Comedy Performance

A good joke cheers people up and makes them happy. And this book will provide you with much laughter!

We all make mistakes in life from which we draw valuable lessons. I, on the other hand, cannot seem to learn my lessons the normal way. I must mess up spectacularly, sometimes multiple times, for my thick skull to allow a lesson to pass through it. This book is a reflection on some of the lessons my brain somehow held on to and the crazy, funny, and outright stupid situations that led to these lessons learned.

When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, Black faces were still rare on television, Black hosts nonexistent. So how did Clerow “Flip” Wilson go from Jersey City grade-school dropout to national celebrity, heralded on the cover of Time as “TV’s first black superstar”? Flip is a candid, entertaining biography of a consummate comedian who changed the face of American popular culture.

Acclaimed biographer Jem Roberts narrates his brilliant new biography of the Beatles and their relationship with comedy. Includes a foreword written and narrated by Kevin Eldon, who also voices George Martin throughout the audiobook. Fab Fools is the full, hilarious story of how John, Paul, George, and Ringo laughed their way to the toppermost of the poppermost in their classic films, cartoons, and even pantomime, not to mention their experimentations with audio comedy through Sir George Martin's Parlophone comedy classics series.

Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s. As well as delving behind the scenes of classic movies such as Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places and dozens more, it chronicles the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Candy et al. It’s got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S Thompson, while tied to a lawn chair.

A fourth volume of highlights from recent series of The News Quiz, presented by chairman Simon Hoggart. Since 1977, BBC Radio 4's funniest and quirkiest game show has been answering questions and offering wit and wisdom on global happenings, national news and quite frankly pathetic parochial events.

Great for a gift. This book is full of knee-slappers and eye-rolling jokes. Some great, ol' fashioned dad jokes.

If you want to know how to do stand-up comedy, then get the How to Be a Stand Up Comedian guide now. You will discover simple step-by-step secrets on how to succeed at improv stand-up comedy.

Dame Edith Evans, Sir John Gielgud and Anthony Quayle perform a selection of 18th-century comedy.

In these three series, policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore gives his audience of deputies the chance to find out, as he swears them in and presents them with some real-life scenarios to see how they’ll deal with the dilemmas he faced. Sharing hilarious anecdotes from his time on the front line and giving a helpful breakdown of the ins and outs of British law, he invites them to explain what decisions they would have made – and why...

Step behind the curtain of one of television’s most iconic shows with Live from New York! Five Decades of Laughs, Legends, and Lobster Claws. This unauthorized, unhinged, and unapologetic deep dive into Saturday Night Live takes you on a wild ride through 50 years of comedy chaos, legendary sketches, and the stars who made it all happen. From Chevy Chase’s pratfalls to Eddie Murphy’s Gumby, from “More Cowbell” to Kate McKinnon’s alien-abducting RBG, this book is your backstage pass to the laughter, drama, and occasional cocaine-fueled meltdowns that defined SNL.

Discover the raucous, sensual, and incredibly funny world of "Dirty Jokes for Adults Only, " the most recent compilation from the well-known comic Samuel Cohen. Any gathering is sure to benefit from the carefully chosen collection of adult-only jokes, which will offer a dash of humour and a sprinkling of mischief. Listeners will find themselves laughing and blushing, guided by Cohen's sharp and sometimes hilarious writing.

Sten's Sidekick Unleashed! Truly awful humor from the famed science fiction series created by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch. Plus: The Lost Jokes and two missing jokes.

親子の情愛を描いた人情噺の名作で、五代目圓楽十八番中の十八番。腰元彫りの名人・浜野矩康の跡を継いだ息子・矩随。しかし、あまりにも未熟な二代目に対する世間の風は冷たく、先代からの客だった若狭屋に「下手なものを作るなら死んだほうがよい」と罵倒され矩随は苦悩する。そんな矩随を見た母親は… 平成2年2月の“東京落語会”(イイノホール)で長講と銘打って50分を超える熱演を聴かせてくれた、五代目圓楽の落語を代表する貴重な一席。

品川の花魁お染が心中の相手に選んだのは、貸本屋の金蔵というさえない男。惚れたお染のためにと張り切った金蔵は長屋を引き払い、親方にも暇乞いを告げてお染の元へと駆けつけるが… 昭和58年に“東京落語会”(イイノホール)で収録され、NHK「夜の指定席」で放送された音源。当時、一門の総帥として乗りに乗っていた絶好調の圓楽節が堪能できる一席。

ご存知の大御所三遊亭圓楽、iTunesに堂々登場！昭和61年のＮＨＫ「演芸指定席」からの放送音源。粋な語りと豊かな表現で聴かせる、圓楽ならではの話芸をたっぷり楽しめる。得意の人情噺をじっくり聴かせてくれる熱演！　(C)NHK（日本放送協会）

落語界随一の人気者、桂歌丸がいよいよiTunesに登場！平成16年1月のＮＨＫ「初笑い東西寄席」からの放送音源。正月ならではの寄席の明るい雰囲気と、快調な語り口が心地よい“歌丸落語”を存分に味わえる。巧みなくすぐりが一杯に詰まった楽しい一席。　(C)NHK（日本放送協会）

好評発売中!快調な語り口が心地よい“歌丸落語”の魅力を存分に味わえる名演集、CD「至芸桂歌丸特選落語名演集」(発行:NHKサービスセンター)から、歌丸本人もナットクの快演を厳選!平成6年11月NHK「日本の話芸」の放送音源。

俺たちの一生を台無しにするような出来事は、そこらに転がっている……。だが、それを笑い飛ばせる何かがココにはある(気がする)。死角から次々と繰り出される笑撃はディフェンス不可能、KO必至だって!Cast…若者・40代の太ったオカマ・渋谷の若者・頭髪に悩みを抱える青年・リストラリーマン・極道。Fight1.バンジージャンプでエキサイッ/Fight2.おねえマンvsめぐ~ダイエットダイエット~/Fight3.タートルネックは暑くね?/Fight4.いいヅラ買ってズラかって/Fight5.クビになったのは僕です/Fight6.極道vsめぐ~仁義なきなぞなぞ7本勝負~

好評発売中!圓楽全盛期の熱演が聴ける落語好き必聴の名演集、CD「至芸五代目三遊亭圓楽特選落語名演集」(発行:NHKサービスセンター)から、圓楽節が冴え渡る人情噺の名作を厳選!平成8年12月NHK「日本の話芸」の放送音源。