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The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks.
Publisher: Shout Audio Books.   Format: 3 audio CDs.
ISBN: 9781603993142.  Daedalus Item Code: 29124
 
Inspired by an ad lib comment in a television sketch in 1961, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's comedy routine about the oldest man in the world became an instant classic, whose wide-ranging influence is ... (Read More)
 
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012
David Eggers, ed. Ray Bradbury, intro.
Publisher: Mariner.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780547595962.  Daedalus Item Code: 31543
 
For 2012, the highly popular annual contribution to the Best American series from McSweeney's editor and part-time pirate Dave Eggers features an introduction by the late Ray Bradbury on the ... (Read More)
 
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The Best American Comics 2012
Francoise Mouly, ed. Jessica Able & Matt Madden, series eds.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin.   Format: laminated cover.
ISBN: 9780547691121.  Daedalus Item Code: 29466
 
The cofounder of RAW comics (with her husband Art Spiegelman), the longtime art editor for The New Yorker, and the publisher and editorial director for the TOON Books imprint for ... (Read More)
 
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The Cheaper the Crook, the Gaudier the Patter: Forgotten Hipster Lines, Tough Guy Talk, and Jive Gems
Alan Axelrod.
Publisher: Skyhorse.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9781616084028.  Daedalus Item Code: 30824
 
Anybody ever called you a dewdropper? A kibitzer? A lounge lizard? If you never knew what the heck they meant—or if you ever wanted to toss around some hip jive yourself—this is the book you need. ... (Read More)
 
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The First Family: Special 50th Anniversary Edition
Bob Booker, Earle Doud & George Foster. Read by Vaughn Meader, Naomi Brossart, Norma MacMillan & others.
Publisher: Rockbeat.   Format: 3 audio CDs.
ISBN: 3172.  Daedalus Item Code: 29711
 
(1963 Grammy Award Winner, Album of the Year) The fastest-selling record album in history, The First Family is a good-natured parody of President John F. Kennedy, both as ... (Read More)
 
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How to Attract the Wombat
Will Cuppy. Ed Nofziger, illus.
Publisher: Sutton.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780750946100.  Daedalus Item Code: 13365
 
The humorist behind The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, Will Cuppy also produced three classic "How To" books, including this one. It examines curious creatures—Birds Who Can't Even ... (Read More)
 
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Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse and Was Eaten By a Lion: A Cautionary Tale
Hilaire Belloc. Mini Grey, illus.
Publisher: Knopf.   Format: pop-up book.
ISBN: 9780375859700.  Daedalus Item Code: 20569
 
As much for adult fans of Edward Gorey as it is for children 8 and up with a sense of ironic humor, this mock cautionary tale by Hilaire Belloc, originally penned in 1907, is set perfectly with Mini ... (Read More)
 
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Lenny Bruce: Let the Buyer Beware
Lenny Bruce.
Publisher: Shout Audio Books.   Format: 6 cutout audio CDs.
ISBN: 826663710922.  Daedalus Item Code: 10372
 
Lenny Bruce—unedited, uncensored, and unapologetic—is brought to life in this unprecedented collection of recordings. Nearly 40 years after his death, Bruce is still known as a brilliant, outspoken ... (Read More)
 
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris.
Publisher: Back Bay.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780316776967.  Daedalus Item Code: 38641
 
(Winner of the 2001 Thurber Prize for American Humor) Originally published in 2000, this wildly popular collection of 27 comedic stories from David Sedaris was written largely in France and ... (Read More)
 
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Monty Python Live!: The Never-Before-Told Story of Six and a Half Men and a Girl on the Road
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Eric Idle, ed.
Publisher: Hyperion.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9781401323677.  Daedalus Item Code: 30058
 
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you've already availed yourself of all the Monty Python television recordings, books, feature films, memoirs, concert performances, side projects, and ... (Read More)
 
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Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings
B. Kliban.
Publisher: Workman.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780911104677.  Daedalus Item Code: 38538
 
Having already conquered the cartoon world with Cat in 1975, B. (Bernard) Kliban revealed just how bizarre his perspective on life truly was with this follow-up collection of cartoons, on ... (Read More)
 
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The Rejection Collection Vol.2: The Cream of the Crap
Matthew Diffee, ed.
Publisher: Simon Spotlight.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781416934011.  Daedalus Item Code: 30966
 
He's at it again. Unable to let sleeping dogs lie, New Yorker cartoon editor Matthew Diffee gives us more of the best of the not-quite-good-enough, otherwise known as "the cream of the crap," ... (Read More)
 
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