Performing Arts:

The Second City Unscripted
Revolution and Revelation at the World-Famous Comedy Theater
Written by Mike Thomas

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00

In 1959, a group of like-minded Chicagoans joined forces to open a hip new venue dedicated to coffee, cigarettes, conversation, and comedy. The result, a nightly cabaret featuring a troupe of inventive young actors skewering everything from politics to popular culture in witty, rapid-fire, improvised scenes, not only made delighted audiences... Read more >

The Second City Unscripted
Revolution and Revelation at the World-Famous Comedy Theater
Written by Mike Thomas

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $26.00

In 1959, a group of like-minded Chicagoans joined forces to open a hip new venue dedicated to coffee, cigarettes, conversation, and comedy. The result, a nightly cabaret featuring a troupe of inventive young actors skewering everything from politics to popular culture in witty, rapid-fire, improvised scenes, not only made delighted audiences... Read more >

Too Fat to Fish

Written by Artie Lange
Read by Artie Lange, The Reverend Bob Levy, Gary Dell'Abate and Jim Florentine

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $31.95

When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern universe, second only to the show’s move to the wild, uncensored frontier of satellite radio. Lange provided what Stern had yet to find all in... Read more >

Too Fat to Fish

Written by Artie Lange
Read by Artie Lange, The Reverend Bob Levy, Gary Dell'Abate and Jim Florentine

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $17.50

When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern universe, second only to the show’s move to the wild, uncensored frontier of satellite radio. Lange provided what Stern had yet to find all in... Read more >

The Art of Comedy
Getting Serious About Being Funny
Written by Paul Ryan

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2007
Price: $18.95

Dyin' out there? Learn how to act funny from a top Hollywood expert.


Want to know a secret? Sssshhhh. Great comedy actors aren't born...they're made. Who makes them? Paul Ryan, that's who. Now Ryan, the top comedy acting coach in Hollywood, shares his secrets in The Art of Comedy, a step-by-step guide... Read more >

They'll Never Put That on the Air
The New Age of TV Comedy
Written by Allan Neuwirth

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $19.95

In the 1950s, Lucille Ball couldn't even say the word “pregnant” on TV. But by the 1990s, Carrie Bradshaw and her posse could say everything there is to say about sex—and demonstrate most of it. How have broadcast standards changed from the dawn of television till today? Through interviews with the... Read more >

Comedy FAQs and Answers
How the Stand-up Biz Really Works
Written by Dave Schwensen

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $19.95

This guide to the world of stand—up comedy, written in easy—to—use Q&A format, provides current and potential comedians with the no—nonsense advice they need for every stage of their careers. Schwensen's lively book features interviews with many of the top names in stand—up—Ray Romano, George Carlin, Christopher Titus, Weird Al Yankovic... Read more >

The Essential Groucho
Writings by, for, and about Groucho Marx
Edited by Stefan Kanfer

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2000
Price: $13.00

Groucho Marx may be the funniest man who ever lived.  Here in one volume are the classics of Marxian mayhem: excerpts from the scripts of the immortal movies, passages from his books, his articles for magazines ranging from The New Yorker to the Saturday Evening Post, the  choicest ad-libs and quips from his... Read more >