Summary: A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010. The influence the magazine has had on our culture through turbulent times, morphing into Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the movies, and the stars and sorrows it has produced.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DRUTrillin, Calvin
Summary: "Calvin Trillin can write just about anything--and has. He covered the Civil Rights movement in the South for Time, chronicled stories from small towns and cities for The New Yorker, and wrote comic poetry for The Nation. He has been called "perhaps the finest reporter in America" (The Miami Herald), "our funniest food writer" (The New Yorker), and "one of the most brilliant humorists of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 071.3 TRISummary: A follow-up to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Chicken Soup for the Soul shares the funniest stories from its library of more than 250 books, all gathered in this new collection of 101 humorous tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit NewmarkMartin, Steve
Summary: "I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah, sometimes I'm funny, but there are these other weird freaks who are actually funny. You can understand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MARSedaris, David
Summary: Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 814 SEDBarry, Dave.
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author of Dave Barry Turns 40 now shows how to age gracefully, taking cues from his beloved and highly intelligent dog, Lucy. Faced with the obstacles and challenges of life after middle age, Dave Barry turns to his best dog, Lucy, to learn how to live his best life. From "Make New Friends" (an unfortunate fail when he can't overcome his dislike...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 BARCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 BARLarson, Gary
Summary: A collection of cartoons featuring a variety of people, animals, and insects, in humorous situations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews, McMeel & Parker 1984
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LARLithgow, John
Summary: "While the Trump Era was rife with corruption and abuse of power, it was nothing new. Through Lithgow's cutting humor, you will read about a rogues' gallery of villains that came before Donald J. Trump, powerful men and women who were corrupt, venal, criminal, adulterous, racist, or just plain disgusting. With dark and lyrical stories from across American history, you will learn about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Prism 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 LITStreeter, Leslie Gray
Summary: "Leslie Gray Streeter is not cut out for widowhood. She's not ready for hushed rooms and pitying looks. She is not ready to stand graveside, dabbing her eyes in a classy black hat. If she had her way she'd wear her favorite curve-hugging leopard print dress to Scott's funeral; he loved her in that dress! But, here she is, having lost her soulmate to a sudden heart attack, totally unsure of how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STREETER, LESLIE GRAY STRSedaris, David
Summary: The best-selling author offers a new collection of satirical and humorous essays that chronicle his own life and ordinary moments that turn beautifully absurd, including how he coped with the pandemic, his thoughts on becoming an orphan in his seventh decade, and the battle-scarred America he discovered when he resumed touring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown and Company
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 814 SEDTrudeau, G. B.
Summary: No one can feel the pulse of the world like Garry Trudeau, whose satirical look at the 1960's and early 1970's is a real delight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1975
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRULarson, Gary
Summary: Collection of the syndicated cartoon panel "The Far Side."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews and McMeel, Inc. 1982
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LARLander, Christian.
Summary: From the Publisher: They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees. They believe they're unique, yet somehow they're all exactly the same, talking about how they "get" Sarah...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817 LANBernstein, Paula
Summary: "An unparalleled American icon, Betty White started show business in 1939 in radio and was a pioneer in the early days of TV. Over eight decades, she's appeared on countless sitcoms, game shows, and talk shows, including the iconic comedy hits The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. Her accolades over the years include two Emmy nominations, a Grammy, and induction into the Television...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Eddie Murphy entertains with celebrity impersonations and his observations on '80s love, sex, marriage, his remembrance of Mom's hamburgers, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS EDDIrby, Samantha
Summary: "Beloved writer Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page for her much-anticipated, sidesplitting fourth book following her 2020 breakout, Wow, no thank you, a Vintage Books Original. The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRBSegura, Tom
Summary: Segura is known for his twisted takes and irreverent comedic voice, but after a few busy years of work and parenting, he just wants to hide from everything. In this collection of true stories, he takes a revealing look at some of the situations that have shaped him. Readers will be laughing out loud-- and nodding in agreement with his message that, in a world where everyone is increasingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEGURA, TOM SEGBarry, Dave
Summary: Sure, there was the 2000 election and flying insects the size of LeBron James. But Barry is going to show you why Florida is a great state. And whatever else you think about Florida-- you can never say it's boring.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818 BARSummary: For the past year, a group of high school students met at a publishing house in San Francisco every Monday night to read literary magazines, chapbooks, graphic novels, and countless articles. This committee was assisted by a group of students that met in the basement of a robot shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Together, and under the guidance of guest editor Adam Johnson, these high schoolers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BESSummary: Wise, brilliant, and funny, Fran Lebowitz hit the New York literary scene in the early '70s when Andy Warhol hired the unknown scribe to write a column for Interview magazine. Today, she's an acclaimed author with legions of fans who adore her acerbic wit. Public speaking captures the author in conversation at New York's Waverly Inn, in an onstage discussion with longtime friend and celebrated...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PUBSummary: Gilbert Gottfried rose to fame in the 1980s thanks to his brash stand-up act and personality. Now, after decades of flying solo in both his work and in his personal life, Gilbert has shockingly reinvented himself as a family man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF GILSummary: The "Pretty Good Joke Book" includes all of the jokes from the first nine Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 PRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 818 PHCLarson, Gary.
Summary: A collection of cartoons from the Far Side featuring a variety of animals and people in comic situations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews, McMeel & Parker 1985
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Comics LarsonSedaris, David
Summary: What could be a more tempting holiday gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself? From a spectacular career spanning almost three decades, these stories have become modern classics and are now for the first time collected in one volume. The collection will also feature an introduction by the author; a never-before-collected story, 'Unbuttoned'; and a...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020