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Most people hide the veil of pain in the humor that touches them so deeply and cover it with ripples of laughter for a while. Being able to forget everything and to laugh is also a blessing. Everyone looks at those who can make us laugh with amazing eyes. But while happily carrying the burden of that one mission on their shoulders, they may have kept the barbed wire of pain within many of them. On the one hand, there are those who jump into the comic...
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Comedians Unplugged volume 3
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English
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Comedians on stage sitting at an Oval table telling Jokes in front of a Live audience. Each Comedian is trying to out Joke the next. The laughter never stops while playing a variation of the game Domino. The Comedian who Domino will collect a CoU chip and
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Comedians Unplugged volume 2
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English
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Comedians on stage sitting at an Oval table telling Jokes in front of a Live audience. Each Comedian is trying to out Joke the next. The laughter never stops while playing a variation of the game Domino. The Comedian who Domino will collect a CoU chip and
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Comedians Unplugged volume 4
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English
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Comedians on stage sitting at an Oval table telling Jokes in front of a Live audience. Each Comedian is trying to out Joke the next. The laughter never stops while playing a variation of the game Domino. The Comedian who Domino will collect a CoU chip and
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Comedians Unplugged volume 1
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English
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Comedians on stage sitting at an Oval table telling Jokes in front of a Live audience. Each Comedian is trying to out Joke the next. The laughter never stops while playing a variation of the game Domino. The Comedian who Domino will collect a CoU chip and win the chance to go to the Stand Up mic.
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Comedians Unplugged volume 6
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English
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Comedians on stage sitting at an Oval table telling Jokes in front of a Live audience. Each Comedian is trying to out Joke the next. The laughter never stops while playing a variation of the game Domino. The Comedian who Domino will collect a CoU chip and
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Comedians Unplugged volume 5
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English
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Comedians on stage sitting at an Oval table telling Jokes in front of a Live audience. Each Comedian is trying to out Joke the next. The laughter never stops while playing a variation of the game Domino. The Comedian who Domino will collect a CoU chip and
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Duke Classics
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2014
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English
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In this novella from Honore de Balzac, the skilled artisan Palafox Gazonal arrives in Paris to settle some important business and perhaps make a splash in the city's thriving art scene. However, Gazonal is used to the slower-paced life in the provinces and finds himself confused—and even disgusted—with some of the customs and practices that are commonplace in Paris. It's another of Balzac's insightful analyses of the artist and his
...10) The Comedians
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Haiti, under the rule of Papa Doc and his menacing paramilitary, the Tontons Macoute, has long been abandoned by tourists. Now it is home to corrupt capitalists, foreign ambassadors and their lonely wives-and a small group of enterprising strangers rocking into port on the Dutch cargo ship, Medea: a well-meaning pair of Americans claiming to bring vegetarianism to the natives; a former jungle fighter in World War II Burma and current confidence man;...
12) A Comedian Dies
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Charles Paris mysteries volume 5
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English
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About to receive an award as Most Promising Newcomer, a rising young stage comedian sensationally drops dead on stage at the start of his act: as he picks up the mike, he is electrocuted. Faulty wiring seems to be the cause and a verdict of death by misadventure is returned at the inquest. But actor/detective Charles Paris was in the audience that night and when another member of the cast reveals that the comedian checked his equipment just before...
15) The Comedians
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English
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This is an all-star adaptation of Graham Green's novel about the political nightmare that was Haiti under "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
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"Ebullient ... Daitch finds stimulating connections and writes with sharp irony and joy. This offers delights on every page." -Publishers Weekly
Award-winning author Susan Daitch returns with Siege of Comedians, a novel in triptych told through interconnected narrative threads pulled taut by linked crimes.
In the first piece, an American forensic sculptor, reconstructing the faces of three victims receives a midnight, visit from a man who threatens...
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Step into the spotlight and meet six stand-out legends of the comedy world, who have spent their careers bringing joy to people around the world.
Have you ever wondered why comedy performances are so entertaining?
Do you marvel at the talent of comedy stars and wonder how they are able to capture the attention of audiences with their wit and humor?
Whether it's a mockumentary on the everyday lives of typical officegoers or a "golden" gang of grandmas...