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| Russell, Anna: I'm Not Making This Up, You Know : An Autobiography of the Queen of Musical Parody
Book Number: 26048
Continuum Intl Pub Group November 1985 8vo hardcover 246pp very good / very good d/w. From James McCourt - The New York Times Book Reviewn{This is} a book that too often turns its back on its audience to change its wig or fetch its props; one that fills up the required reading time with certain names, certain places and certain dates, but for all that worthy effortends up presenting a patter-song narration of its subject. . . . Something about the tone and the fundamental reluctance . . . to grapple with its matter, seriously, comedically, or both, calls that embarrassed stand-in on the dais to mind. I found myself wishing I could hear Anna Russell telling her story, on records. The story would most probably come across as plucky, even valiant--things I feel Anna Russell undoubtedly is. As adumbrated and edited here, she all too often sounds merely bewildered and embittered.nnFrom Sue Denholm - NotesnThe story of {Russell's} life reads, in many places, like her routines, with interesting asides, strange twists, and an abundance of fascinating details. . . . The book is filled with bits of trivia about the lives of famous and near-famous musicians and performers. . . . Some people might have wanted a more psychologically revealing autobiography, others a more thoroughly funny one. But this book is actually just right for its subject, for its reflects a truth that seems to have been hard-won, and one that formed the basis of Anna Russell's comic art.
Keywords: Humour I'm Not Making This Up You Know An Autobiography of the Queen of Musical Parody Russell Anna
Price: $18.00 |
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| Carlton, Michael.: Off the air
Book Number: 26061
Sydney Pan Macmillan 1997 8vo softcover 422pp very good.
Keywords: Radio announcers England Fiction Erotic stories British Sexual behavior Fiction London (England) Fiction Off the air Carlton Michael
Price: $7.00 |
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| Livingston, Paul.: The Flacco files
Book Number: 26211
St. Leonards, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin 1999 Large 8vo softcover full page colour illus. very good.
Keywords: Australian wit and humor The Flacco files Livingston Paul sandman
Price: $15.00 |
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| Monty Python: The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok
Book Number: 26267
London: Eyre & Methuen Paperback no date, 1972? 4to. black & white card covers. colour & b/w illus. includes humurous pastedown inside front cover & two 8 page booklets in centre. very good, cover has some light stains & light creases.
Keywords: monty python humour funny
Price: $18.00 |
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| Mayer, Lisa: Amassed Hysteria
Book Number: 26312
Penguin Books 7 October, 1991 8vo softcover 160pp, b/w illus. very good. Contains the collected moments from the stage and television spectaculars Hysteria 1, 2 and 3.
Keywords: Humour Amassed Hysteria Mayer Lisa
Price: $11.00 |
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| Sayle, Alexei: Alexei Sayle's Great Bus Journeys of the World
Book Number: 26318
Methuen Publishing Ltd 19 October, 1989 8vo softcover 133pp, b/w illus. very good. Alexei Sayle's Great Bus Journeys of the World - a howlingly funny miscellany with surprisingly little to do with buses - first appeared as a regular column in Time Out. Now this reissue brings to light once again the comic gifts and cartooning talents of the professional fat bloke. In a startling combination of anarchic humour, trenchant philosophy and deep political analysis, he explores the depths of his minefield psyche through such eccentric devices as an ode to Doris Lessing, tutorials on writing jokes, and a safety notice which no-one who has ever made a purchase from the Nagasaki Futon Company can afford to miss. This is a startling tour of an endlessly inventive imagination - and a boon to eel-fanciers everywhere.
Keywords: Humour Alexei Sayle's Great Bus Journeys of the World Sayle Alexei
Price: $15.00 |
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| Barrett, Robert.: The Godson and Guns 'n' Rose
Book Number: 26377
Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 1999. 8vo hardcover pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. ' '
Keywords: australian humour fiction novel les norton series
Price: $22.00 |
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| Larson, Gary: The Far Side Theme-a-month Desk Calendar: 1999
Book Number: 26599
The Ink Group November 1998 8vo hardcover, lmainated boards. full page colour illus. very good.
Keywords: Humour The Far Side Theme a month Desk Calendar 1999 Larson Gary
Price: $12.00 |
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| Clarke, John: A complete dagg
Book Number: 26700
Sydney Allen & Unwin Australia 1989 8vo softcover 142pp b/w illus. very good.
Keywords: Australian wit and humor Australia Politics and government 1976 1990 Humor Coopes Jenny A complete dagg Clarke John
Price: $10.00 |
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| Slaven, Roy & H.G. Nelson: Pants Off This Sporting Life
Book Number: 26792
Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation July 1990 4to. softcover. 144pp. b/w illus. very good.
Keywords: australian sport humour tripple jay radio abc
Price: $15.00 |
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