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![Stan and Ollie: The Roots Of Comedy Simon Louvish 9780571215904 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/583975/655748/9780571215904__83646.1721757112.jpg?c=1 "Stan and Ollie: The Roots Of Comedy Simon Louvish 9780571215904 [USED COPY]")
Stan and Ollie: The Roots Of Comedy Simon Louvish 9780571215904 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £1.01Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy both passed away in the 1950s, yet their films still have the power to reduce audiences old and new to helpless laughter. There has been no comprehensive account of their... -
Machine-Age Comedy Michael North 9780195381221
RRP: £127.50SciFier: £116.49In this latest addition to Oxford's Modernist Literature & Culture series, renowned modernist scholar Michael North poses fundamental questions about the relationship between modernity and comic form... -
Not That I'm Bitter: A Truly, Madly, Funny Memoir Helen Lederer 9781917439060
RRP: £9.99SciFier: £6.72'Helen Lederer is the third funniest woman in the world' - Dawn French What was it like as one of a handful of women at the heart of the right-on alternative comedy scene in the 1980s? Piece of cake?... -
The Funniest Decade: A Celebration of American Comedy in the 1930s: A Celebration of American Comedy in the 1930s: A Celebration of American Comedy in the 1930s Garry Berman 9781629336275
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £21.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629336275Author Garry BermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor... -
The Cambridge Companion to Stand-Up Comedy Oliver Double (University of Kent) 9781316518571
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £70.23Stand-up comedy is one of the simplest theatre forms in existence. The comedian stands on a (usually) bare stage, talking straight to the audience in the hope of getting laughs. Yet it has never been... -
The Ironic State: British Comedy and the Everyday Politics of Globalization James Brassett (University of Warwick) 9781529208450
RRP: £26.99SciFier: £22.64What can comedy tell us about the politics of a nation? In this book, James Brassett builds on his prize-winning research to demonstrate how British comedy can provide intimate and vital... -
Artie on the Street Chronicles: A Series of Comedy AI Stories Dave Payne 9798276883502
SciFier: £11.24Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798276883502Author Dave PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher... -
Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism Pierre Novellie 9781785121029
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97'Outstanding, I want to press it into the hands of every newly diagnosed person' Fern Brady'Like a Martian's guide to living on Earth. Funny, enlightening and gobsmacking' Frank Skinner'A hilarious,... -
Full Circle by Angie Le Mar
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £11.59Multi-award winning comedienne Angie Le Mar tells us what makes her tick. Suffering from dyslexia, exclusion from school, pioneering in the field of comedy. "I am what dreams are made of" Yes, that... -
Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise Stephen Hamrick 9783030339579
SciFier: £68.49Contextualizing the duo's work within British comedy, Shakespeare criticism, the history of sexuality, and their own historical moment, this book offers the first sustained analysis of the 20th... -
All Joking Aside: American Humor and Its Discontents Rebecca Krefting (Assistant Professor, Skidmore College) 9781421414294
RRP: £43.00SciFier: £31.58In this examination of stand-up comedy, Rebecca Krefting establishes a new genre of comedic production, "charged humor," and charts its pathways from production to consumption. Some jokes are tears... -
Maya Santos Comedy Assassin: Volume 2 Leilani Dumlao-Ramnath 9798879053449
SciFier: £5.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798879053449Author Leilani Dumlao-RamnathFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Independently... -
Historical Comedy on Screen by Hannu Salmi (University of Turku)
SciFier: £24.44In 1893 Friedrich Engels branded history "the cruelest goddess of all." This sorrowful vision of the past is deeply rooted in the Western imagination, and history is thus presented as a joyless... -
Truth in Comedy by Halpern
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £12.09Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566080033Author HalpernFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher... -
Beyond Sitcom: New Directions in American Television Comedy Antonio Savorelli 9780786458431
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21This book explores the mechanisms that have driven the evolution of televisual comedy from the classic sitcom, a genre deeply rooted in its theatrical origins, toward a more mature stage of... -
The Ironic State: British Comedy and the Everyday Politics of Globalization James Brassett (University of Warwick) 9781529208467
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £18.12What can comedy tell us about the politics of a nation? In this book, James Brassett builds on his prize-winning research to demonstrate how British comedy can provide intimate and vital... -
Comedy Improvisation by Horn
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £12.29Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780916260699Author HornFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian... -
Cut to the Monkey by Roger Nygard
SciFier: £20.49Cut to the Monkey is the story of a filmmaker's journey through Hollywood-revealing all the secrets behind how the experts find the funny in any project-by a filmmaker who has worked with some of the... -
Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise Stephen Hamrick 9783030339609
SciFier: £46.99Contextualizing the duo's work within British comedy, Shakespeare criticism, the history of sexuality, and their own historical moment, this book offers the first sustained analysis of the 20th... -
Currents of Comedy on the American Screen: How Film and Television Deliver Different Laughs for Changing Times Nicholas Laham 9780786442645
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £21.61This book analyzes the evolution of film and television comedy from the 1930s through the present, defining five distinct periods and discussing the dominant comedic trends of each. Chapters cover... -
Writing and Selling Romantic Comedy Screenplays by Craig Batty
RRP: £18.99SciFier: £13.49What happens when 'happy ever after' isn't quite so simple? Today's attitudes to love and romance are as varied and diverse as individuals, and audiences want and need more sophisticated, authentic... -
Steal This Comedy Book For Your Comedy Sets (16th Joke Book) by Ashley Lenartson
RRP: £12.68SciFier: £11.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797511528Author Ashley LenartsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher... -
Parody, Politics and the Populace in Greek Old Comedy Professor Donald Sells (University of Michigan, USA) 9781350166288
SciFier: £35.99This book argues that Old Comedy's parodic and non-parodic engagement with tragedy, satyr play, and contemporary lyric is geared to enhancing its own status as the preeminent discourse on Athenian... -
Laurel and Hardy's Comic Catastrophes by Michael Bliss
SciFier: £83.49One of America's most beloved comic duos, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have entertained generations of viewers with their unique, heartwarming brand of slapstick comedy. The pair's teamwork and... -
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected @ comic, Vol. 5 (manga) by Wataru Watari
Yen PressRRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.78A summer break without anyone around is the perfect scenario for loner Hachiman Hikigaya, but Hiratsuka-sensei knows just how to shatter his dreams. Instead of a quiet vacation, the members of the... -
Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades David Steinberg 9780813197562
RRP: £27.95SciFier: £22.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813197562Author David SteinbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint University Press of... -
Stand-up Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms: Sexism, Stereotypes and Structural Inequalities Ellie Tomsett (Birmingham City University, UK) 9781350302327
SciFier: £30.99What are the barriers to women's participation in live comedy, and how are these barriers maintained in the digital era? In this book, Ellie Tomsett considers how the origins of stand-up comedy... -
Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 3 by Akinari Asakura
Viz MediaRRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10A pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)!Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of... -
Show-ha Shoten!, Vol. 1 by Akinari Asakura
Viz MediaRRP: £7.99SciFier: £6.10A pair of dreamers strive to rise to the top of the comedy world in this story by Akinari Asakura with art by Takeshi Obata (Death Note)!Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of... -
Python beyond Python: Critical Engagements with Culture Paul N. Reinsch 9783319513843
SciFier: £114.34This collection of original, interdisciplinary essays addresses the work of Monty Python members beyond the comedy show, films, and live performances. These men are prolific creators in a variety of... -
The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks by Robert Alan Crick
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81Mel Brooks is often regarded as one of Hollywood's funniest men, thanks to such highly successful films as ""The Producers"", ""Blazing Saddles"", and ""Young Frankenstein"". Both critics and fans... -
Comedy of the Dead by Anthony Giangregorio
SciFier: £13.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611990843Author Anthony GiangregorioFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Living Dead PressPublisher... -
The Comedy Of Tempest by William Shakespeare
RRP: £40.95SciFier: £36.59Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494182946Author William ShakespeareFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Literary Licensing,... -
Film Comedy by Geoff King
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £17.37Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364352Author Geoff KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower... -
Comedy of Terrors by Darren Blake
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £10.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781393556091Author Darren BlakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Poison Punch PublishingPublisher... -
Situation Comedy, Character, and Psychoanalysis: On the Couch with Lucy, Basil, and Kimmie D.T. Klika (Middlesex University, UK) 9781501354908
SciFier: £36.99Situation Comedy, Character, and Psychoanalysis puts the sitcom character on the analyst's couch and closely examines the characters of Basil Fawlty, Lucy Ricardo and Kim from Australia's Kath & Kim,... -
![Content Provider: Selected Short Prose Pieces, 2011-2016 Stewart Lee 9780571329038 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/575181/1453883/9780571329038__35696.1743158837.jpg?c=1 "Content Provider: Selected Short Prose Pieces, 2011-2016 Stewart Lee 9780571329038 [USED COPY]")
Content Provider: Selected Short Prose Pieces, 2011-2016 Stewart Lee 9780571329038 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99SciFier: £2.48Over the last five years, often when David Mitchell has been on holiday, the comedian Stewart Lee has been attempting to understand modern Britain, and his own place in it, in a series of irregular... -
Documentary's Awkward Turn: Cringe Comedy and Media Spectatorship Jason Middleton 9781138645554
SciFier: £42.00Despite the prominence of "awkwardness" as cultural buzzword and descriptor of a sub-genre of contemporary film and television comedy, it has yet to be adequately theorized in academic film and media... -
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected @ comic, Vol. 3 (manga) by Wataru Watari
Yen PressRRP: £10.99SciFier: £7.97Hachiman Hikigaya's travails in the Service Club continue! When his younger sister Komachi comes to the Service Club with a problem involving Hachiman's stoic, intimidating classmate Saki, he's faced... -
Truth in Comedy by Charna Halpern
RRP: £28.95SciFier: £24.79Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566082167Author Charna HalpernFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Pioneer Drama ServicePublisher...