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The Show Won't Go On

Author : Jeff Abraham
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641602201
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book The Show Won't Go On written by Jeff Abraham and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. From the comedy magician who dropped dead on live television to the amateur thespian who expired during a play called The Art of Murder, the book is a celebration of lives both famous and obscure, as well as a dramatic and accurate recounting of events leading to the moments they died "doing what they loved." The Show Won't Go On covers almost every genre of entertainment and is full of unearthed anecdotes, exclusive interviews, colorful characters, and ironic twists. With dozens of heart-stopping stories, it's the perfect book to dip into on any page.

A Comedian Dies

Author : Simon Brett
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448300045
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book A Comedian Dies written by Simon Brett and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women . . . and solving crimes! A binge-worthy cozy mystery series from the original king of British cozy crime, internationally best-selling, award-winning author Simon Brett, OBE. For fans of Richard Osman - but with added bite! "Like a little malice in your mysteries? Some cynicism in your cosies? Simon Brett is happy to oblige" THE NEW YORK TIMES "Few crime writers are as enchantingly gifted" THE SUNDAY TIMES "One of British crime's most assured craftsmen . . . Perfect entertainment" THE GUARDIAN "A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans" P.D. JAMES "Murder most enjoyable" COLIN DEXTER _______________________ A middle-aged actor - and sometimes sleuth - on his summer hols A British seaside town in September A variety show, with an electric headline act . . . It's all good fun until A COMEDIAN DIES (Mostly) out of work actor Charles Paris is indulging in a particularly British tradition: taking a seaside summer holiday, and hiding from the rain. A little less traditional is his current company: Frances, his long-estranged wife. Today's dubious (indoor) entertainment takes the form of the Sun 'n' Funtime variety show at Hunstanton's decaying Winter Gardens, headlined by a young stage comedian who's slated to be the next big thing. His act is more electrifying than anyone could have expected: as soon as he picks up his guitar and mike, he sensationally drops dead. Electrocuted, it becomes clear, in a tragic accident caused by faulty wiring. But Charles, who's starting to worry about how often he stumbles upon corpses, quickly has reason to doubt the coroner's conclusions. With suspects aplenty popping up, was it death by misadventure - or good old-fashioned murder? Fans of Agatha Christie, The Thursday Murder Club, Anthony Horowitz, Alexander McCall Smith, M.C. Beaton and Faith Martin will love this hilarious cozy traditional mystery series featuring one of the funniest antiheroes in crime fiction. Written over a fifty-year-period, it perfectly captures life and contemporary attitudes in 1970s London - and beyond! READERS ADORE CHARLES PARIS: "A likable case . . . A neat, swift read by anybody's standard" Kirkus Reviews "I love this series and recommend it to all who enjoy light hearted who-dun-its set within a theatrical background" Norma, 5* GoodReads review "The mystery is great and kept me guessing but the way that Charles Paris accidentally blunders his way through the story with all his faults is joyful" Nic, 5* GoodReads review "Great writer. I find his storytelling on a par with the great Agatha" Rosie, 5* Amazon review "Simon Brett never disappoints. Charles Paris is one of my favourite fictional sleuths" Ellen, 5* Amazon review "One of Brett's best" Richmonde, 5* Amazon review THE CHARLES PARIS MYSTERIES, IN ORDER: 1. Cast in Order of Disappearance 2. So Much Blood 3. Star Trap 4. An Amateur Corpse 5. A Comedian Dies 6. The Dead Side of the Mike 7. Situation Tragedy 8. Murder Unprompted 9. Murder in the Title 10. Not Dead, Only Resting 11. Dead Giveaway 12. What Bloody Man is That 13. A Series of Murders 14. Corporate Bodies 15. A Reconstructed Corpse 16. Sicken and So Die 17. Dead Room Farce 18. A Decent Interval 19. The Cinderella Killer 20. A Deadly Habit

A Comedian Dies

Author : Simon Brett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780684161686
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book A Comedian Dies written by Simon Brett and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rising young stage comedian, who is about to receive his profession's award as Most Promising Newcomer, dies sensationally on stage at the start of his act: as he picks up the mike, he is electrocuted. Faulty wiring seems to be the cause; no one person's to blame; a verdict of death by misadventure is returned at the inquest.

Ten Dead Comedians

Author : Fred Van Lente
Publisher : Quirk Books
ISBN 13 : 1594749752
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Ten Dead Comedians written by Fred Van Lente and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred Van Lente’s brilliant debut is both a savagely funny homage to the Golden Age of Mystery and a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire. As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood funnyman Dustin Walker. The group includes a former late-night TV host, a washed-up improv instructor, a ridiculously wealthy “blue collar” comic, and a past-her-prime Vegas icon. All nine arrive via boat to find that every building on the island is completely deserted. Marooned without cell phone service or wifi signals, they soon find themselves being murdered one by one. But who is doing the killing, and why? A darkly clever take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and other classics of the genre, Ten Dead Comedians is a marvel of literary ventriloquism, with hilarious comic monologues in the voice of every suspect. It’s also an ingeniously plotted puzzler with a twist you’ll never see coming!

A Comedian Walks Into A Funeral Home

Author : Dennis Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692845486
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book A Comedian Walks Into A Funeral Home written by Dennis Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vince Locker's life is tragic. His comedy act for the LaughCom competition has just bombed, ruining any chance of the cash prize he desperately needed. His life is in tatters; abandoned by his father as a child, an estranged wife, Jessica, who he seems to disappoint just by his mere existence, and living in his mother's house with his bipolar brother and facing foreclosure. As he stands on Smith Avenue Bridge, suicide seems the only option until he is unexpectedly rescued by an old school mortician named Truss. Vince meets another of Truss's rescues, Winona. Although beyond social norms, the trio seize on a quick cash fix that just might help Vince meet his child support demands-comedic tributes for the dead. The eulogies are hilarious and off the wall, sometimes disastrous and sometimes enlightening. They propel Vince into the dark underworld of the funeral industry, life insurance scams, savage politics, a kidnapping, the murder investigation of a destitute unclaimed young woman and threats to Jessica and his young daughter. As details of the murdered young woman are slowly revealed, Vince realizes that he has many ghosts of his own to put to rest. The story is a brilliant thought-provoking exploration of grief and death nested in clever humor.

Based on a True Story

Author : Norm Macdonald
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812993632
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Based on a True Story written by Norm Macdonald and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Driving, wild and hilarious” (The Washington Post), here is the incredible “memoir” of the legendary actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran. When Norm Macdonald, one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, was approached to write a celebrity memoir, he flatly refused, calling the genre “one step below instruction manuals.” Norm then promptly took a two-year hiatus from stand-up comedy to live on a farm in northern Canada. When he emerged he had under his arm a manuscript, a genre-smashing book about comedy, tragedy, love, loss, war, and redemption. When asked if this was the celebrity memoir, Norm replied, “Call it anything you damn like.”

A Comedian Dies

Author : Simon Brett
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9780575026056
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book A Comedian Dies written by Simon Brett and published by Orion. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hey Mom

Author : Louie Anderson
Publisher : Atria Books
ISBN 13 : 1501189182
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Hey Mom written by Louie Anderson and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With wry wit and touching humor, Louie Anderson, New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award–winning comedian currently starring in Zach Galifianakis’s Baskets, shares his journey of turning life’s challenges into joy, as well as plenty of wisdom he’s still discovering from his late mother. “I started out writing these letters to my mom, but a few friends said I should write a book. I said ‘okay’ because next to ‘we’ll see,’ ‘okay’ is as non-committal as you can get. But somehow, I stuck with it. I hope you like it. I hope that after you read it, you’ll write or call your own mom—and dad, sister, brother, cousin, nephew. Or have lunch with them. Or breakfast. It doesn’t have to be lunch. But do it now. Don’t wait like I did.” —Louie Louie Anderson has channeled his beloved mom, Ora Zella Anderson, in his stand-up routine for decades, but she died before seeing him reach his greatest heights, culminating in his breakout TV role as Christine Baskets, the mesmerizing character she inspired. Hey Mom is Louie’s way of catching her up on the triumphs, disappointments, and continuing challenges in life. Full of heartache, but also great hope, and of course—given Louie’s inimitable comedic voice—laugh-out-loud stories and his trademark observations on life’s many absurdities, Hey Mom shows a poignant side of Louie you may not know, and proves that he is one of the most nuanced and wide-ranging comics working today.

A Comedian Dies. Spoken Word. CAT 4014. 4 Audio Cassettes

Author : Simon Brett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book A Comedian Dies. Spoken Word. CAT 4014. 4 Audio Cassettes written by Simon Brett and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pryor Convictions, and Other Life Sentences

Author : Richard Pryor
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 9780375700484
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Pryor Convictions, and Other Life Sentences written by Richard Pryor and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pryor tells the story of his life, from his childhood in Peoria, Illinois, through his growth as a comedian, to his battle with addiction and, in later years, multiple sclerosis.

Dead Serious

Author : Michael Malone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Dead Serious written by Michael Malone and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past five years, I've lost four grandparents, three uncles, two aunts, three cousins, five classmates, and my parents. Even a car died on me... Comedian Michael Malone's life has been punctuated by tragedy. He's been to over a dozen funerals, but just three weddings - two of which were for the same friend. No stranger to loss, Malone has had ample time to reflect on what it means to grieve, and how to move forward when you've outlived so many of your loved ones. Dead Serious is a look inside Malone's mind and journal since losing his parents; a dark-humored exploration of depression, suicide, grief, and religion. Designed to be opened and read at any page, this collection of journal entries, illustrated one-liners, and humorous musings combine to create an unorthodox self-help book for anyone who has ever lost someone close to them, and doesn't know where to go from here. Comedy has always been the lens through which Malone chooses to view the world; a way to shine a light on the dark times so his audiences feel less alone, and less crazy, during their own hardships. Dead Serious offers readers his signature comedic comfort on all life's ups, downs and confusing in-betweens. Michael Malone is an award-winning comedian, actor, writer, and film director who is currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He has been featured on Showtime, Comedy Central, FOX, Hulu, XM Radio, and his Amazon Prime special, "Laugh After Death" has over 2 million views. Michael is known for his dark sense of humor that breaks down the idiotic ways we deal with life, death, love, and sex. SCROLL UP AND GRAB YOUR COPY TODAY!

Death of a Comedian

Author : Owen McCafferty
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571325548
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Death of a Comedian written by Owen McCafferty and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: what if i'm not funny though - what if i go out there and i'm not funny Steve Johnston, guided and inspired by his girlfriend, is a small-time comedian, raw, original and true. Until he's spotted by an agent, who suggests he could be so much more: his act just needs to change. It's a Faustian pact. As tension builds over the course of four gigs, so too do the audiences. But at what cost? Death of a Comedian by Owen McCafferty premiered at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, in February 2015 in a co-production with the the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and Soho Theatre, London.

Having a Baby Can be a Scream

Author : Joan Rivers
Publisher : Tarcher
ISBN 13 : 9780874770193
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Having a Baby Can be a Scream written by Joan Rivers and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1974 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dead People Suck

Author : Laurie Kilmartin
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1635650003
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Dead People Suck written by Laurie Kilmartin and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest, irreverent, laugh-out-loud guide to coping with death and dying from Emmy-nominated writer and New York Times bestselling co-author of Sh*tty Mom Laurie Kilmartin. Death is not for the faint of heart, and sometimes the best way to cope is through humor. No one knows this better than comedian Laurie Kilmartin. She made headlines by live-tweeting her father’s time in hospice and her grieving process after he passed, and channeled her experience into a comedy special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad. Dead People Suck is her hilarious guide to surviving (sometimes) death, dying, and grief without losing your mind. If you are old and about to die, sick and about to die, or with a loved one who is about to pass away or who has passed away, there’s something for you. With chapters like “Are You An Old Man With Daughters? Please Shred Your Porn,” “If Cancer was an STD, It Would Be Cured By Now,” and “Unsubscribing Your Dead Parent from Tea Party Emails,” Laurie Kilmartin guides you through some of life’s most complicated moments with equal parts heart and sarcasm.

Openly Bob

Author : Bob Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0380732009
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Openly Bob written by Bob Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-02-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an openly gay comic, Bob Smith broke barriers with an appearance on "The Tonight Show." Now Smith offers up his own original, whine-free perspective on being grown up and gay.In OPENLY BOB, the acclaimed comedian candidly, and humorously, tackles issues facing grown-up gays as they make their place in an overwhelmingly straight society. From bringing your boyfriend home to your father's funeral, to being the only gay couple at a family wedding, to surviving couples counseling, Smith's decidedly wry spin on the events of our lives resonates with keen observation and hilarious truth."So Mom says to me on the phone, 'Just because you're coming home for your father's funeral doesn't mean we can't have fun!'"Sex education, meteor showers, lesbian ventriloquist dummies, fleamarket shopping, body piercing, pot -smoking drag queens, environmental correctness, Judgment Day, Samuel Beckett, Newt Gingrich, Coco Chanel, Sigmund Freud--nothing and no one escapes Smith's incisive eye in this very human collection of comic essays.

Unsafe at Any Speed

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher : New York : Grossman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Unsafe at Any Speed written by Ralph Nader and published by New York : Grossman. This book was released on 1965 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of how and why cars kill, and why the automobile manufacturers have failed to make cars safe.

Wife After Death

Author : Eric Chappell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780573114755
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Wife After Death written by Eric Chappell and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedian and national treasure Dave Thursby has died, and on the day of his funeral, friends and colleagues gather beside his coffin to pay their last respects. There's Harvey, who wrote Dave's material; Vi, Harvey's wife; Kevin, Dave's agent, and Kevin's wife Jane.