Comedy Writing Secrets: How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny and Get Paid for it by Mel Helitzer
$14.00 NZD
Category: Writing | Reading Level: very good
Now revised, this comprehensive guide to writing, selling and performing all types of comedy includes comments, advice, gags and routines from top comics. Aspiring comics can learn how to sharpen their comedic talent and turn it into a well-paying pursuit.
Tarzan, Gene Kelly and Me - A Sort of Fictional Biography by Murray Ball
$16.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
Large format (limp) A funny, irrevant books about the formative influences in Murray Ball's life. ZFrom Gene Autry, to Brigette Bardot and Sophia Loren and along the way reveals some of the story of the creator of Footrot Flats. Brilliantly illustrated.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Book by Deirdre Dolan
$15.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
What are the secrets behind the creation of Larry David's hit show? Fans can finally find out with this long-awaited companion guide to the Golden Globe- and Emmy Award- winning series. Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Bookis complete with stories about Larry David's childhood, his roots as a stand-up comic, a ...Show more
The Bench and Bar - Great legal caricatures from Vanity Fair by Spy by Morris L Cohen
$25.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Reading Level: near fine
A Land of Two Halves - An Accidental Tour of New Zealand by Joe Bennett
$10.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
After fifteen years in New Zealand, Joe Bennett asked himself where on earth he was. The country he had arrived in and liked so much didn't seem to be the one the world's media was excitedly discovering. So he packed his bag, said farewell to his dog and stuck out his thumb. Observing both the intriguin ...Show more
Spike Milligan - Small Dreams of a Scorpion by Milligan Spike
$5.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
Yeah Right. III by Tui Breweries
$15.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
A whole new round of the much-loved Tui Yeah Right billboards together with the complete collection from the first two editions of Yeah Right. A total of 360 pages of billboards, covering more than a decade of hilarious, irreverent signage from the length and breadth of New Zealand.
Can Everyone Please Calm Down? A Guide to 21st Century Sexuality by Mae Martin
$14.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
WHY DO WE FIND SEXUALITY SO, WELL ... SCARY? Comedian Mae Martin investigates in this hilarious and intelligent guide to 21st century sexuality. Covering everything from the pros and cons of labels, to coming out and the joys of sexual fluidity, Mae ponders all the stuff we get hung up about - and then ...Show more
Parkinson's Law or The Pursuit of progress by C Northcote Parkinson
$5.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
The Prehistory of the Far Side - A 10th Anniversary Exhibit by Gary Larson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good
After ten years of The Far Side, this is the distillation of Gary Larson's humour. The book contains early cartoons, some of Larson's favourites with comments, some that didn't quite make it and many other facets of the cartoon series.
How About Never - Is Never Good for You? by Bob Mankoff
$14.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Reading Level: near fine
People tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. Never one to beat around the bush, he explains to us, in the opening of this singular, delightfully eccentric book, that because he is also a cartoonist at the magazine he actually has two of the best ...Show more