Film and Television In-Jokes (2008)
Nearly 2,000 Intentional References, Parodies, Allusions, Personal Touches, Cameos, Spoofs and Homages
Publisher: McFarland & Co
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Fawlts and All: A 50th anniversary celebration of the nation's beloved sitcom
by John Cleese
Subject: One Film > Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
Carry On Regardless (2025)
Getting to the Bottom of Britain's Favourite Comedy Films.
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
American Psycho (2025)
How to Make a Killing in Business...and Life
Subject: One Film > American Psycho
Mel Brooks—Seriously! (2025)
Essays on the Films, Television Shows and Standup
Dir. Sue Matheson
Subject: Director > Mel Brooks
Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein (2024)
The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks
Subject: One Film > Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein
The Cinema of Stephen Chow (2024)
Dir. Gary Bettinson and Vivian P. Y. Lee
Subject: Director > Stephen Chow
SHEMP! (2024)
The Biography of The Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, The Face of Film Comedy
by Burt Kearns
Subject: Actor > The Three Stooges
The Biggest Thing in Show Business (2024)
Living It Up with Martin & Lewis
by Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon
Subject: Actor > Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
The Drop Dead Funny '70s (2023)
American Film Comedies Year by Year
by Dan Lalande
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Inside Comedy (2023)
The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Annotated Abbott and Costello (2023)
A Complete Viewer's Guide to the Comedy Team and Their 38 Films
by Matthew Coniam and Nick Santa Maria
Subject: Actor > Abbott & Costello
Spoofing the Vampire (2022)
Essays on Bloodsucking Comedy
Dir. Simon Bacon
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Marx Brothers and America (2022)
Where Film, Comedy and History Collide
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Thunderbook (2022)
The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod
by John Rain
Subject: One Film > James Bond
Being Patrick Swayze (2022)
Essential Teachings from the Master of the Mullet
Subject: Actor > Patrick Swayze
The Office Book of Lists (2022)
The Official Guide to Quotes, Pranks, Characters, and Memorable Moments from Dunder Mifflin
by Chip Carter
Subject: One Film > The Office (TV Series)
Cut to the Monkey (2021)
A Hollywood Editor's Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Making Hit Comedies
by Roger Nygard
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Beyond a Joke (2021)
Parody in English Film and Television Comedy
by Neil Archer
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
Laughing to Keep from Dying (2020)
African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century
And Now for Something Completely Different (2020)
Critical Approaches to Monty Python
Dir. Kate Egan and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Subject: Actor > Monty Python
The Comic Imagination in Modern African Literature and Cinema (2019)
A Poetics of Laughter
by Maik Nwosu
How to Survive a Horror Movie (2019)
All the Skills to Dodge the Kills
Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin (2019)
Little Men, Big Auteurs
by Jill Franks
Subject: Director > Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin
The Political Mel Brooks (2019)
Dir. Samuel Boerboom and Beth E. Bonnstetter
Subject: Director > Mel Brooks
Hitchcock and Humor (2019)
Modes of Comedy in Twelve Defining Films
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' (2019)
Watching 'Where Eagles Dare'
by Geoff Dyer
Subject: One Film > Where Eagles Dare
Monty Python Speaks (2019)
The Complete Oral History
by David Morgan
Subject: One Film > Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Comic Hero's Journey (2018)
Serious Story Structure for Fabulously Funny Films
by Steve Kaplan
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Wanna Bet? (2018)
A Degenerate Gambler's Guide to Living on the Edge
by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza
Subject: Actor > Artie Lange
Mock Classicism (2018)
Latin American Film Comedy, 1930–1960
by Nilo Couret
Subject: Countries > Latin America
Funny Thing About Murder (2017)
Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Python beyond Python (2017)
Critical Engagements with Culture
Dir. Paul N. Reinsch, B. Lynn Whitfield and Robert G. Weiner
Subject: Actor > Monty Python
Laurel and Hardy's Comic Catastrophes (2017)
Laughter and Darkness in the Features and Short Films
Subject: Actor > Laurel & Hardy
Monty Python FAQ (2017)
All That's Left to Know about Spam, Grails, Spam, Nudging, Bruces and Spam
by Brian Cogan
Subject: Actor > Monty Python
Charlie Chaplin (2017)
A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America
by Richard Carr
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
Drawn to the Gods (2017)
Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy
Subject: One Film > The Simpsons (TV Series), South Park (TV Series), Family Guy (TV Series)
Hokum! (2017)
The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture
by Rob King
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Young Frankenstein (2016)
The Story of the Making of the Film
by Mel Brooks
Subject: One Film > Young Frankenstein
Seinfeldia (2016)
How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-War Fiction Film (2016)
Subject: Countries > The Netherlands
W.C. Fields by Himself (2016)
His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles
by W.C. Fields
Subject: Actor > W.C. Fields
Humor in Latin American Cinema (2015)
Dir. Juan Poblete and Juana Suárez
Subject: Countries > Latin America
Seinfeld FAQ (2015)
Everything Left to Know About the Show About Nothing
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
The Annotated Marx Brothers (2015)
A Filmgoer's Guide to In-Jokes, Obscure References and Sly Details
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema (2014)
Dir. Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Monty Python's Flying Circus (2012)
Complete and Annotated...All the Bits
by Monty Python
Subject: One Film > Monty Python's Flying Circus
Funny (2012)
The Book: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Comedy
by David Misch
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales (2011)
Selected Writings of Groucho Marx
Dir. Robert S. Bader
Subject: Actor > Groucho Marx
Three Stooges FAQ (2011)
Everything Left to Know About the Eye-Poking, Face-Slapping, Head-Thumping Geniuses
Subject: Actor > The Three Stooges
From Silver Screen to Spanish Stage (2011)
The Humorists of the Madrid Vanguardia and Hollywood Film
by Stuart Green
A Splurch in the Kisser (2009)
The Movies of Blake Edwards
by Sam Wasson
Subject: Director > Blake Edwards
Currents of Comedy on the American Screen (2009)
How Film and Television Deliver Different Laughs for Changing Times
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Jimmy Durante (2007)
His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography
by David Bakish
Subject: Actor > Jimmy Durante
The Comic World of the Marx Brothers' Movies (2007)
"Anything Further Father?"
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood (2006)
Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations
by Brian Taves
Subject: Others persons > P.G. Wodehouse
Dying for a Laugh (2006)
Disaster Movies and the Camp Imagination
by Ken Feil
Subject: Genre > Disaster films
Comedy Quotes from the Movies (2001)
Over 4,000 Bits of Humorous Dialogue from All Film Genres, Topically Arranged and Indexed
by Larry Langman and Paul Gold
Subject: On Films > Lines and dialogues
Wheeler & Woolsey (2001)
The Vaudeville Comic Duo and Their Films, 1929–1937
by Edward Watz
Subject: Actor > Wheeler & Woolsey
Getting Away With It (1999)
Subject: Director > Steven Soderbergh, Richard Lester
The Seinfeld Scripts (1998)
The First and Second Seasons
by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
Romantic Comedy in Hollywood (1998)
From Lubitsch to Sturges
by James Harvey
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Laughing Hysterically (1996)
American Screen Comedy of the 1950s
by Ed Sikov
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Jerry Lewis Films (1994)
An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic
by James L. Neibaur and Ted Okuda
Subject: Actor > Jerry Lewis
What Made Pistachio Nuts? (1992)
Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1990)
Just the words
by Monty Python
Subject: One Film > Monty Python's Flying Circus
Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (1988)
The Marx Brothers' Lost Radio Show
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
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