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David Mitchell’s 2014 best seller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think - because everything’s got worse. We’ve gone from UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, from horsemeat in lasagne to Donald Trump in the White House, from Woolworths going under to all the other shops going under. It’s probably socially irresponsible even to try to cheer up.

Doug Stanhope is one of the most critically acclaimed and stridently unrepentant comedians of his generation. What will surprise some is that he owes so much of his dark and sometimes uncomfortably honest sense of humor to his mother, Bonnie.

A Week to Kill is 10 episode stand up comedy series from Audible Suno created and hosted by Abish Mathew. In each episode, Abish challenges two comedians to write, workshop & perform a completely new stand up comedy set based on topics they select at random with only a week to prepare. Will they succeed? Will they bomb on stage? Find out on A Week to Kill.

Why is every film or tv programme a sequel or a remake? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell. Join him on a tour of the absurdities of modern life - from Ryanair to Richard III, Downton Abbey to phone etiquette, UKIP to hot dogs made of cats.

In this book, Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Over 10 brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines Ayoade fully and without mercy, leading a breathless investigation into this once-in-a-generation visionary. They have called their book Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey. Take the journey, and your life will never be the same again.

En esta galardonada producción de Audible Studios, Trevor Noah cuenta su salvaje historia sobre la mayoría de edad durante el ocaso del apartheid en Sudáfrica. Es una historia que comienza con su madre arrojándolo desde una camioneta en movimiento para salvarlo de una disputa potencialmente fatal con gánsters, luego sigue el camino del comediante hacia el autodescubrimiento a través de episodios conmovedores y cómicos. 

At last, the definitive audiobook about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View from the Top starring Gwyneth Paltrow. In Ayoade on Top, Richard Ayoade, perhaps one of the most 'insubstantial' people of our age, takes us on a journey from Peckham to Paris by way of Nevada and other places we don't care about. It's a journey deep within, in a way that's respectful and non-invasive; a journey for which we will all pay a heavy price, even if you've waited for the smaller paperback edition. Ayoade argues for the canonisation of this brutal masterpiece.

Gordy LaSure's passionate about film. He eats film, he drinks film, and sometimes he'll even watch a film. But most of all, he loves talking about film, and how they'd be a shit-ton better if only people would pull their asses out of their ears and listen to Gordy LaSure. Why are some films bad and some films terrible? How come just a handful of films (Titanic, Porky's, Dirty Harry) are any good at all? Gordy'll tell you How and Why, and he'll give you a shot of Wherefore on the side. And he doesn't shoot from the hip; he shoots from the gut.

In 2005, Dave Chappelle left show business at the height of his fame, giving up a small fortune and the hottest new television show in many years. In so doing, he transformed from being one of the greatest comics of his generation into one of the most enigmatic ever. In Searching for Dave Chappelle, Jason Zinoman, the first comedy critic in the history of The New York Times, sorts through the myriad theories and examines what happened to this singular artist.

Hello there. Welcome to my autobiography. Throughout this audiobook I talk about my life and work, including Little Britain, Come Fly with Me, Bridesmaids, Les Miserables, Alice in Wonderland and, of course, Shooting Stars. The thing is, this is a bit different to most memoirs you may have listened to, because it comes in the form of an A-Z. Anyway, I hope you buy it at least twice. Thank you.

L’infanzia fiorentina in una famiglia particolarmente moderna e illuminata, con la mamma maestra montessoriana che gli permetteva di leggere libri pornografici perché consapevole dell’importanza della lettura tout court. La precocissima folgorazione per il teatro che lo fa trasferire a Roma poco più che ventenne. I primi passi nel cinema e nei fotoromanzi, che interpretava indossando le giacche rubate a Franco Zeffirelli. La gaia atmosfera della Dolce Vita. Le avventure mondane con Laura Betti, l’affinità elettiva con Federico Fellini, la severità di Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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"Chilitotechin" is a classical rakugo story about a man who cannot appreciate anything, learning what it is to appreciate something, when he encounters "Chilitotechin".

古典落語「ちりとてちん」の英語バージョン。お世辞上手の金さんと、お世辞下手の六さん。台湾土産の「ちりとてちん」に六さんが七転八倒。第二回オーディブル寄席、立川志の春の英語落語「Chilitotechin」をお楽しみください。

正直者同士が意地を張り合う明るい人情噺。第一回オーディブル寄席、立川志の春「井戸の茶碗」をお楽しみください。

"Tenshiki" is a classical rakugo story about a temple priest, who gets into trouble when he pretends to know the word "Tenshiki" which he does not know. What does "Tenshiki" mean? You will know after hearing this story.

古典落語「転失気」の英語バージョン。知ったかぶりをする和尚と、小僧の珍念の間で繰り広げられるドタバタ劇。果たして転失気とは何を意味するものなのか、それは聴いてのお楽しみ。第二回オーディブル寄席、立川志の春の英語落語「Tenshiki」をお楽しみください。

「だいじなもの」。立川志の春作の新作落語。孫のたかしが父の転勤でアメリカへ行くことになったため、おじいちゃんがすき焼きをご馳走してくれる。アメリカで友達が出来るかどうか心配をするたかしに、日本のことを色々と教えてあげればいいとおじいちゃんはアドバイス。日本のどんなこと？と聞くと、日本に昔から伝わる言い伝え、と答えるおじいちゃん。なぜ、食べた後ですぐに寝ると牛になるのか？なぜ、手の冷たい人は心が温かいのか？そんな話を通じて、実は身近で気づかないようなところにも「だいじなもの」は転がっているのではないかと問いかける、ハートウォーミングな新作。第一回オーディブル寄席、立川志の春「だいじなもの」をお楽しみください。

「ナンシー」。立川志の春作の新作落語。錦糸町の居酒屋で語り合う上司と部下。フェイスブックに促された「お誕生日おめでとう」の言葉は果たして嬉しいものなのか？言葉ではなく、自分の誕生日を覚えていてもらったということが嬉しいのではないか？ということを熱く語る上司に対し、別にいいのではないかとクールに言う部下。母親の「ありがとうございますは？」を受けた、子供の「ありがとうございます」に心はこもっているのか？義理チョコは？年賀状は？「ナンシー」ちゃんの登場により、議論はおかしな方向へと向かっていく。第一回オーディブル寄席、立川志の春「ナンシー」をお楽しみください。

道具屋を舞台とした滑稽噺。後半に登場する上方弁でまくし立てる長台詞は一聴の価値あり。第一回オーディブル寄席、立川志の春「金明竹」をお楽しみください。

"Yabuiri (Child's Homecoming)" is a classical rakugo story about a boy who comes home for the first time, after three years of apprentice training. His parents welcome his return, but from a minor misunderstanding, faces trouble with their son.

古典落語「藪入り」の英語バージョン。三年間の奉公を経て、初めて我が子が家に帰ってくる。些細な誤解が元で、トラブル発生！？それでも親子の情愛が漂う名作落語。第二回オーディブル寄席、立川志の春の英語落語「Yabuiri (Child's Homecoming)」をお楽しみください。

The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour is Canada's top award for humour - and nobody has won it more times than Arthur Black, who carried off his third medal in June 2006. Now, in case there is anyone left standing who still disputes Black's claim to the title of Canada's funniest man, Harbour presents the laughing proof: a retrospective of Black's best hits, high-graded from eleven previous collections stretching back over the past 20 years.