Joking Around

Updated March 13, 2026
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Humor, seriously : why humor is a secret weapon in business and life and how anyone can harness it. Even you.
Aaker, Jennifer Lynn
Ebook
WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER * Anyone--even you!--can learn how to harness the power of humor in business (and life), based on the popular class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.   Don't miss the authors' TED Talk,...

152.43 Aaker 2021

Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up
Beard, Mary
Ebook
What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear--a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What...

152.43 B38 2014

This time together : laughter and reflection
Burnett, Carol.
Paper Book
THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett – funny, irreverent, and irresistible.   Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America.The Carol Burnett Showwas seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in...

197.43 B9338

Funny things : a comic strip biography of Charles M. Schulz
Debus, Luca
Paper Book
Discover the man behind Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang in this imaginative and tender-hearted tribute told in comic-strip format! Charles M. Schulz was arguably the most influential and popular cartoonist of the 20th century, and he poured many of his own...

741.5092 Schulz Debus 2023

Oddball : a "Sarah's scribbles" collection
Andersen, Sarah
Ebook
The newest Sarah's Scribbles collection from New York Times bestselling author and Goodreads Choice award winner Sarah Andersen. The fourth book in the enormously popular graphic novel series, the latest collection of Sarah's...

741.5973 Andersen 2021

Surely you can't be serious : the true story of Airplane!
Zucker, David
Audiobook

791.4372 Airplane Zucker 2023

Welcome to Pawnee : stories of friendship, waffles, and Parks and recreation
O'Heir, Jim
Paper Book
"Filled with hilarious stories and sweet observations, Welcome to Pawnee is a book for any Parks and Rec fan. It's funny and straight from the heart. Jim did a great job of not Jerry-ing this book." -- Amy Poehler "There is no one more...

791.4572 Parks O'Heir 2024

Grit, Spit, and Never Quit: A Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life
Riggle, Rob
Paper Book
Comedian Rob Riggle's frank, funny, and inspirational memoir about how the lessons he learned while serving in the US Marines prepared him for life, especially when it came to pursuing his comedy dreams. Before he graced movie screens in films like The...

792.7028 Riggle Riggle 2025

Comedy bang! bang! : the podcast (the book)
Aukerman, Scott
Ebook
A New York Times Bestseller   From Scott Aukerman and the comedic geniuses who created the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast comes a book that brings the chaotic, hilarious, and outrageous characters of the pod to the page.   Foreword by...

817.6 Aukerman 2023

That's how they get you : an unruly anthology of Black American humor
Young, Damon
Ebook
From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today A critic explores the paradox of finding community in "the dozens" while...

817.6 That's 2025

You can't joke about that : why everything is funny, nothing is sacred, and we're all in this together
Timpf, Kat
Paper Book
What happens when we can't joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 40% of people reported censoring themselves out of fear that voicing their views would alienate them from the people they care about most. Those people should probably not read this book in...

817.6 Timpf 2023


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