The Book Company: New Products - Comedy

Comic Lives

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:35:44 +0000

Comic Lives examines the dynamic intersection of life narrative and comedy within the theoretical and methodological frameworks of auto/biography studies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.

Price: $64.99

Stand Up (The Craft of Comedy)

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:18:04 +0000

Stand Up is a practical guide to mastering stand-up comedy, equipping aspiring comedians with tools to craft and deliver jokes that resonate. Essential for anyone who believes in the power of laughter.

Price: $89.99

We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:58:41 +0000

First of all, I have never written a book before, you probably haven't either, so there we have it; a connection is established between reader and writer. . .

Aged just 17, Kevin Bridges walked on stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought the house ..

Price: $24.99

Bonkers (My Life in Laughs)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:11:49 +0000

The hilarious, touching life story of the creator of AbFab and one of most brilliant minds in comedy

Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her t..

Price: $21.99

Caro and Jeunet (Crafting French Cinema)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:19:39 +0000

Covering punk, DIY production, intertextuality, performance, and vigilantism through close film analysis and cultural studies research, this book offers a much-needed look at Caro and Jeunet’s forty-plus years of artistic innovation.

Price: $64.99

Easily Distracted

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:04:54 +0000

Born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s, Steve Coogan entertained his family from an early age. He had first break on Spitting Image, won a Perrier Award as a young stand-up, and it was while working with Armando Iannucci and Patrick Marber on On The Hour and The Day To..

Price: $21.99

Nothin' Comes Easy (The Life of Rodney Dangerfield)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:27:37 +0000

The first-ever biography of the legendary comic and the most improbable rise to fame in the history of American comedy. Getting there wasn’t always a laughing matter.

Rodney Dangerfield’s fidgety delivery, self-deprecating humor, and catchphrase “I don’t get no respect” made him a c..
Price: $17.95

Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:47:03 +0000

'Well good evening, my name is Jeremy Hardy and I'm a comedian who likes to make wry witty satirical observations about the society we live in -- but I prefer to keep them to myself, thank you very much.'

Jeremy Hardy, ..
Price: $17.99

On Jokes (or, why everything you know about comedy is wrong) (The Hidden Mechanics of Funny)

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:53:23 +0000

The Big Bang
Natural Selection
E = mc2

All pretty decent theories, that beg one question: why has no-one discovered a fully unified theory for what makes jokes funny?

Well, comedy director Amanda Baker, comedy writer Abi ..
Price: $30.00

Saturday Night (A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live)

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:13:40 +0000

The New 50th Anniversary Edition of Saturday Night

“It reads like a thriller, and may be the best book ever written about television.”
— Associated Press

“A chilling real-life cliffhanger.”
— Washington Post

“An an..
Price: $21.99