Publication date: 2006-08
RRP: £9.95
Price: £6.90
Review Dyddiadur Dyn Priod / Y Lolfa:
Publication date: 2004-11-01
Dewey code: 817
RRP: £50.01
Price: £35.00
Review Blackadder Anniversary Collection (Radio Collection) / Richard Curtis & Ben Elton:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2006-06-13
RRP: £11.99
Price: £13.98
Review A Mann at Last / Trouser Press:
Publication date: 2003-07-21
Dewey code: 817
RRP: £10.99
Price: £20.00
Review Jethro Says Bull'cks to Europe (HarperCollins Audio Comedy) / HarperCollins Audio:
Creator: David Anderson
Publication date: 2007-05-01
RRP: £5.00
Price: £6.99
Review Dad Laughs Last / Barny Books:
Publication date: 2006-05-29
RRP: £12.99
Price: £14.98
Review Lily Savage: Live and Outrageous / Universal Pictures:
Publication date: 1999-04-30
RRP: £10.50
Price: £12.49
Review Laugh, Laugh, Laugh!: The Golden Age of American Comedy / Pavilion Records Ltd:
Authors
- Bob McCabe
- Graham Chapman (Estate)
Publication date: 2003-09-25
Dewey code: 791
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.94
Review The Pythons' Autobiography By The Pythons (CD) (Monty Python) / Orion:That The Pythons by the Pythons is going to be an absolute treat is evident even from the book's blurb. The six men behind Monty Python's Flying Circus-the most influential of all British TV satires-are actually four Englishmen, one Welshman and an interloping American, and it's largely in the words of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam that we're told about the fractious process through which one of the great glories of British TV and film came into being. Yes, Graham Chapman is here too, although sadly he died some years ago. The acerbic Chapman would have loved the frequent irreverent references to the fact that now he's dead. But nobody is spared in the hilarious introduction: its unsparing analyses of the post-Python careers of the participants would have most showbusiness types phoning their lawyers. But that's just one of the many joys in this chunky, arm-straining celebration of the glorious and surrealistic humour of the Monty Python team. Bob McCabe, the man who managed to corral the unruly members of the team here, has helped create this marvellous tome. It functions as a history of a well-loved comedy phenomenon, a biography of six extremely talented men and also a really eye-catching object: the book's design utilises the unmistakable animation style, created by Terry Gilliam, that was so much a part of the TV series and films. The iconoclastic attitude to the participants is perfect, but who would have accepted anything less from social critics as deadly as the Python team? In fact, the revelation here that they were often at each others' throats suggests that inter-Python conflict may have been the catalyst that produced their inimitable humour. The only problem with The Pythons by the Pythons is resisting the temptation to read it at a sitting. [+]-Barry Forshaw.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £7.29
Review Live:
Creator: Monty Python
Price: £7.99
Review The Meaning of Life (Virgin Chattering Classics) / Listen for Pleasure:
Authors
- Felicity Huffman
- Patricia Wolff
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-01-23
Dewey code: 646.77
RRP: £25.49
Price: £17.14
Review A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend: For Every Guy Who Wants to Be One/For Every Girl Who Wants to Build One! / Tantor Media, Inc:
RRP: £7.99
Price: £8.56
Review At the Roundhouse:
RRP: £7.99
Price: £8.56
Review Right Side of Wrong:
Creator: Roy Brown
Publication date: 2006-04-03
RRP: £10.99
Price: £10.98
Review King Thong / HarperCollins Audio:
Publication date: 2004-11-08
Dewey code: 817
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.60
Review Have You Heard the One About...: Vol 2 / Hodder & Stoughton:
Publication date: 1997-02
RRP: £12.99
Price: £11.55
Review Definite Article / Laughing Stock Production Ltd:
Edition: Abridged Ed
Publication date: 2002-08-01
Dewey code: 814.54
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.04
Review Me Talk Pretty One Day / Little, Brown & Company:David Sedaris became a star autobiographer on public radio, onstage in New York, and on bestseller lists, mostly on the strength of Santaland Diaries a scathing, hilarious account of his stint as a Christmas elf at Macy's department store. Sedaris's caustic gift has not deserted him in his fourth book, which mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path and his move with his lover to France. Though his anarchic inclination to digress is his glory, Sedaris does have a theme in these reminiscences: the inability of humans to communicate. The title is his rendition in transliterated English of how he and his fellow students of French in Paris mangle the Gallic language. In the essay "Jesus Shaves", he and his classmates from many nations try to convey the concept of Easter to a Moroccan Muslim. "It is a party for the little boy of God", says one. "Then he be die one day on two. morsels of. [+]lumber", says another. Sedaris muses on the disputes between his Protestant mother and his father, a Greek Orthodox man whose Easter fell on a different day. Other essays explicate his deep kinship with his eccentric mother and absurd alienation from his IBM-exec dad: "To me, the greatest mystery of science continues to be that a man could father six children who shared absolutely none of his interests". Every glimpse we get of Sedaris's family and acquaintances delivers laughs and insights. He thwarts his North Carolina speech therapist ("for whom the word pen had two syllables") by cleverly avoiding all words with "s" sounds, which reveal the lisp she sought to correct. His midget guitar teacher, Mister Mancini, is unaware that Sedaris doesn't share his obsession with breasts, and sings "Light My Fire" all wrong-"as if he were a Webelo scout demanding a match". As a remarkably unqualified teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sedaris had his class watch soap operas and assign "guessays" on what would happen in the next day's episode. It all adds up to the most distinctively skewed autobiography since Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia. -Tim Appelo.
Publication date: 2000-11-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99
Review Live 'n' Lewd (HarperCollins Audio Comedy S.) / HarperCollins:
Creator: Lloyd James
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-10-30
Dewey code: 070.449796
RRP: £17.49
Price: £13.09
Review Hate Mail from Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly / Tantor Media, Inc:
Creator: Alan Davies
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2000-04-17
Dewey code: 817
RRP: £10.99
Price: £19.98
Review Urban Trauma (HarperCollins Audio Comedy) / HarperCollins Audio:
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