Spanish Peaks Library District

A chronicle of The Far Side's birth and evolution illustrated with cartoons and commentary.

2) When you are engulfed in flames

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Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers...

3) America (the book): a citizen's guide to democracy inaction

Author

Stewart, Jon

Pub. Date

2004.

Description

Iconoclastic, subversive, hilarious, and vulgar, Jon Stewart of the "Daily Show" is a major source of news for the 20-something set as well as older television watchers numbed by conventional reporting. Packed with jokes, this mock textbook, with the familiar stamp on the inside cover reading "This book is the property of..." contains chapters packed with ludicrous charts and maps, sidebars, illustrations, and "were you aware?" and discussion questions....

4) The New Yorker (SPLD)

Pub. Date

1925

5) The Far Side Gallery 2

Author

Larson, Gary

Series

The Far Side

Pub. Date

[1986]

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Book, Graphic Novel

Description

Cartoons feature a variety of insects and animals embroiled in macabre situation comedy

6) Barrel fever: stories and essays

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Pub. Date

[1994]

Description

With a skewed sense of wit uniquely his own, satirist and popular NPR storyteller David Sedaris presents a collection of short stories and essays, wherein home surgery and an elf-abusing Santa prevail

7) When will Jesus bring the pork chops?

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Carlin, George

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In a collection of irreverent humor, the author presents his observations and opinions on the foibles and follies of modern life, taking on such topics as the media, the battle of the sexes, hygiene, evasive language, and politics.

8) You don't sweat much for a fat girl: observations on life from the shallow end of the pool

Author

Rivenbark, Celia

Pub. Date

2011.

Description

In her newest wickedly irreverent humor collection, Delia Rivenbark crack while getting her downward-facing dog on, pines for a world in which every mom getting behave like Betty Draper, and wonders why everybody's so excited about the science air when there aren't even any rides. In it you'll find essays on topics such as: And much more! For any woman who longs for the good old days when Jane Fonda in legwarmers was the only one who saw you exercise,...

9) The 365 day clean joke book: three laughers a day for every day of the year!

Pub. Date

c2006

10) The Devil's Dictionary

Pub. Date

1997

11) Midlife musings: plus sundry sonnets from the porch

Author

Weaver, Frances

12) Calypso

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Book, CD, eAudiobook

Description

When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, David Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. Sedaris sets his powers of observation toward middle age and mortality, that vertiginous...

13) Squirrel seeks Chipmunk: A modest Bestiary

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The author presents a collection of three animal-themed essays. In The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck, a group of complete strangers bitterly discuss the order of things within the animal kingdom. In Hello Kitty, a miserable alcoholic cat attends AA. In The Squirrel and the Chipmunk, two lovers are torn apart by their quarreling families.

14) The Far side gallery

Author

Larson, Gary

Pub. Date

[1984]

Formats

Book, Graphic Novel

Description

A collection of "Far Side" cartoons featuring a variety of animals and people.

15) Saturday night live : the best of Chris Farley

Series

SNL collection

Pub. Date

[2003]

Description

Memorable moments from Chris Farley's appearances on Saturday Night Live as he portrays the Chippendales dancer, Matt Foley (motivational speaker), Bennet Brauer (news correspondent) and other characters.

16) Writings and drawings

Author

Thurber, James

Description

Selection of writings and drawings by American humorist James Thurber, presenting a diverse mix of literary parodies, eccentric portraits, stories of domestic warfare, reminiscences, and protests.

17) Bossypants

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Fey, Tina

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Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.She has seen both these dreams come true.At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from...

18) Robin Williams Live on Broadway

Pub. Date

[2002]

Description

A comedy special with Robin Williams at New York city's Broadway Theater.

19) Cold fusion: colder than ever before; better than hot fusion or even fission

Pub. Date

c2008

Description

Presents unscientific disinformation about cold fusion and various related topics, with humorous illustrations, anecdotes, jokes, and quotes.

20) Yes please

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Poehler, Amy

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