comedy
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“Live from New York, A History of SNL” by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
With Live from New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests, James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales have created an exemplar of the oral history form. Even better, it’s on a truly fascinating subject. Although I did not grow up watching much SNL (our family was…
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“I Must Say” by Martin Short
Martin Short can make me laugh just by being on screen. Turns out, having listened to the audiobook recording of his 2014 memoir, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend, he can make me laugh off screen too.
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“Born Standing Up” by Steve Martin
Born Standing Up is Steve Martin’s 2007 autobiography tracing how he got his start in stand-up comedy and how he left it in the early 80s, decades later.
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