Best of
Comedy

1985

The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts


Douglas Adams - 1985
    They include amendments and additions made during recordings, bits which were reluctantly cut for reasons of time, and notes on the writing and producing of the series by Douglas Adams and Geoffrey Perkins.For those who have always longed to know why, who, how, when, where, and what its all about, these scripts are essential reading.

Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things


Berke Breathed - 1985
    These newspaper comics were stand-alone funny in their time and, almost always, topical and thought provoking. The world of these lovable characters carried the flavor of the times in which they were penned and offered commentary on many of the political happenings - greed, political faux pas, scandals, sloth, feminism, racism and the pitfalls of love and having a tender heart were all fair game for this artist.

The Hitchhiker's Trilogy


Douglas Adams - 1985
    The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.The restaurant at the end of the universe.Life, the universe and everything.

The Grasshopper Trap


Patrick F. McManus - 1985
    In a collection of spoofs on outdoor life, the author explains how to construct a grasshopper trap, the many uses of a skunk ladder, and how to become a human fuel pump.

Kiss, Kiss ; Over to You ; Switch Bitch ; Someone Like You ; Four Tales of the Unexpected ; My Uncle Oswald


Roald Dahl - 1985
    

Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World Around Us


Tom Weller - 1985
    Science Made Stupid is a book that teaches one how to discomprehend the world around us!

Garfield in Disguise


Jim Davis - 1985
    Garfield's Halloween AdventureHalloween is Garfield's favorite holiday -- you dress up ina costume and next thing you know it's candy, candy, candy! So, disguised as an Old Pirate Cap'n and his First Mate, Garfield and Odie hit the sidewalks of suburbia -- and find themselves in a real-life, very scary ghost story!

The Foreigner


Larry Shue - 1985
    When others begin to speak freely around him, he not only becomes privy to secrets both dangerous and frivolous, he also discovers an adventurous extrovert within himself.

Late Night with David Letterman: The Book


Merrill Markoe - 1985
    Lots of pictures from the older Late Night Show.

The Beiderbecke Affair


Alan Plater - 1985
    This book was adapted into a television drama by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s.

You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown!


Charles M. Schulz - 1985
    This commemorative collection celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip by bringing together the author's favorites, with reflections on the sources for the comic strip from his own childhood.

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Salome; Lady Windermere's Fan


Oscar Wilde - 1985
    He graduated from Oxford University in 1878 with a reputation as a brilliant scholar and quickly dazzled London society with his wit and his flamboyant dress. His first literary successes came in the 1880s with his lecture tour of America and the publication of his fairy tales. These were followed by five highly polished plays and The Picture of Dorian Gray, all completed during the first half of the 1890s. After losing a slander suit over accusations of his homosexual behavior, Wilde was prosecuted and spent two years in prison. Following his release in 1897, estranged from his wife and children, Wilde moved to Paris, where he died in 1900.

Fresh Elastic for Stretched Out Moms


Barbara Johnson - 1985
    Intended for those moms whose hearts have been broken by their children, this book helps readers to learn to trust God for victory over depression and despair.

A Clown Too Many


Les Dawson - 1985
    

Never Tell Your Mother This Dream


Nicole Hollander - 1985
    

The Walter Lantz Story


Joe Adamson - 1985
    Adamson, author of several other books on film, including one on animator Tex Avery, here does a good job of informally recounting Lantz's life and career. The illustrative material is well chosen, and the book is generally well written. A few more dates in the text would have been helpful, however, and a filmography should have been appended. Despite Lantz's sterling personal qualities, his productions were usually of the second rank, and for most libraries the information in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic (LJ 9/1/80) will be sufficient. For special collections and large libraries, Adamson's book is a worthy addition. John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Freehold, N.J.Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc

The New! Improved! Bob and Ray Book


Bob Elliott - 1985
    In an exclusive performance of skits from their third book, these beloved humorists take you into their world of restrained craziness and of gentle and relentless satire. 2 cassettes.

The Traveller's Tool


Barry Humphries - 1985