Truxal Library Exhibit: Spotlight on Humor
Truxal Library Exhibit: Humor
Welcome to the Truxal Library Special Topic Guide: Humor!
We can all use more humor in our lives, right? Do you like jokes, funny stories, or hilarious novels? Maybe you want to find out more about your favorite comedian? Or do you dream of performing standup comedy? You might just be looking for something to give you a laugh when you could really use one. Whatever you need, we've got you covered with a wide range of recommendations. So, stop by our physical display on the first floor of the Truxal Library, or our virtual display, and LOL to your heart's content!
Don’t forget, any of the physical books on display can be checked out! Just speak to a member of our library staff, and they'll be glad to help you.
Below you can also explore our Staff Picks, eBooks, videos, and more.
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Staff Picks
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Breakfast of Champions
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Call Number: PS3572 .O5 B7 2006ISBN: 9780385334204Publication Date: 1999-05-11 -
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A Confederacy of Dunces
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Call Number: PS3570 .O54 C66 1980BISBN: 9780802130204Publication Date: 1994-01-21 -
Dear Committee Members
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Call Number: PS3569 .C5548 D43 2015ISBN: 9780345807335Publication Date: 2015-06-23 -
Demon Copperhead
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Call Number: PS3561 .I496 D46 2022ISBN: 9780063251922Publication Date: 2022-10-18 -
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Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery with Harriet Vane
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Call Number: PR6037 .A95 G38 2012ISBN: 9780062196538Publication Date: 2012-10-16 -
The glass castle : a memoir
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Call Number: HV5132 .W35 2005ISBN: 9780743247535Publication Date: 2005-03-01 -
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Call Number: PR6051 .D3352 H5ISBN: 9780345418913Publication Date: 1997-06-23 -
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Jitterbug Perfume
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Call Number: PS3568 .O233 J5 2003ISBN: 9780553348989Publication Date: 1990-04-01 -
John Dies at the End
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Call Number: PS3623 .O5975 J64 2011ISBN: 9780857684837Publication Date: 2011 -
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The Mezzanine
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Call Number: PS3552.A4325 M49 1990ISBN: 9780679725763Publication Date: 1990-01-16 -
Pride and Prejudice
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Call Number: PR4034 .P7 2003ISBN: 9781593083243Publication Date: 2004-09-20 -
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, An Introduction
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Call Number: PS3537.A426 .R3 1959ISBN: 0316769517Publication Date: 1991-05-01 -
The Princess Bride
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Call Number: PS3557 .O384 P75 2007ISBN: 9780156035156Publication Date: 2007-10-08 -
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Three Men in a Boat: (to say nothing of the dog)
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Call Number: PR4825 .J3 T45ISBN: 9789354407024Publication Date: 2023-09-01 -
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Class, Language, and American Film Comedy
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Call Number: PN1995.9.C55 B43 2002ISBN: 9780521807494Publication Date: 2002-02-11 -
Comedy: an essay on comedy
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Call Number: PN1922 .S9 1980ISBN: 9780801823275Publication Date: 1980-03-01 -
Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture - And the magic that Makes it Work
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Call Number: PN1922 .F65 2023ISBN: 9780374604714Publication Date: 2023-11-07 -
The Comedy Improv Handbook: a comprehensive guide to university improvisational comedy in theatre and performance
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Call Number: PN2071 .I5 F47 2016ISBN: 9781138934238Publication Date: 2015-11-05 -
From Blackface to Black Twitter: Reflections on Black Humor, Race, Politics, & Gender
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Call Number: PN6231 .B477 D38 2018ISBN: 9781433154553Publication Date: 2018-08-01 -
Going There: Black Visual Satire
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Call Number: N6538 .B53 P65 2020ISBN: 9780300245745Publication Date: 2020-11-03 -
Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence
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Call Number: PN2287 .M53 S54 2015ISBN: 9780300174458Publication Date: 2016-01-12 -
Humor, Seriously
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Call Number: BF575 .L3 A25 2021ISBN: 9780593135280Publication Date: 2021-02-02 -
Humor in Modern American Poetry
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Call Number: PS310 .M57 H86 2018ISBN: 9781501334733Publication Date: 2017-11-16 -
The Importance of Being Funny
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Call Number: BF575 .L3 G56 2017ISBN: 9781442281769Publication Date: 2017-07-25 -
Jokes and Targets
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Call Number: eBook & print: PN6149 .S62 D36 2011ISBN: 9780253356192Publication Date: 2011-05-23 -
Laughter: A Scientific Investigation
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Call Number: BF575 .L3 .P76 2001ISBN: 9780141002255Publication Date: 2001-12-01 -
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
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Call Number: PS3569 .E314 L38 2013ISBN: 9780316154697Publication Date: 2013-04-23 -
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
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Call Number: PS3601 .N5526626 M4 2012ISBN: 9781419701764Publication Date: 2012-03-01 -
The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Book
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Call Number: NC1428 .N47 N49 2008ISBN: 9780740777509Publication Date: 2008-09-23 -
Planet Funny: how comedy took over our culture
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Call Number: PN6147 .J46 2018ISBN: 9781501100581Publication Date: 2018-05-29 -
The Pun Also Rises
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Call Number: PN6231 .W64 P65 2011ISBN: 9781592406234Publication Date: 2011-04-14 -
When the World Laughs
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Call Number: PN1995.9 .C55 C683 2020ISBN: 9780190925000Publication Date: 2020-03-02
eBooks
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Andy Kaufman: Wrestling with the American Dream
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780816646029Publication Date: 2005-12-25 -
Calvinist Humor in American Literature
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Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9780807135365Publication Date: 2007-12-01 -
A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780520299764Publication Date: 2020-03-24 -
The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781614482222Publication Date: 2012-06-01 -
The Comic Event: Comedic Performance From the 1950s to the Present
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781501335723Publication Date: 2018-01-11 -
Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781444307801Publication Date: 2009-11-19 -
Cracking Up: Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century United States
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781609387723Publication Date: 2021-06-01 -
Ethics in Comedy: Essays on Crossing the Line
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781476676418Publication Date: 2020-10-16 -
Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813561509Publication Date: 2013-07-01 -
Furiously Funny: Comic Rage from Ralph Ellison to Chris Rock
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813052991Publication Date: 2018-01-16 -
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How to Laugh Your Way Through Life: A Psychoanalyst's Advice
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781780490953Publication Date: 2013-05-01 -
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Hysterical! Women in American Comedy
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Call Number: eBook & print: PN1590 .W64 H97 2017ISBN: 9781477314517Publication Date: 2017-12-16 -
The Importance of Not Being Earnest: The Feeling Behind Laughter and Humor.
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9789027241528Publication Date: 2007-02-01 -
Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780262015820Publication Date: 2011-03-04 -
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Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-Soul America
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813539843Publication Date: 2007-02-01 -
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Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780810135802Publication Date: 2017-09-15 -
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Playing with Mental Models: Humour in the BBC Comedy Series the Office
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9789027261137Publication Date: 2020-06-03 -
The Politics of Humour: Laughter, Inclusion and Exclusion in the Twentieth Century
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781442695122Publication Date: 2017-09-11 -
The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780123725646Publication Date: 2006-11-06 -
Rolling: Blackness and Mediated Comedy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780253068897Publication Date: 2024-04-02 -
Seeing MAD: Essays on MAD Magazine's Humor and Legacy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780826274489Publication Date: 2020-11-16 -
The Senses of Humor: Self and Laughter in Modern America
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780801430787Publication Date: 1998-04-02 -
Sexy Like Us: Disability, Humor, and Sexuality
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781496838964Publication Date: 2022-07-27 -
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Understanding Humor Through Communication: Why Be Funny, Anyway?
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781498503167Publication Date: 2015-10-22 -
Why Stand-Up Matters: How Comedians Manipulate and Influence
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781472578921Publication Date: 2015-11-19 -
Wit's End: Women's Humor as Rhetorical and Performative Strategy
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780822973775Publication Date: 2010-04-25
Videos
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American contemporary theater. Jokes and their relation to the unconsciousChicago's Neo-Futurists, aided by fellow assassins Sigmund Freud and Uncle Miltie, attempt to kill comedy by explaining why it's funny which only makes it funnier. An intelligent examination of what makes people laugh and one that actually makes people laugh.
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Fun games and drills for small-group trainingSmall-group training doesn’t need to be all serious business. Fun Games and Drills for Small-Group Training features a series of fun and entertaining games and drills that can be employed in a small-group setting to enhance everyone’s level of fitness. The DVD explains how to design simple contests utilizing a variety of training tools that are designed to get groups working hard and laughing a lot.
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Iliza Shlesinger freezing hotSmart and brazen comedian Iliza Shlesinger applies her fresh, laugh-out-loud perspective to the universal struggles between men and women.
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The Laughing Club of India (2002)"Five years ago in Bombay, Dr. Madan Kataria decided to find out whether or not "laughter is the best medicine." He gathered together a group of patients and neighbors to meet daily to laugh. After a time, Dr. Kataria found that the participants experienced improved health and decreased levels of stress. Thus was born across India the phenomenon of laughing clubs." 1 hour.
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Mr. Fish cartooning from the deep endA political cartoonist known for his subversive and often controversial art, Mr. Fish’s work can be seen in publications like Harper’s, The Nation and the LA Times. In this revealing documentary, we are introduced to the dangerously funny cartoonist as he struggles to stay true to his creativity in a quickly changing political and economic climate.
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Prettyfull WomanThe Laughing Samoans are a comic duo featuring Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea'i, two New Zealanders of Samoan descent whose comic shows are immensly popular across the country. NZ’s most successful and funniest comedy duo are back with the DVD of their hit show Prettyfull Woman. All of the Laughing Samoans characters, such as Sam and Tony, Paul and Victor and Jonathan and Bryan, are back. Including the flamboyant and outspoken Aunty Tala who, in this show, enters a beauty contest! Hilarious ‘clean’ comedy for all nationalities and ages to enjoy.
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Schoolyard humour for comic reliefDo you remember a playground gag that you told and heard countless times during your schooldays? Here, some well known faces from the worlds of education and show business deliver classic jokes from the schoolyard for Red Nose Day
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The Science of Laughter (2016)"Right from the start of our lives, we all laugh. But why? Is our sense of humor what sets us apart from the rest of the animal world? Horizon meets the gorillas who bond through shared laughter, and travels to Washington State University to find out how tickling rats might help us treat depression. This is a global quest to discover the positive power of laughter – with some surprising results." 52 minutes.
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The secret life of happinessAnswers to the most fundamental question in life? Talking to scientists and sufferers, The Secret Life of Happiness explains what brings you up and what grinds you down. What are the secrets of a happy life?
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TrixieTwo-time Oscar nominees Emily Watson and Nick Nolte star with Tony Award winner Nathan Lane in this offbeat screwball comedy/mystery noir that promises to keep you laughing and guessing right up to the astonishing finale. Blue-collar security guard Trixie Zurbo has a knack for butchering the English language. When Trixie is sent to work at a small town resort casino and falls for the local badboy, she inadvertently becomes mixed-up in a lethal scandal involving a crooked state senator. Now her sleuthing and communication skills are finally put to the test as she undertakes her first case.