells the history of his monumental career, providing a portrait of a man dedicated to making people laugh. Hear about some of his peers in comedy, including Dan Aykroyd, Lorne Michaels, and Johnny Carson. Grammy nominee for Best Spoken Word, and winner of a Listen Up Award from Publishers Weekly. "Listening to comic great Steve Martin read... is a touching and hilarious experience... He sounds exactly as he appears on stage and in films – intellectually challenging yet completely huggable."—AudioFile

Item #: E4P972 ISBN: 9780743569729

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Dangerously Funny

Author: David Bianculli

Reader: Johnny Heller

Format: 9 CDs (Unabridged)

A behind-the-scenes look at The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the provocative 1960's TV show that shocked the censors, outraged Nixon's White House, and changed television. It helped launch the careers of Steve Martin and Rob Reinerand served as a cultural touchstone for the antiwar movement until CBS cancelled it. Find out what really happened. "A fast-paced, informative reminder of the importance of speaking out."—Kirkus

Item #: E9M570 ISBN:

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Here's Johnny!

Author/Reader: Ed McMahon

Ed McMahon

Format: 3 CDs (Abridged)

Who better to tell us about the private, funny man than the pal who sat at his elbow every night for 30 years? After 40 years of friendship, McMahon shares all the Johnny Carson stories that only he knows. This is a warm and deeply personal view of the star who was careful to present only one side of himself to the public. Includes a CD-ROM of photographs from both men's private archives. "Will bring back warm memories... He's an engaging reader with a conversational style – and sharp comic timing as well."—AudioFile

Item #: E3X088 ISBN: 9781598590883

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I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This

Author/Reader: Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart

Format: 3 CDs (Abridged)

After charming us for over 40 years, this actor and comedian has become a national treasure. With his sly humor and quick wit, he tells stories and anecdotes from his life and career. His digressions to other stories adds additional effectiveness to his natural storytelling style. 2006 Grammy nominee. "Each incident is funnier than the one before it. And only Bob Newhart could have read this memoir because no one else has his sense of timing or his stammer or the honesty of his humor."—AudioFile

Item #: E3H023 ISBN: 9781401390235

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Just a Guy

Author/Reader: Bill Engvall, with Alan Eisenstock

Bill Engvall, with Alan Eisenstock

Format: 3 CDs (Abridged)

One of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour comedians explains that even though his heart is in the right place, his brain is often missing in action... but it's not his fault, he says. He's just a guy. Delight in his take on marriage, fatherhood, and other common conditions. "His down-home delivery suggests that he's the kind of next-door neighbor you could invite over for a beer and borrow power tools from."—AudioFile

Item #: E3U114 ISBN: 9781427201140

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Last Words

Author: George Carlin, with Tony Hendra

Reader: Patrick Carlin

Format: 5 CDs (Abridged)

This posthumous autobiography is filled with the wit, sarcasm, and comedic genius that made Carlin an iconic and admired comedian for 50 years. He blends his signature acerbic humor with never-before-told stories from his life – a life that included a Supreme Court battle, 130 appearances on the Tonight Show, and five Grammy awards. "A searing examination of the life of a funnyman... at turns biting and touching, and often both."—Entertainment Weekly

Item #: E5P318 ISBN:

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My Lives

Author/Reader: Roseanne Arnold

Roseanne Arnold

Format: 2 Cassettes (Abridged)

Fans of the hit series Roseanne will love this frank and funny tell-all about show biz, stardom, family, her ever-deepening romance with Tom Arnold, and a whole lot more. "The one who cares the most wins."—Roseanne Arnold

Item #: E6R481 ISBN: 9780679434818

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Seven Dirty Words

Author: James Sullivan

Reader: To Be Announced

Format: 10 CDs (Unabridged)

The story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present from the vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. Covers his early days as a conventional comedian to his stunning transformation into the subversive comic voice of the emerging counterculture.

Item #: E9M469 ISBN: 9781400114696

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The Trials of Lenny Bruce

Authors: Ronald K.L. Collins and David M. Skover

Reader: Nat Hentoff

Format: 1 CD (Abridged)

What does it mean to be found obscene in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco? Hear the bits that got Lenny busted as you read a captivating account of his career and obscenity prosecution. A landmark book on First Amendment rights, with an unforgettable cast of characters. Live performances, interviews, and commentary on CD. "The entire package is an important documentation of a revolution in American culture."—Publishers Weekly

Item #: E1X986 ISBN: 9781570719868

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