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What even is acomedy book?
10.Welcome to Woodmont College, by Mike Sacks and Jason Roeder
10.
Of course it is, asWelcome to Woodmont Collegeis a throwback to the Isnt college stupid?
humor books of the 70s that made theLampoonfamous.
and subtext of academic life the text.
9.Tracy Flick Cant Win, by Tom Perrotta
9.
8.Start Without Me (Ill Be There in a Minute), by Gary Janetti
8.
Janettis flaws are on display and he doesnt care, and therein lies the comedy.
7.Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation,by Hannah Gadsby
7.
For someone who made something as polarizing asNanette, its a book we needed.
6.The Worlds Worst Assistant, by Sona Movsesian
6.
5.Nailing It!, by Rich Hall
5.
4.Happy-Go-Lucky, by David Sedaris
- or Why is there no right-wing comedy?
by exposing and explaining a quiet phenomenon.
Thereisright-wing comedy, and theres a lot of it.
Whats more comedy book than the original comedy book: the good ol joke book?
For example: Why are the men at my job like parrots?
Because they repeat everything I say, poorly.
1.Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir,by Bob Odenkirk
1.
The title isnt even that wry; itsalmostaccurate.
It really does function as a life guidebook while remaining extremely, gently funny.
Its Twitter minus the toxicity and crushing relentlessness and instead more art, finesse, and precision.
Its impressive that they can be so cleverandso crisp.
The jokes herein are elegant and oddly beautiful as much as they are ridiculous.
Hello, Molly!
Weve got to be good to ourselves before any and all things.
We need to acknowledge our weaknesses and need for balance, respite, and healing.
InDo I Feel Better Yet?,Madeleine Trebenski posits: What if thats all nonsense?
The book is part mental-health memoir and part essay collection from a crackling comedy writer.
Herein,theLast Comic Standingwinner and writer-star ofGood on Paperjustseems to want to do another cool comedy-adjacent thing.
Its everything anyone could ever expect or want from a John Waters book.
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