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SHEMP! (2024)
The Biography of The Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, The Face of Film Comedy
by Burt Kearns
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: Actor > The Three Stooges
Four of the Three Musketeers (2022)
The Marx Brothers on Stage
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Groucho Marx (2019)
The Comedy of Existence
by Lee Siegel
Publisher: Yale University Press
Subject: Actor > Groucho Marx
Charlie Chaplin (2017)
A Political Biography from Victorian Britain to Modern America
by Richard Carr
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
Harold Lloyd (2009)
Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Actor > Harold LLoyd
Jimmy Durante (2007)
His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography
by David Bakish
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Jimmy Durante
Joe E. Brown (2006)
Film Comedian and Baseball Buffoon
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Joe E. Brown
P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood (2006)
Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations
by Brian Taves
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Others persons > P.G. Wodehouse
Monkey Business (2003)
The Lives and Legends of the Marx Brothers
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Wanna Bet? (2018)
A Degenerate Gambler's Guide to Living on the Edge
by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Actor > Artie Lange
W.C. Fields by Himself (2016)
His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles
by W.C. Fields
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Subject: Actor > W.C. Fields
Crash and Burn (2013)
by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza
Publisher: Touchstone
Subject: Actor > Artie Lange
Too Fat to Fish (2008)
by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Subject: Actor > Artie Lange
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
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Abbott & Costello
Seinfeld (2019)
Seasons 1-5, an episode guide
Publisher: Sonicbond
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
Monty Python FAQ (2017)
All That's Left to Know about Spam, Grails, Spam, Nudging, Bruces and Spam
by Brian Cogan
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: Actor > Monty Python
Seinfeld FAQ (2015)
Everything Left to Know About the Show About Nothing
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
The Annotated Marx Brothers (2015)
A Filmgoer's Guide to In-Jokes, Obscure References and Sly Details
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Three Stooges FAQ (2011)
Everything Left to Know About the Eye-Poking, Face-Slapping, Head-Thumping Geniuses
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: Actor > The Three Stooges
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
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Lines and dialogues
Mel Brooks—Seriously! (2025)
Essays on the Films, Television Shows and Standup
Dir. Sue Matheson
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Mel Brooks
Beyond a Joke (2021)
Parody in English Film and Television Comedy
by Neil Archer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
The Political Mel Brooks (2019)
Dir. Samuel Boerboom and Beth E. Bonnstetter
Publisher: Lexington Books
Subject: Director > Mel Brooks
'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' (2019)
Watching 'Where Eagles Dare'
by Geoff Dyer
Publisher: Pantheon
Subject: One Film > Where Eagles Dare
Mockumentary Comedy (2018)
Performing Authenticity
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Python beyond Python (2017)
Critical Engagements with Culture
Dir. Paul N. Reinsch, B. Lynn Whitfield and Robert G. Weiner
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Actor > Monty Python
Laurel and Hardy's Comic Catastrophes (2017)
Laughter and Darkness in the Features and Short Films
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: Actor > Laurel & Hardy
Drawn to the Gods (2017)
Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy
Publisher: New York University (NYU) Press
Subject: One Film > The Simpsons (TV Series), South Park (TV Series), Family Guy (TV Series)
The Last Laugh (2013)
Strange Humors of Cinema
Dir. Murray Pomerance
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Subject: Sociology
What Made Pistachio Nuts? (1992)
Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Drop Dead Funny '70s (2023)
American Film Comedies Year by Year
by Dan Lalande
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Thunderbook (2022)
The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod
by John Rain
Publisher: Polaris Publishing
Subject: One Film > James Bond
Explodobook (2021)
The World of 80s Action Movies According to Smersh Pod
by John Rain
Publisher: Polaris Publishing
Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein (2024)
The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: One Film > Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein
Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises (2024)
by Massih Zekavat and Tabea Scheel
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
The Cinema of Stephen Chow (2024)
Dir. Gary Bettinson and Vivian P. Y. Lee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Stephen Chow
Inside Comedy (2023)
The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Israeli Bourekas Films (2023)
Their Origins and Legacy
by Rami Kimchi
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Spoofing the Vampire (2022)
Essays on Bloodsucking Comedy
Dir. Simon Bacon
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Marx Brothers and America (2022)
Where Film, Comedy and History Collide
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Routledge Library Editions - Comedy (2022)
11 Volume Set
Collective
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Funny How? (2021)
Sketch Comedy and the Art of Humor
by Alex Clayton
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Laughing to Keep from Dying (2020)
African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
And Now for Something Completely Different (2020)
Critical Approaches to Monty Python
Dir. Kate Egan and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Actor > Monty Python
Isn't that Clever (2020)
A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Seinfeld (2020)
A Cultural History
by Paul Arras
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
When the World Laughs (2020)
Film Comedy East and West
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Comic Imagination in Modern African Literature and Cinema (2019)
A Poetics of Laughter
by Maik Nwosu
Publisher: Routledge
Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin (2019)
Little Men, Big Auteurs
by Jill Franks
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin
Hitchcock and Humor (2019)
Modes of Comedy in Twelve Defining Films
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
The Comedy Studies Reader (2018)
Dir. Nick Marx and Matt Sienkiewicz
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes (2018)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Mock Classicism (2018)
Latin American Film Comedy, 1930–1960
by Nilo Couret
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Countries > Latin America
Funny Thing About Murder (2017)
Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Slapstick Divas (2017)
The Women of Silent Comedy
by Steve Massa
Publisher: BearManor Media
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Hokum! (2017)
The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture
by Rob King
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
That's Me, Groucho! (2016)
The Solo Career of Groucho Marx
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Groucho Marx
Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-War Fiction Film (2016)
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Subject: Countries > The Netherlands
Sounding Funny (2016)
Sound and Comedy Cinema
Dir. Mark Evans and Philip Hayward
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Humor in Latin American Cinema (2015)
Dir. Juan Poblete and Juana Suárez
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Subject: Countries > Latin America
Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema (2014)
Dir. Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Buffoon Men (2013)
Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
American Smart Cinema (2012)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Genre > Independent cinema
Historical Comedy on Screen (2011)
Dir. Hannu Salmi
Publisher: Intellect Books
Subject: Genre > Historical films
From Silver Screen to Spanish Stage (2011)
The Humorists of the Madrid Vanguardia and Hollywood Film
by Stuart Green
Publisher: University of Wales Press
A Splurch in the Kisser (2009)
The Movies of Blake Edwards
by Sam Wasson
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Subject: Director > Blake Edwards
Currents of Comedy on the American Screen (2009)
How Film and Television Deliver Different Laughs for Changing Times
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Body in Hollywood Slapstick (2007)
by Alex Clayton
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Comic World of the Marx Brothers' Movies (2007)
"Anything Further Father?"
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
Dying for a Laugh (2006)
Disaster Movies and the Camp Imagination
by Ken Feil
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Subject: Genre > Disaster films
The Runaway Bride (2002)
Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1930's
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Wheeler & Woolsey (2001)
The Vaudeville Comic Duo and Their Films, 1929–1937
by Edward Watz
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Wheeler & Woolsey
Romantic Comedy in Hollywood (1998)
From Lubitsch to Sturges
by James Harvey
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Laughing Hysterically (1996)
American Screen Comedy of the 1950s
by Ed Sikov
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Groucho and W. C. Fields (1994)
Huckster Comedians
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Jerry Lewis Films (1994)
An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic
by James L. Neibaur and Ted Okuda
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Jerry Lewis
Inside Soviet film satire (1993)
Laughter with a lash
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Countries > Russia / USSR
Pursuits of Happiness (1981)
The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Fawlty Towers (2025)
Fawlts and All: A 50th anniversary celebration of the nation's beloved sitcom
by John Cleese
Publisher: Headline
Subject: One Film > Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
Carry On Regardless (2025)
Getting to the Bottom of Britain's Favourite Comedy Films.
Publisher: White Owl
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
The Pink Panther (2025)
A Complete History
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: One Film > The Pink Panther
The Biggest Thing in Show Business (2024)
Living It Up with Martin & Lewis
by Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Subject: Actor > Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
Being Patrick Swayze (2022)
Essential Teachings from the Master of the Mullet
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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
Publisher: Running Press
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
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Monty Python's Flying Circus (2019)
Hidden Treasures
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Subject: One Film > Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python Speaks (2019)
The Complete Oral History
by David Morgan
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Subject: One Film > Monty Python's Flying Circus
Young Frankenstein (2016)
The Story of the Making of the Film
by Mel Brooks
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Subject: One Film > Young Frankenstein
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night (2016)
A private archive
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Subject: One Film > A Hard Day's Night
Seinfeldia (2016)
How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
Funny (2012)
The Book: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Comedy
by David Misch
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
Film and Television In-Jokes (2008)
Nearly 2,000 Intentional References, Parodies, Allusions, Personal Touches, Cameos, Spoofs and Homages
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Monty Python's Flying Circus (2012)
Complete and Annotated...All the Bits
by Monty Python
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Subject: One Film > Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Seinfeld Scripts (1998)
The First and Second Seasons
by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Subject: One Film > Seinfeld (TV Series)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1990)
Just the words
by Monty Python
Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
Subject: One Film > Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Comic Hero's Journey (2018)
Serious Story Structure for Fabulously Funny Films
by Steve Kaplan
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Subject: Technique > Scriptwriting
Ayoade on Ayoade (2016)
A Cinematic Odyssey
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Subject: Director > Richard Ayoade
Getting Away With It (1999)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Subject: Director > Steven Soderbergh, Richard Lester
Yes, I Can Say That (2020)
When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble
by Judy Gold
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Fields for President (2016)
by W.C. Fields
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Subject: Actor > W.C. Fields
Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales (2011)
Selected Writings of Groucho Marx
Dir. Robert S. Bader
Publisher: Applause Books
Subject: Actor > Groucho Marx
Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (1988)
The Marx Brothers' Lost Radio Show
Publisher: Pantheon
Subject: Actor > Marx Brothers
American Psycho (2025)
How to Make a Killing in Business...and Life
Publisher: Rizzoli Universe
Subject: One Film > American Psycho
Star trek cats (2018)
Next Generation
by Jenny Parks
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Subject: One Film > Star Trek (TV Series)
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