Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Audiobooks: Stand-up Comedy & Comedians







Maybe a year ago, while handling some Eddie Izzard CD donations, I realized our audiobook collection lacked much stand-up comedy.

No one had been asking for comedy ... but then again, people are always surprised to learn that we welcome requests.

When the first titles I ordered hit the shelf, they quickly became the most popular nonfiction audiobooks ... and still are.

Herewith, our current list:

Woody Allen / Standup Comic, 1978

Todd Barry / From Heaven, 2008

John Bean / The Real Leroy Mercer, 2008

Mike Birbiglia
Two Drink Mike, 2006
My Secret Public Journal Live, 2007
Lewis Black
Rules of Enragement, 2003
Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues, 2005
The Carnegie Hall Performance, 2006
Anticipation, 2008
Bill Burr
Emotionally Unavailable, 2007
Why Do I Do This?, 2008
Blue Collar Comedy Tour (Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy, et al.)
The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2003
One for the Road, 2006
Louis C.K. / Chewed Up, 2008

John Caparulo / Meet Cap, 2009

George Carlin
What Am I Doing in New Jersey?, 1988
Parental Advisory--Explicit Lyrics, 1990
You Are All Diseased, 1999
Braindroppings, 2000
Complaints and Grievances, 2001
It's Bad for Ya, 2008
Margaret Cho / Assassin, 2005

Dane Cook / Isolated Incident, 2009

Bill Cosby
To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With, 1968
Cosby and the Kids, 1986
David Cross
Shut Up You Fucking Baby, 2002
It's Not Funny, 2004
Bill Engvall / 15° Off Cool, 2007

Jeff Foxworthy / Have Your Loved Ones Spayed or Neutered, 2004

Jim Gaffigan
Doing My Time, 2004
Beyond the Pale, 2006
King Baby, 2009
Mitch Hedberg
Strategic Grill Locations, 1999
Mitch All Together, 2003
Do You Believe in Gosh?, 2008
Bill Hicks / Rant in E-minor, 1997

Eddie Izzard
Glorious, 1997
Dress to Kill, 1998
Sam Kinison / Have You Seen Me Lately?, 1988

Larry the Cable Guy / The Right to Bare Arms, 2005

Martin Lawrence / Funk It!, 1995

Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong / Cheech & Chong's Greatest Hit, 1981

Demetri Martin / These Are Jokes, 2006

John Mulaney / The Top Part, 2009

Dan Naturman / Get Off My Property, 2009

Patton Oswalt, et al. / Comedy Death Ray, 2007

Brian Posehn / Live In: Nerd Rage, 2006

Richard Pryor / The Anthology, 1968-1992, 2001

Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks / The Complete 2000 Year Old Man, 1973

Don Rickles / Hello Dummy!, 1995

Chris Rock / Cheese and Crackers: The Greatest Bits, 2007

Adam Sandler
What the Hell Happened to Me?, 1996
What's Your Name?, 1997
Sarah Silverman / Jesus Is Magic, 2006

Ron White / You Can't Fix Stupid, 2005

Katt Williams / It's Pimpin' Pimpin', 2009

Steven Wright / I Have a Pony, 1985

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