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David Mitchell’s 2014 best seller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think - because everything’s got worse. We’ve gone from UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, from horsemeat in lasagne to Donald Trump in the White House, from Woolworths going under to all the other shops going under. It’s probably socially irresponsible even to try to cheer up.

Read brilliantly by the author, Ben Elton. From The Young Ones and Blackadder theme music to snippets of his stand-up comedy shows, this audiobook includes bonus audio recordings showcasing special moments throughout Ben's incredible career. ‘What Have I Done? snaps, crackles and pops with wit...

Welcome to the Staying Relevant audiobook, narrated by two best friends, Pete and Sam . . . contains swearing, adult themes and outrageous stories from life in the spotlight. If you think you know us already, you're wrong. You're gonna find out a hell of a lot about us. Probably more than you...

'When I was 16 I dressed in Victorian clothing in a bid to distract people from the fact that I was gay. It was a flawed plan.' No Shame is a very funny, candid and emotional ride of a memoir by one of our most beloved comedians. The working-class son of a coach driver, and the youngest member...

The Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm is where Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant first met Karl Pilkington. The trio have been talking drivel ever since....

The Ricky Gervais Show on Xfm is where Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant first met Karl Pilkington. The trio, who have been talking drivel ever since, later went on to create one of the most downloaded podcasts in history.

Bernard Manning was born in 1930 of Russian Jewish and Irish descent. He served in the second world war. At one stage, just after the war, he was stationed at Spandau Prison Berlin, where he guarded the likes of Rudolph Hess.His show business career began in the 1950’s as a singer, before gradually introducing comedy in to his act. He first came to a wider public in the 1970’s in tv programmes such as ‘The Comedians’ and ‘The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club’.

A bumper collection of vintage episodes of the award-winning panel game Just a Minute is BBC Radio 4's longest-running panel show, and a national treasure. Since 1967, it has welcomed an array of stellar guest players to demonstrate their verbal dexterity, wicked wit and brilliant banter, as...

Bernard Manning was born in 1930 of Russian Jewish and Irish descent. He served in the Second World War. At one stage, just after the war, he was stationed at Spandau Prison Berlin, where he guarded the likes of Rudolph Hess.

His show business career began in the 1950s as a singer, before gradually introducing comedy in to his act. He first came to a wider public in the 1970s in TV programmes such as The Comedians and The Wheel Tappers and Shunters Social Club.

Featuring the best of Dangerous, Relentless, Arizona Bay, and Rant In E-Minor, Philosophy creates the feel of one incredible live performance.

They say you can’t teach stand-up comedy, but you can certainly give a lot of good advice. In the Recorded Books Original 28 Stand-Ups, the best stand-up comedians in the business share tips of the trade and full-fledged stories to impart the lessons they learned treading the boards, hitting the road, and of course, on occasion, bombing.

Since 1977, BBC Radio 4's funniest and quirkiest game show has been answering questions and offering wit and wisdom on global happenings, national news and quite frankly pathetic parochial events. In this annual highlights edition, a selection of 2005's most entertaining news stories and...

In seinem Best of Programm "Das Beste" zeigt Bill Mockridge das, was er am besten kann: Er singt, spielt Gitarre, lacht und berichtet von einem Alltag der gar nicht alltäglich wirkt. Er beobachtet sich und seine "Best Ager" Generation mit Liebe, Wärme, sehr viel Humor und lässt keinen Zweifel daran "dass Lachen die beste Methode ist, dem Leben die Zähne zu zeigen". Bill Mockridge liebt den Tag und vermittelt den Zuschauern in jeder Sekunde seinen unbändigen und wahnsinnigen Spaß am Leben! Anhören! Begeistern lassen! 80 der Sonderklasse... eben "Das Beste!"

Gone are the days when formality and manners were mandatory. Today, a person's communication skills and charisma are highly dependent in his sense of humor. It may sound crazy, but jokes and insults are effective ways to gain control of social situations, but they must be used with responsibility. You'll have access to every type of insult: insults for arrogant people, insults for stupid people, ugly people, and more and much more.

From the comic mind of the one and only Jonathan Winters comes this side-splitting collection of the comedian's most off-the-wall antics and impressions. Grandma Frickert, Chester Honeyhugger, and other comic characters all make appearances on this best-of compilation.

After the success of the first three volumes, this fourth book comes out with brand-new dirty one liners on practicing oral sex at home or at the office. Women love men with a sense of humor. The life of the party is the man who cracks the right word in the right moment. The problem is: Where are the good lines when you need them? They are here.

The Very Best of It's Showtime at the Apollo spotlights the funniest moments from the legendary TV show. Listen to classic stand-up sets and the electric crowd atmosphere that made the Apollo a launchpad for top comedians.

Eine Auswahl von 9 der schönsten Geschichten des Wettbewerbs aus den Jahren 1997 bis 2000. Der plattdeutsche Schreibwettbewerb "Vertell doch mal" des NDR und Radio Bremen ist eine Erfolgsgeschichte. Bis zu 3000 Hobbyautoren beteiligen sich jährlich daran. Eine Jury wählt die 25 besten Geschichten zu einem jährlich wechselnden Thema aus. Diese werden bei der Preisverleihung von Schauspielern des Ohnsorg-Theaters gelesen.

A special "best of" presentation from Volumes 11 through 20, featuring Tom Dreesen, Charles Fleischer, Mike Marino, Gary Gulman, Jerry Diner, Norm McDonald, Ian Edwards, Jim Jefferies, Jo Koy, Bob Marley, Dom Irrera, Bob Saget, Sebastian, and Daniel Tosh.

This hilarious joke book contains 100+ of the absolute best dirty, filthy, vulgar, politically incorrect, offensive, not safe for work jokes ever created! This book pokes fun at everyone and is very insensitive so if you are easily offended then this book is not for you. But if you can roll with the punches then this joke book will have you rolling on the floor laughing!