Bring Me Sunshine ~ God Knows We Need A Little Humour
These are just a few of the many humour audio books online ready for download to MP3 players or iPods.
Through the ages, men of flair, faculty and outstanding courage have contributed to their country's heritage. So says Black Adder which you will find in the Humor Category collection.
The Adult Humor Category contains 40 titles. One of the more controversial titles is The Bastard on the Couch/Bitch in the House:
The Audiobook contains the following essays, written and read by the contributors:
Introduction -- Cathi Hanauer
Getting the Milk for Free -- Veronica Chambers
Crossing to Safety -- Jen Marshall
Moving In. Moving Out. Moving On. -- Sarah Miller
Papa Don't Preach -- Kerry Herlihy
I Do. Not.: Why I Won't Marry -- Catherine Newman
Killing the Puritan Within -- Kate Christensen
My Mother's Ring: Caught Between Two Families -- Helen Schulman
Attila the Honey I'm Home -- Kristin van Ogtrop
The Myth of Co-Parenting: How It Was Supposed to Be. How It Was. -- Hope Edelman
Daddy Dearest: What Happens When He Does More Than His Half? -- Laurie Abraham
Crossing the Line in the Sand: How Mad Can Mother Get? -- Elissa Schappell
Married at 46: The Agony and the Ecstacy -- Nancy Wartik
The Fat Lady Sings -- Natalie Kusz
What Independence Has Come to Mean to Me: The Pain of Solitude.The Pleasure of Self-Knowledge. -- Vivian Gornick
The Biographical Humor Category section has 24 titles. One of the more notable titles is I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This ! by Bob Newhart: This isn't a memoir like most memoirs. It's a audiobook only Bob Newhart could have written, with his unique worldview and irrepressibly wry humor. Oh, and there's a fair bit of plain silliness, too.
Bob Newhart's television shows include The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart. (TV Guide named the final episode of Newhart one of the five most memorable moments in all of television history. ) He guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 87 times. He has starred in major motion pictures ranging from Catch-22 to Elf. Newhart recently guest-starred on multiple episodes of Desperate Housewives and ER, for which he earned an Emmy nomination.
In the Contemporary Humor Category section, you will find 69 titles. From on of the funniest comedians :Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down. Contents include The plague of low-flow toilets -Day trading and other careers that never require you to take off your bathrobe - The parent-misery quotient of school science fairs - Pine-sap transfusions for tired Christmas trees - The real skinny on the IRS, Donald Trump, the airlines, and so much more. .
There are 27 titles in the Fiction Humor Audio Book section. Kids will contest this title, The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Gunn: This enchanting holiday treasure combines historical fact with glorious legend as Saint Nicholas himself reveals the definitive story of Santa Claus. From his birth in Lycia to meeting Mrs. Claus and all of his helpers, Santa relates the tale of how he spread his message of generosity and the goodness of giving across the world.
Families will delight in every entertaining chapter of this holiday classic—one for each cold December night leading up to Christmas!
There are 109 titles in the Modern Classics Humor Category section. One of the funniest is The Black Adder:
The historic first series introduced us to Rowan Atkinson's first incarnation as Black Adder - the incompetent, bitter and twisted son of Richard, Duke of York, who, with the help of his trusty (and equally stinky) aide, Baldrick (Tony Robinson), and Percy (Tim Mclnnerny) begins his slithering journey through the ages, scheming for an easier life, a better position and perhaps even a shot at the throne itself. The original series also stars Brian Blessed as Richard IV, Peter Cook as Richard III, Miriam Margolyes as the Infanta Maria of Spain and Rik Mayall as Mad Gerald. Blackadder was runner-up in the BBC's search for Britain's Best Sitcom.
The Political Satire Humor Audio Book section contains 32 titles and no wonder, as some of our politicians can be hilarious. How about Dude, Where's My Country by Michael Moore:
'Fearless, funny, and furious, Michael Moore's new book is the call to arms we've all been waiting for, the kind of book that comes along once every so often that rallies the citizens with humor and insight - and changes the course of the country.A brilliant act of sedition, Dude, Where's My Country? reveals:
-How To Stop Terrorism: "Stop being terrorists!"
-How To Banish Bush In 2004: "Run Oprah!"
-How To Sift Through All The Whoppers About 9/11 And The Iraq war: "I have a few questions for you, Mr. Bush - questions, it seems, you've never been asked..."
-How To Recognize The Conservative Right For What It Is: "A dying species, thrashing and flailing in its final days."
A smaller section of 7 titles Quiz Shows Category - Maybe quiz shows aren't funny. Here's one antedote to the quiz show from the BBC I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Live :
These two extended editions of the programme, from 1995 and 1996, offer an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes, in the company of players Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Willie Rushton and Jeremy Hardy .
Hear Humph and the team setting up before and after a recording, catch the jokes intended only for the theatre audiences (including the naughty bits!), listen to Barry and Graeme as 'Alec & Denzil', early ancestors of their much-loved Hamish & Dougal creations, and thrill to Jeremy Hardy's first ever attempt at singing on the programme...
There's a whopping 267 titles in the Radio Shows Humor Category section. Tony Hancock, The Goon Show with Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Steve Coogan Knowing Me, Knowing You, The Navy Lark, Round The Horne, Steptoe and Son, Dad's Army, Alan Bennet, The Fast Show, Dibbles, to name but a few.
The TV and Film Humor Category contain 60 titles including Dead Ringers, The Fast Show, Fawlty Towers, The Good Life, Grumpy Old Men, Harry Enfield and Chums, Have I Got News For You, Little Britain, Monty Python, Porridge, Morecambe and Wise, One Foot In The Grave, Only Fools And Horses, Steptoe and Son, Victoria Wood,
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