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Earth's Rubicon Richard Pryor 9781977265227
RRP: £24.95SciFier: £20.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977265227Author Richard PryorFormat HardbackPage Count 126Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts... -
Earth's Rubicon Richard Pryor 9781977265210
RRP: £12.95SciFier: £10.74Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977265210Author Richard PryorFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts... -
Richard Pryor in Hollywood by Anthony Balducci
RRP: £28.99SciFier: £24.81Richard Pryor was the king of stand-up comedy in the 1970s. Hollywood studios were eager to transfer Pryor's dynamic humor and personality from the stand-up stage to the big screen. Executives placed... -
The High Council of Orthia Richard Pryor 9781977254269
RRP: £26.95SciFier: £20.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977254269Author Richard PryorFormat HardbackPage Count 118Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts... -
Becoming Richard Pryor Scott Saul 9780062123305
SciFier: £19.83A major biography-intimate, gripping, revelatory-of an artist who revolutionized American comedy. Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history. Raised in his family's... -
Becoming Richard Pryor Scott Saul 9780062123329
SciFier: £10.74A major biography-intimate, gripping, revelatory-of an artist who revolutionized American comedy. Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history. Raised in his family's... -
The High Council of Orthia Richard Pryor 9781977253866
RRP: £14.95SciFier: £11.99Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977253866Author Richard PryorFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts... -
Project Earth: Vice or Virtue Richard Pryor 9781977244802
RRP: £26.95SciFier: £21.49Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977244802Author Richard PryorFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts... -
Project Earth: Vice or Virtue Richard Pryor 9781977244796
RRP: £13.95SciFier: £10.74Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977244796Author Richard PryorFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts... -
Mastering Stand Up by Rosenfield Stephen
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £12.09This entertaining and sharply written guide-for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers-examines the work of great comedians such... -
Carson the Magnificent Bill Zehme 9781451645279
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.63A much-anticipated biography-twenty years in the making-of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted... -
Unsuccessful Thug by Mike Epps
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £12.79Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062684905Author Mike EppsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins... -
Whoopi Goldberg on Stage and Screen by Lisa Pertillar Brevard
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21All at once, and without apology or shame, the name Whoopi Goldberg conjures images of laughter, sex, surprise, versatility, African heritage, and Jewish identity, to name a few. How did she become... -
Dirty Daddy by Bob Saget
SciFier: £9.99He is the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House ...The charming, wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos ...The scatological, out-of-his-mind stand-up comic from Entourage... -
Outside Looking In by John Corcelli
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £20.37John Corcelli, author of Frank Zappa FAQ, takes a deep dive into the comedic artistry of George Carlin, one of America's most important funny men. From his early radio days to his most successful... -
Icons of African American Comedy Eddie M. Tafoya 9780313380846
SciFier: £93.49This in-depth compilation of the lives, works, and contributions of 12 icons of African-American comedy explores their impact on American entertainment and the way America thinks about race. Despite... -
Teaching Comedy Bev Hogue 9781603296144
RRP: £105.00SciFier: £79.62Essays on teaching comedy in literature, writing, theater, and cultural studies courses.From Shakespeare to The Simpsons, comedy has long provided both entertainment and social commentary. It may... -
The Chronicles of Hernia Barry Cryer 9780753522158 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £2.14A collection of hilarious stories and eye-popping anecdotes from the nation's best-loved comedianBarry Cryer is one of the most respected and admired writers and performers of his time. In a career... -
God's Fools by Jason Crawford
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £21.11From the self-abasements of Charlie Chaplin and Lenny Bruce's provocations to the present-day culture warring over figures like Dave Chappelle and Hannah Gadsby, comedians have always been not simply... -
Teaching Comedy Bev Hogue 9781603296151
RRP: £40.95SciFier: £33.06Essays on teaching comedy in literature, writing, theater, and cultural studies courses.From Shakespeare to The Simpsons, comedy has long provided both entertainment and social commentary. It may... -
The Devil You Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa Audrey McCluskey 9780252075742
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £17.90South African film culture, like so much of its public life, has undergone a tremendous transformation during its first decade of democracy. Filmmakers, once in exile, banned, or severely restricted,... -
The Devil You Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa Audrey Thomas McCluskey 9780252033865 [USED COPY]
RRP: £91.00SciFier: £15.51South African film culture, like so much of its public life, has undergone a tremendous transformation during its first decade of democracy. Filmmakers, once in exile, banned, or severely restricted,... -
Framing Blackness by Ed Guerrero
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £22.56From D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee's Malcolm X, Ed Guerrero argues, the commercial film industry reflects white domination of American society. Written with the energy and... -
The Comic Event: Comedic Performance from the 1950s to the Present Professor Judith Roof (Rice University, USA) 9781501354885
SciFier: £36.99The Comic Event approaches comedy as dynamic phenomenon that involves the gathering of elements of performance, signifiers, timings, tones, gestures, previous comic bits, and other self-conscious... -
Laughing Mad by Bambi Haggins
RRP: £31.00SciFier: £23.99Winner of the 2008 Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award Prior to the civil rights movement, comedians performed for audiences that were clearly delineated by race. Black comedians performed for black... -
Stand-up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America by John Limon
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £19.46Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America is the first study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. John Limon appreciates and analyzes the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond... -
Pop Art and Beyond by Mona Hadler (Brooklyn College and City University of New York, USA)
SciFier: £30.99Highlighting intersections of gender, race, and class and their explosive encounters with Pop Art during the Long Sixties, this book offers a new critical reading of Pop for the 21st century. 'a... -
Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change Aaron Sachs 9781479819393
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £16.35How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warming We've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. It feels overwhelming, like nothing... -
Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change Aaron Sachs 9781479840144
RRP: £11.99SciFier: £9.60How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warming We've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. It feels overwhelming, like nothing... -
Homey Don't Play That! by David Peisner
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £16.49"A fascinating inside look at the trailblazing series" (Entertainment Tonight)-discover the behind-the-scenes stories and lasting impact of the trailblazing sketch comedy show that upended...