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Pimple's Progress: Fred Evans, Britain's First Film Comedy Star by Barry Anthony 9781476688312
RRP: £28.99£24.05In 1915, British moviegoers voted Fred Evans second only to Charles Chaplin as their favorite film comedian. Appearing as the roguish and anarchic "Pimple," Fred made 200 silent movies between 1910 and 1922, running amok in frantic chases and sending-up... -
Too Funny for Words: A Contrarian History of American Screen Comedy from Silent Slapstick to Screwball by David Kalat 9781476678566
RRP: £35.99£30.36American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts and comic violence. With the advent of sound, comedies in the 1930s were a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking screwballs. It was more than a technological pivot-the first... -
Teen Movie Hell: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies From Animal House to Zapped! by Mike McPadden 9781935950233
RRP: £29.95£19.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935950233Author Mike McPaddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Bazillion PointsPublisher Bazillion Points -
How to Beat Up Anybody: An Instructional and Inspirational Karate Book by the World Champion by Judah Friedlander 9780061969775
£14.79Judah Friedlander is the world champion, the greatest athlete in the world, a master of the martial arts, the only extra-dark blackbelt to ever exist. He's banned from China because he's too good at karate; that's why they built The Great Wall - to keep... -
Lost in Cinema: The unforgettable Legacy of HOME ALONE by Daniel Allen 9798867862022
RRP: £15.99£13.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798867862022Author Daniel AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 150g -
Endorphin Man and Little Sara Tonin by Lue Deck 9781640078222
RRP: £12.95£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640078222Author Lue DeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint McNae, Marlin and MacKenziePublisher McNae, Marlin and MacKenzieWeight(grams) 331g -
Little Man, Big Laughs: The Rise of Kevin Hart by Russell M Reichman 9798877612419
RRP: £14.99£12.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798877612419Author Russell M ReichmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 109g -
Emma Stone and Her Massive Success: Her Impact on the Movie, Poor Things and What Set her Apart In the Eyes of the Golden Globe Award Voters by Aaron P Jeff 9798874414726
RRP: £11.99£11.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798874414726Author Aaron P JeffFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 154g -
The Simpsons Secret: A Cromulent Guide To How The Simpsons Predicted Everything! by Lydia Poulteney 9781684812691
RRP: £34.99£24.88Have You Ever Wondered How “The Simpsons” Predict the Future?“Did The Simpsons really, truly predict anything? I predict you’ll have to purchase this book to get the true story.” ―Bill Oakley, Simpsons writer and producer#1 New Release in Animated... -
Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy by Steve Massa 9781629331324
RRP: £30.00£27.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629331324Author Steve MassaFormat PaperbackPage Count 644Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 848gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Play Right: Life on the Other Side by Scott Lee Mosure 9781643146201
RRP: £12.00£9.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643146201Author Scott Lee MosureFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Authors PressPublisher Authors PressWeight(grams) 485g -
Wrecking Balls by Giambrone Joe 9781521719138
RRP: £16.99£10.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781521719138Author Giambrone JoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Jgb.Publisher Jgb.Weight(grams) 140g -
A Book about the Film Monty Python's Life of Brian: All the References from Assyrians to Zeffirelli by Darl Larsen 9781538103654
£46.54As a follow-up to their first true feature film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the comic troupe next decided to tackle a "shadow" version of the Christ story. Shot in the Middle East and produced during Margaret Thatcher's ascendant years, the film... -
A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: All the References from African Swallows to Zoot by Darl Larsen 9781442245532
£54.40Monty Python's Flying Circus aired from 1969 until 1974, but the conclusion of the series did not mark the end of the troupe's creative output. Even before the final original episodes were recorded and broadcast, the six members began work on their first... -
The Ritz Brothers: The Films, Television Shows and Other Career Highlights of the Famous Comedy Trio by Roy Liebman 9781476681368
RRP: £21.99£17.97The Ritz Brothers were a popular comedy trio in vaudeville, nightclubs, movies and television for more than four decades. Today largely overlooked among the classic comedy pantheon, they have been acknowledged as inspirations by such comics as Mel... -
50 Things Better Than Sex by Chase Praeger 9781088021217
RRP: £30.00£18.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088021217Author Chase PraegerFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Eye of the Taika: New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi by Matthew Bannister 9780814345320
RRP: £92.00£76.87Eye of the Taika: New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi is the first book-length study of comic film director and media celebrity Taika Waititi. Author Matthew Bannister analyses Waititi's feature films and places his other works and... -
S. Sylvan Simon, Moviemaker: Adventures with Lucy, Red Skelton and Harry Cohn in the Golden Age of Hollywood by David C. Tucker 9781476682198
RRP: £28.99£24.05He was Red Skelton's favorite director, and mentored Lucille Ball in the art of physical comedy. In his 15-year Hollywood career, S. Sylvan Simon (1910-1951) directed and/or produced more than 40 films, with stars like Lana Turner, Abbott and Costello,... -
After "happily Ever After": Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age by Maria San Filippo 9780814346730
RRP: £92.00£75.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814346730Author Maria San FilippoFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher Wayne State University PressWeight(grams) 152g -
The Cinema of Ettore Scola by Remi Lanzoni 9780814343791
RRP: £35.95£29.57The Cinema of Ettore Scola offers contemporary perspectives on Ettore Scola (1931-2016), one of the premier filmmakers of Italian cinema. Scola was a crucial figure in postwar Italy as a screenwriter of comedies in the 1950s and 1960s who later became... -
The Cinema of Ettore Scola by Remi Lanzoni 9780814347478
RRP: £85.00£69.68The Cinema of Ettore Scola offers contemporary perspectives on Ettore Scola (1931-2016), one of the premier filmmakers of Italian cinema. Scola was a crucial figure in postwar Italy as a screenwriter of comedies in the 1950s and 1960s who later became... -
The Andy Clyde Columbia Comedies by James L. Neibaur 9781476668604
RRP: £21.99£18.55The Andy Clyde's Columbia Comedies is a film-by-film look at the short subjects Andy Clyde starred in for Columbia Pictures from 1934-1956. Clyde had the longest running series of shorts at that studio after The Three Stooges, with nearly 80 productions... -
Richard Pryor in Hollywood: The Narrative Films, 1967-1997 by Anthony Balducci 9781476673820
RRP: £28.99£24.21Richard Pryor was the king of stand-up comedy in the 1970s. Hollywood studios were eager to transfer Pryor's dynamic humor and personality from the stand-up stage to the big screen. Executives placed the vast resources of their studios at Pryor's... -
The Hummingbird's Tour by Margaret Dulaney 9780998602325
RRP: £11.00£7.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998602325Author Margaret DulaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Listen WellPublisher Listen WellWeight(grams) 213g -
So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We’re Still So Obsessed With It) by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong 9780008668013
RRP: £16.99£11.47People Best New Book The inside story of the making of Mean Girls - and our enduring 20-year obsession with it Released in 2004, iconic teen comedy Mean Girls remains as relevant now as ever. But what made... -
Kinds of American Film Comedy: Six Core Genres and Their Literary Roots by Wes D. Gehring 9781476688992
RRP: £53.99£43.87This unusual film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film--including some who worked both on the page and on the screen, like Will Rogers, Groucho Marx and W.C. Fields. Six comic... -
The Comedy Studies Reader by Nick Marx 9781477315996
RRP: £81.00£69.21From classical Hollywood film comedies to sitcoms, recent political satire, and the developing world of online comedy culture, comedy has been a mainstay of the American media landscape for decades. Recognizing that scholars and students need an... -
A Christmas Story Blank Boxed Note Cards by Insight Editions 9781683838135
RRP: £14.99£9.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683838135Author Insight EditionsFormat HardbackPage Count 20Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 95mm *... -
Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor by Art Bell 9781646044412
RRP: £16.99£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646044412Author Art BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 152g -
So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We're Still So Obsessed with It) by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong 9780063276161
RRP: £25.00£19.12From the New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia comes the totally fetch story of one of the most iconic teen comedies of all time, Mean Girls, revealing how it happened, how it defined a generation, “like, invented” meme culture, and why it just... -
"Guilty Pleasures": European Audiences and Contemporary Hollywood Romantic Comedy by Dr Alice Guilluy
£99.63In Guilty Pleasures, Alice Guilluy examines the reception of contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy by European audiences. She offers a new look at the romantic comedy genre through a qualitative study of its consumption by actual audiences. In doing so,... -
Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor by Art Bell
RRP: £23.99£15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646040896Author Art BellFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press -
The Comedy Studies Reader by Nick Marx
RRP: £25.99£22.04From classical Hollywood film comedies to sitcoms, recent political satire, and the developing world of online comedy culture, comedy has been a mainstay of the American media landscape for decades. Recognizing that scholars and students need an... -
Back to the Future: Light-Up Flux Capacitor: With Sound! Adam Beechen 9780762488001
RRP: £11.99£10.19- Deluxe Collectible: A finely detailed, 3 inch replica of Doc Brown's flux capacitor- Light-up and Sound Effects: Equipped with multiple LED lights and sound effects- Book Included: A full-colour, 32-page book exploring the mechanics of time travel and... -
SHEMP!: The Biography of The Three Stooges’ Shemp Howard, The Face of Film Comedy Burt Kearns 9781493074211
RRP: £25.00£21.25SHEMP! THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE THREE STOOGES' SHEMP HOWARD, THE FACE OF FILM COMEDYBook InformationISBN 9781493074211Author Burt KearnsFormat HardbackPage Count 271Imprint ApplausePublisher Globe Pequot Press -
The Little Guide to Elf Orange Hippo! 9781035419746
RRP: £6.99£5.94A modern Christmas classic, Elf burst onto cinema screens over 20 years ago and has been charming people ever since. In 2003, Buddy the Elf went on a journey to find his father, and ultimately help Santa save Christmas, and since then the world has gone... -
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Light-Up House: With sound! Running Press 9780762484096
RRP: £11.99£10.19Celebrate Christmas Griswold-style with this unique collectible of the iconic house decked out in twinkle lights with a fun sound element.- Specifications: 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inch light-up framed picture of the Griswold family house on a base with a sound... -
Mean Girls: You're So Fetch: A Fill-In Book Running Press 9780762487080
RRP: £9.99£8.49Show your bestie why they're a total regulation hottie with this officially licensed fill-in-the-blank book inspired by the beloved early aughts comedy, Mean Girls. Are you still trying to make fetch happen? Do you wear pink on Wednesdays? Let your... -
12 Days of Beetlejuice: The Ultimate Pin Collector's Countdown Insight Editions 9798886636741
RRP: £39.99£33.99Experience one surprise a day and proudly wear or display these pins to show your love for the ghost with the most. DISCOVER 12 UNIQUE ENAMEL PINS: Open a pocket each day and discover 12 exciting pins featuring iconic characters and elements from the...