27 Results for : markoe
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Mirth of a Nation: Audio Companion, Fellow Traveler, and Friend for Life (Unabridged Selections) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 349min
Perfect for commuter train rides, rush-hour gridlock, Pilates workouts, or any time when levity might add to the very quality of life. With inimitable contributions by Merrill Markoe, Dave Barry, Garry Trudeau, and Bruce McCall, you have a triumphant salute to one of America's greatest assets: its sense of humor. A salvo of hilarity from that loose canon of American humor that Mirth of a Nation editor Michael J. Rosen has culled from some 1200 pages of brilliantly original works by our best contemporary humorists. This action-packed compilation of highlights (FYI, we have no intention of mentioning "the funnybone" and how this audio is sure to tickle it) includes Bobbie Ann Mason's stint at the La Bamba hotline, David Rakoff's insights on families, Andy Borowitz's memoir of Emily Dickinson (basically, she was a drunken jerk), and Michael Feldman's helpful (re)locating of the Midwest. Performed by Tony Roberts, Susie Essman, with guest performances by Stephen Collins, Michael Feldman, Cynthia Kaplan, Martha Plimpton, David Rakoff, M. Sweeney Lawless, Sandra Tsing Loh, and Mark O'Donnell. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tony Roberts, Susie Essman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001230/bk_harp_001230_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Un and Only, Hörbuch, Digital, 67min
The definitive Un-Cabaret audio features seriously funny one-of-a-kind stories about sex, celebrities, inter-racial love, public humiliation, Hollywood horror stories, spiritual transcendence, and more from the ground-breaking live show. Contains: It's the Un-Cabaret Mix + Match The End of an Era by Patton Oswalt Busted in Miami by Taylor Negron Faye Dunaway's Comedy Coach by Mike McDonald Christopher Walken's Cat by Julia Sweeney The Golden Globes by Michael Patrick King How's Your Late-Night TV Show? by Bob Odenkirk The Money Truck by Dana Gould Hey, Mistah! by Andy Kindler The Happiest Place on Earth by Bob Odenkirk Mixed-Race Child by Scott Thompson I'm Not Stalking You (I'm Just Calling a Lot) by Andy Dick (& The Bitches of the Century) The Foreskin by Jeff Garlin I Recently Started Having Sex Again by Julia Sweeney The Comedy Section by Tim Bagley What To Wear (To Talk to Your Ex in Front of 30 Million People) by Merrill Markoe The Scream of the Fly by Laura Kightlinger A New Beginning by Beth Lapides Language: English. Narrator: Beth Lapides, Patton Oswalt, Julia Sweeney, Andy Dick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/caba/000003/pf_caba_000003_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Care to Make Love in That Gross Little Space Between Cars?: A Believer Book of Advice , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 263min
The Believer magazine presents a compendium of advice from producers, writers, and actors of The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, Late Show with David Letterman, The Hangover, and The Colbert Report, along with other musicians, cartoonists, New Yorker writers, and those similarly unqualified to offer guidance. Here Amy Sedaris describes the perfect murder for unwanted hermit crabs - you will need a piece of meat and a brick. Simon Rich explains how to avoid being found dead in your underwear by firemen - buy some long johns. Zach Galifianakis provides insight into how he changed his name without a social security card - he just started calling himself Adam Zapple, and it stuck. Bob Saget finally illuminates what "friends with benefits" really means - a nonsexual relationship wherein your ex makes monetary deposits into your bank account. Contributors include: Rob Baedeker, Anne Beatts, Elizabeth Beckwith, Jerri Blank, Roz Chast, Louis C.K., Mike Doughty, Dave Eggers, Rich Fulcher, Zach Galifianakis, Dan Guterman, Anthony Jeselnik, Julie Klausner, Lisa Lampanelli, Nick Hornby, Sam Lipsyte, Liam Lynch, Merrill Markoe, Rose McGowan, Misc. Canadian rock musicians, Laraine Newman, The Pleasure Syndicate, Bob Powers, Simon Rich, Bob Saget, George Saunders, Kristen Schaal, Paul Scheer, Amy Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Paul Simms, Brendon Small, Jerry Stahl, Scott Thompson, Fred Willard, Cintra Wilson, Weird Al Yankovic, and Alan Zweibel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patton Oswalt, Fred Willard, Bob Saget, George Saunders, Jerry Stahl, Julie Klausner, Rich Fulcher, Paul Sims, Laraine Newman, Paul Scheer, Weird Al Yankovic. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002959/bk_rand_002959_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Freak Weather Feels Different, Hörbuch, Digital, 73min
This now out-of-print underground release captures the incredible energy, creativity, and hysteria of the Un-Cabaret's birth. The legendary show was hailed as the "mother-show of alternative comedy" as Beth and her friends forged a new style of comedy that was real, true, intimate, emotional, and sometimes painfully honest. Sound Check by Beth Lapides Role Models by Beth Lapides Bang by Taylor Negron Help by Judy Toll Bullfrogs by Henriette Mantel Feels Different by Beth Lapides Now I'm Annie Sprinkle by Janeane Garofalo Pillow Talk by Kathy Griffin This Cat's in Heat by Dana Gould The Mineshaft by Terry Sweeney A Know-It-All-Nude-Dirty-Curvey-Model Girl by Beth Lapides 464-Fece by Taylor Negron A Violent Interruption by Beth Lapides Stupid Noise by Rick Overton Don't Be Schticky on the Slate by Andy Kindler Throw the Fag Out the Window by Terry Sweeney Whoopie Roast by Bobcat Goldthwait Rock Star by Greg Behrendt The Forbidden Emotion by Beth Lapides Last Thursday by Julia Sweeney Man of the House by Bob Odenkirk Info-Dad by Merrill Markoe Labor Pains by Andy Dick Moth in Ear by Dana Gould 96 by Beth Lapides Censored by Conan by David Cross The Church Of Something-Ology by Judy Toll Baby-Talking Smack-Addict by Andy Kindler Steak & Whiskey by Bob Odenkirk I Am What I Hate by Bobcat Goldthwait Freak Weather by Taylor Negron The Comic's Song by Dana Gould Language: English. Narrator: Beth Lapides, Janeane Garofalo, Bobcat Goldthwait, Greg Behrendt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/pf/caba/000004/pf_caba_000004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 579min
New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation. In a career spanning more than 30 years, David Letterman redefined the modern talk show with an ironic comic style that transcended traditional television. While he remains one of the most famous stars in America, he is a remote, even reclusive figure whose career is widely misunderstood. In Letterman, Jason Zinoman, the first comedy critic in the history of the New York Times, mixes groundbreaking reporting with unprecedented access and probing critical analysis to explain the unique entertainer's titanic legacy. Moving from his early days in Indiana to his retirement, Zinoman goes behind the scenes of Letterman's television career to illuminate the origins of his revolutionary comedy, its overlooked influences, and how his work intersects with and reveals his famously eccentric personality. Zinoman argues that Letterman had three great artistic periods, each distinct and part of his evolution. As he examines key broadcasting moments - "Stupid Pet Tricks" and other captivating segments that defined Late Night with David Letterman - he illuminates Letterman's relationship to his writers and, in particular, the show's cocreator, Merrill Markoe, with whom Letterman shared a long professional and personal connection. To understand popular culture today, it's necessary to understand David Letterman. With this revealing biography, Zinoman offers a perceptive analysis of the man and the artist whose ironic voice and caustic meta-humor was critical to an entire generation of comedians and viewers - and whose singular style ushered in new tropes that have become clichés in comedy today. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Goldstrom. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005912/bk_harp_005912_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tyre, Byblos, and Sidon: The History of the Three Most Important Ancient Phoenician Cities in the Levant , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 164min
Of all the peoples of the ancient Near East, the Phoenicians are among the most recognizable but also perhaps the least understood. The Phoenicians never built an empire like the Egyptians and Assyrians; in fact, the Phoenicians never created a unified Phoenician state but instead existed as independent city-state kingdoms scattered throughout the Mediterranean region. However, despite the fact there was never a Phoenician empire, the Phoenicians proved to be more prolific in their exploration and colonization than any other peoples in world history until the Spanish during the Age of Discovery. The Phoenicians were well-known across different civilizations throughout the ancient world, and their influence can be felt across much of the West today because they are credited with inventing the forerunner to the Greek alphabet, from which the Latin alphabet was directly derived. Nonetheless, the Phoenicians left behind few written texts, so modern historians have been forced to reconstruct their past through a variety of ancient Egyptians, Assyrian, Babylonian, Greek, and Roman sources. It's not even clear what the Phoenicians called themselves, because the name Phoenician is derived from the Greek word phoinix, which possibly relates to the dyes they produced and traded (Markoe 2000, 10). The mystery of the ancient Phoenicians is further compounded by the fact that archaeologists have only been able to excavate small sections of the three primary Phoenician cities: Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre. A network of this size, with hundreds of colonies and thousands of ships, had to be well-coordinated, and it was thanks to important cities along the Mediterranean coast. One of the most crucial cities in the system was hidden beneath the Greek, Roman, and Crusader ruins of Lebanon: the ancient city of Tyre. "Seated at entrance to the sea," according to the prophet Ezekiel, Tyre was constructed on a purportedly impenetrable island. As one of the o ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/076309/bk_acx0_076309_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sidon: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Phoenician City , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 72min
Of all the peoples of the ancient Near East, the Phoenicians are among the most recognizable but also perhaps the least understood. The Phoenicians never built an empire like the Egyptians and Assyrians; in fact, the Phoenicians never created a unified Phoenician state but instead existed as independent city-state kingdoms scattered throughout the Mediterranean region. However, despite the fact there was never a Phoenician empire, the Phoenicians proved to be more prolific in their exploration and colonization than any other peoples in world history until the Spanish during the Age of Discovery. The Phoenicians were well-known across different civilizations throughout the ancient world, and their influence can be felt across much of the West today because they are credited with inventing the forerunner to the Greek alphabet, from which the Latin alphabet was directly derived. Nonetheless, the Phoenicians left behind few written texts, so modern historians have been forced to reconstruct their past through a variety of ancient Egyptians, Assyrian, Babylonian, Greek, and Roman sources. It's not even clear what the Phoenicians called themselves, because the name Phoenician is derived from the Greek word phoinix, which possibly relates to the dyes they produced and traded (Markoe 2000, 10). The mystery of the ancient Phoenicians is further compounded by the fact that archaeologists have only been able to excavate small sections of the three primary Phoenician cities: Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre. For centuries the port city of Sidon served as the capital of the Phoenician homeland, the administrative center of their maritime trading network, and the holy center of one of the most popular Levantine religious cults. Located in southern Phoenicia about 30 miles south of the present-day Lebanese capital of Beirut, the settlement has a narrative that stretches far into the depths of prehistory. The oldest archaeological remains date from the secon ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/076313/bk_acx0_076313_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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