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🤹 Physical Comedy

The art of making bodies funny — pratfalls, timing, and the eloquence of slapstick explored on page or stage. A celebration of humor that lives in gesture rather than language.
The Hidden Tools of Comedy
by Steve Kaplan • 2013
Comedy runs on one rule: an underdog with no skills, impossible odds, and relentless hope.
4.24
895
✍️ Comedy Writing🎬 Screenwriting🎭 Comedy Performance
The Hidden Tools of Comedy Summary
The Hidden Tools of Comedy 87%
Comedy runs on one rule: an underdog with no skills, impossible odds, and relentless hope.
by Steve Kaplan 2013
4.24
895 ratings
✍️ Comedy Writing🎬 Screenwriting🎭 Comedy Performance
The Eight Characters of Comedy
by Scott Sedita • 2005
Eight character types underpin every sitcom; here is the craft to write and play them.
4.03
357
📺 Television Writing🏛️ Character Archetypes🎭 Comedy Craft
The Eight Characters of Comedy Summary
The Eight Characters of Comedy 87%
Eight character types underpin every sitcom; here is the craft to write and play them.
by Scott Sedita 2005
4.03
357 ratings
📺 Television Writing🏛️ Character Archetypes🎭 Comedy Craft
Harpo Speaks!
by Harpo Marx • 1961
He went silent onstage after one review, then charmed the Algonquin wits and the Soviet Union.
4.23
4k+
🎭 Vaudeville Roots🎬 Hollywood Golden Age🍸 Algonquin Round Table
Harpo Speaks! Summary
Harpo Speaks! 87%
He went silent onstage after one review, then charmed the Algonquin wits and the Soviet Union.
by Harpo Marx 1961
4.23
4k+ ratings
🎭 Vaudeville Roots🎬 Hollywood Golden Age🍸 Algonquin Round Table
Only a Joke Can Save Us
by Todd McGowan • 2017
When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.
4.32
37
🎭 Comedy Theory🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📖 Continental Philosophy
Only a Joke Can Save Us Summary
Only a Joke Can Save Us 86%
When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.
by Todd McGowan 2017
4.32
37 ratings
🎭 Comedy Theory🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory📖 Continental Philosophy
Funny on Purpose
by Joe Randazzo • 2015
How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.
3.99
244
🖊️ Comedy Writing🎤 Comedy Career🎭 Improv Comedy
Funny on Purpose Summary
Funny on Purpose 86%
How to write, pitch, and perform comedy across every format, without waiting for a magic break.
by Joe Randazzo 2015
3.99
244 ratings
🖊️ Comedy Writing🎤 Comedy Career🎭 Improv Comedy
Impro
by Keith Johnstone • 1979
Every glance is a status move you don't see. A director reveals the invisible game.
4.20
4k+
🎭 Improvisational Theater👑 Status Dynamics⚡ Spontaneity Training
Impro Summary
Impro 86%
Every glance is a status move you don't see. A director reveals the invisible game.
by Keith Johnstone 1979
4.20
4k+ ratings
🎭 Improvisational Theater👑 Status Dynamics⚡ Spontaneity Training
Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out
by Mick Napier • 2004
Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.
4.28
1k+
🎭 Improv Comedy🎤 Comedy Technique🔨 Creative Rule-Breaking
Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out Summary
Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out 86%
Improv rules make you timid. The key to great scenes is bold action before your brain objects.
by Mick Napier 2004
4.28
1k+ ratings
🎭 Improv Comedy🎤 Comedy Technique🔨 Creative Rule-Breaking
The World According to Cunk
by Philomena Cunk • 2024
A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.
3.90
2k+
🏛️ Parody History🤪 Absurdist Humor🎓 Fake Expertise
The World According to Cunk Summary
The World According to Cunk 85%
A documentary presenter who missed every history lesson explains all world events, with pictures.
by Philomena Cunk 2024
3.90
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Parody History🤪 Absurdist Humor🎓 Fake Expertise
Last Words
by George Carlin • 2009
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
3.97
15k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language
Last Words Summary
Last Words 85%
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
by George Carlin 2009
3.97
15k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language
The NEW Comedy Bible
by Judy Carter • 2020
The formula for turning everyday frustrations into stand-up jokes, from blank page to stage.
4.32
302
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🗣️ Authentic Voice
The NEW Comedy Bible Summary
The NEW Comedy Bible 85%
The formula for turning everyday frustrations into stand-up jokes, from blank page to stage.
by Judy Carter 2020
4.32
302 ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🗣️ Authentic Voice
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please
by Tom Segura • 2022
A comedian's memoir where the most normal person is the one who names his bowel movements.
4.00
18k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📖 Comedian Memoirs✍️ Essay Collections
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please Summary
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please 85%
A comedian's memoir where the most normal person is the one who names his bowel movements.
by Tom Segura 2022
4.00
18k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📖 Comedian Memoirs✍️ Essay Collections
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
by Bob Odenkirk • 2022
From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.
3.60
13k+
🎭 Sketch Comedy🎬 Hollywood Memoir📝 Tv Writing
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama Summary
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama 85%
From cult sketch comedy to Saul Goodman: a late-blooming actor's unlikely second act.
by Bob Odenkirk 2022
3.60
13k+ ratings
🎭 Sketch Comedy🎬 Hollywood Memoir📝 Tv Writing
How To Write Funny
by Scott Dikkers • 2014
Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.
4.13
960
🎭 Comedy Writing🎯 Satire And Parody⚙️ Joke Mechanics
How To Write Funny Summary
How To Write Funny 85%
Comedy demystified: a set of learnable devices that turn humor from mystery into repeatable craft.
by Scott Dikkers 2014
4.13
960 ratings
🎭 Comedy Writing🎯 Satire And Parody⚙️ Joke Mechanics
The Humor Code
by Peter McGraw • 2014
Why puns, tickling, and dark jokes all work: violation that also feels safe, road-tested globally.
3.44
1k+
🧠 Psychology Of Humor📚 Humor Studies🌍 Cross-Cultural Comedy
The Humor Code Summary
The Humor Code 85%
Why puns, tickling, and dark jokes all work: violation that also feels safe, road-tested globally.
by Peter McGraw 2014
3.44
1k+ ratings
🧠 Psychology Of Humor📚 Humor Studies🌍 Cross-Cultural Comedy
And Here's the Kicker
by Mike Sacks • 2009
21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.
4.05
2k+
🎭 Humor Writing📖 Interview Anthology🧠 Comedy Theory
And Here's the Kicker Summary
And Here's the Kicker 85%
21 humorists on finding a comedic voice, editing brutally, and making a living being funny.
by Mike Sacks 2009
4.05
2k+ ratings
🎭 Humor Writing📖 Interview Anthology🧠 Comedy Theory
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again
by Julia Cameron • 2016
A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.
4.12
1k+
🎞️ Silent Cinema🎭 Comedy Theory🎨 Creative Autonomy
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again Summary
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again 85%
A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.
by Julia Cameron 2016
4.12
1k+ ratings
🎞️ Silent Cinema🎭 Comedy Theory🎨 Creative Autonomy
5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides
by Matthew Inman • 2010
A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.
4.04
13k+
🖥️ Webcomic Collection🤪 Absurdist Humor🌀 Surreal Cartoons
5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides Summary
5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides 85%
A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.
by Matthew Inman 2010
4.04
13k+ ratings
🖥️ Webcomic Collection🤪 Absurdist Humor🌀 Surreal Cartoons
The Simpsons and Philosophy
by William Irwin • 2001
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
3.45
4k+
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism
The Simpsons and Philosophy Summary
The Simpsons and Philosophy 85%
Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.
by William Irwin 2001
3.45
4k+ ratings
📺 Tv Criticism🧩 Applied Philosophy🎬 Pop Culture Criticism
Based on a True Story
by Norm Macdonald • 2016
SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.
4.03
20k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📖 Comedic Memoir🎬 Snl Alumni
Based on a True Story Summary
Based on a True Story 85%
SNL stardom from a barber-shop town, ruinous gambling nights, and a memoir that admits it's lying.
by Norm Macdonald 2016
4.03
20k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📖 Comedic Memoir🎬 Snl Alumni
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy
by Greg Dean • 2000
The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.
3.95
399
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Joke Writing🎭 Comedy Performance
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy Summary
Step by Step to Stand-Up Comedy 85%
The hidden architecture of a joke: master it, write comedy on demand, and deliver it cold.
by Greg Dean 2000
3.95
399 ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Joke Writing🎭 Comedy Performance
Sick in the Head
by Judd Apatow • 2015
A teenager's taped interviews with comedy heroes mapped the life he would build in film.
3.67
13k+
🎭 Comedian Memoir✍️ Comedy Writing🎤 Interview Collection
Sick in the Head Summary
Sick in the Head 85%
A teenager's taped interviews with comedy heroes mapped the life he would build in film.
by Judd Apatow 2015
3.67
13k+ ratings
🎭 Comedian Memoir✍️ Comedy Writing🎤 Interview Collection
Born Standing Up
by Steve Martin • 2007
Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.
3.88
108k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🏋️ Creative Discipline
Born Standing Up Summary
Born Standing Up 85%
Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.
by Steve Martin 2007
3.88
108k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🏋️ Creative Discipline
The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios • 2006
Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.
3.92
3k+
🧪 Pop Science🎬 Pop-Culture Science📚 Comic Book Science
The Physics of Superheroes Summary
The Physics of Superheroes 85%
Superman's leap, Gwen Stacy's fall: real physics hides inside comic book panels.
by James Kakalios 2006
3.92
3k+ ratings
🧪 Pop Science🎬 Pop-Culture Science📚 Comic Book Science
How to Take Charge of Your Life
by Richard Bandler • 2014
From high school wallflower to TV comedy writer: a memoir of terrible jobs and self-invention.
3.92
604
🎬 Celebrity Memoir📝 Humorous Essays🎤 Female Comedians
How to Take Charge of Your Life Summary
How to Take Charge of Your Life 85%
From high school wallflower to TV comedy writer: a memoir of terrible jobs and self-invention.
by Richard Bandler 2014
3.92
604 ratings
🎬 Celebrity Memoir📝 Humorous Essays🎤 Female Comedians
I Funny
by James Patterson • 2012
An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.
4.14
13k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy♿ Disabled Protagonist😂 Humor As Coping
I Funny Summary
I Funny 85%
An orphaned middle schooler in a wheelchair bets everything on a comedy contest.
by James Patterson 2012
4.14
13k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy♿ Disabled Protagonist😂 Humor As Coping
The Rant Zone
by Dennis Miller • 2001
Twelve rants, zero apologies: Dennis Miller on child stars, alternative medicine, and the Clintons.
3.57
375
🎭 Political Satire😤 Rant Comedy📺 Pop Culture Criticism
The Rant Zone Summary
The Rant Zone 85%
Twelve rants, zero apologies: Dennis Miller on child stars, alternative medicine, and the Clintons.
by Dennis Miller 2001
3.57
375 ratings
🎭 Political Satire😤 Rant Comedy📺 Pop Culture Criticism
Diaries 1969-1979
by Michael Palin • 2006
The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.
4.04
4k+
🎭 British Comedy📺 Television History✍️ Sketch Comedy
Diaries 1969-1979 Summary
Diaries 1969-1979 85%
The Python years, day by day: Palin's diaries from the decade they built a comedy revolution.
by Michael Palin 2006
4.04
4k+ ratings
🎭 British Comedy📺 Television History✍️ Sketch Comedy
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1
by Matt Fraction • 2014
Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.
3.90
41k+
🍆 Raunchy Humor🎭 Meta Fiction💰 Partners In Crime
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 Summary
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 85%
Suzie's orgasms stop time. So do Jon's. Their plan: rob a bank, save a library.
by Matt Fraction 2014
3.90
41k+ ratings
🍆 Raunchy Humor🎭 Meta Fiction💰 Partners In Crime
Your Mom's Gonna Love Me
by Matt Rife • 2024
Bad teeth, small town, zero connections: the raw rules for outworking your flaws to sell out arenas.
3.83
10k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📚 Comedy Memoirs🥊 Underdog Mentality
Your Mom's Gonna Love Me Summary
Your Mom's Gonna Love Me 85%
Bad teeth, small town, zero connections: the raw rules for outworking your flaws to sell out arenas.
by Matt Rife 2024
3.83
10k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy📚 Comedy Memoirs🥊 Underdog Mentality
I Must Say
by Martin Short • 2014
Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.
4.12
19k+
🎙️ Comedy Memoirs🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy🕊️ Grief And Loss
I Must Say Summary
I Must Say 85%
Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.
by Martin Short 2014
4.12
19k+ ratings
🎙️ Comedy Memoirs🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy🕊️ Grief And Loss
Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story
by George S. Clason • 2002
An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.
4.19
676
🎬 Celebrity Memoir📝 Comic Essays💕 Complicated Friendship
Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story Summary
Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story 85%
An Office writer gets famous and discovers fame fixes nothing about friendship or self-worth.
by George S. Clason 2002
4.19
676 ratings
🎬 Celebrity Memoir📝 Comic Essays💕 Complicated Friendship
The Comedy Bible
by Judy Carter • 2001
There's a method to funny: joke structure, stage persona, and the career moves that work.
3.85
734
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🧱 Joke Structure
The Comedy Bible Summary
The Comedy Bible 85%
There's a method to funny: joke structure, stage persona, and the career moves that work.
by Judy Carter 2001
3.85
734 ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🧱 Joke Structure
What If?
by Randall Munroe • 2014
Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.
4.14
197k+
⚛️ Pop Physics💭 Thought Experiments😂 Physics Humor
What If? Summary
What If? 85%
Dead-serious answers to the internet's dumbest questions, and why the math almost always ends badly.
by Randall Munroe 2014
4.14
197k+ ratings
⚛️ Pop Physics💭 Thought Experiments😂 Physics Humor
Humor Me
by Chris Duffy • 2026
Comedy is for professionals. Humor is a skill anyone can build, and it changes everything.
3.68
488
🏥 Laughter Therapy🎭 Improv Thinking🎤 Comedy Craft
Humor Me Summary
Humor Me 85%
Comedy is for professionals. Humor is a skill anyone can build, and it changes everything.
by Chris Duffy 2026
3.68
488 ratings
🏥 Laughter Therapy🎭 Improv Thinking🎤 Comedy Craft
Growing Up Laughing
by Marlo Thomas • 2010
Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.
3.85
2k+
🌟 Celebrity Memoir🎭 Comedy History🎬 Hollywood Memoir
Growing Up Laughing Summary
Growing Up Laughing 85%
Comedy giants sat at her father's table. Their lessons helped break television's rules for women.
by Marlo Thomas 2010
3.85
2k+ ratings
🌟 Celebrity Memoir🎭 Comedy History🎬 Hollywood Memoir
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves
by Jack Douglas • 1972
The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.
3.27
205
🎤 Comic Memoir🐺 Exotic Pets💍 Marital Comedy
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves Summary
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves 85%
The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.
by Jack Douglas 1972
3.27
205 ratings
🎤 Comic Memoir🐺 Exotic Pets💍 Marital Comedy
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey • 1997
Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.
4.04
60k+
🚽 Potty Humor Adventures👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo🩲 Accidental Superhero
The Adventures of Captain Underpants Summary
The Adventures of Captain Underpants 85%
Two fourth graders hypnotize their principal into a superhero; a giant toilet is destroying school.
by Dav Pilkey 1997
4.04
60k+ ratings
🚽 Potty Humor Adventures👬 Boyhood Mischief Duo🩲 Accidental Superhero
Laugh Tactics
by Patrick King • 2016
Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.
3.45
139
💬 Conversational Humor🗣️ Repartee🎤 Comic Delivery
Laugh Tactics Summary
Laugh Tactics 85%
Learn to spot playful angles in everyday talk and deliver the funny before the moment passes.
by Patrick King 2016
3.45
139 ratings
💬 Conversational Humor🗣️ Repartee🎤 Comic Delivery
Billionaire Boy
by David Walliams • 2010
A billionaire twelve-year-old with no friends switches to the local school to find a real one.
4.12
20k+
🚽 Toilet Humor🏫 School Comedy🇬🇧 British Humor
Billionaire Boy Summary
Billionaire Boy 85%
A billionaire twelve-year-old with no friends switches to the local school to find a real one.
by David Walliams 2010
4.12
20k+ ratings
🚽 Toilet Humor🏫 School Comedy🇬🇧 British Humor
Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad
by Cassandra Dee • 2017
Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.
3.34
977
🎭 Fantasy Parody🪞 Meta Fantasy🗺️ Quest Deconstruction
Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad Summary
Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad 85%
Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.
by Cassandra Dee 2017
3.34
977 ratings
🎭 Fantasy Parody🪞 Meta Fantasy🗺️ Quest Deconstruction
Miss May Does Not Exist
by Carrie Courogen • 2024
Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.
3.83
777
🎬 Hollywood History🎭 Comedy History🎥 Women Directors
Miss May Does Not Exist Summary
Miss May Does Not Exist 84%
Forty dollars, one audition: American comedy changed forever. Then Elaine May decided to disappear.
by Carrie Courogen 2024
3.83
777 ratings
🎬 Hollywood History🎭 Comedy History🎥 Women Directors
The Stupidest Angel
by Christopher Moore • 2004
A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.
3.80
47k+
🧠 Zombie Comedy😈 Dark Comedy🤪 Absurdist Humor
The Stupidest Angel Summary
The Stupidest Angel 84%
A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.
by Christopher Moore 2004
3.80
47k+ ratings
🧠 Zombie Comedy😈 Dark Comedy🤪 Absurdist Humor
The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchett • 1983
An inept wizard and an indestructible tourist flee a burning city on a flat world.
3.99
425k+
🃏 Comic Fantasy😬 Reluctant Hero📸 Fantasy Tourist
The Color of Magic Summary
The Color of Magic 84%
An inept wizard and an indestructible tourist flee a burning city on a flat world.
by Terry Pratchett 1983
3.99
425k+ ratings
🃏 Comic Fantasy😬 Reluctant Hero📸 Fantasy Tourist
John Dies at the End
by David Wong • 2007
A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.
3.86
85k+
🦑 Cosmic Horror🩸 Comedy Horror🤝 Buddy Comedy
John Dies at the End Summary
John Dies at the End 84%
A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.
by David Wong 2007
3.86
85k+ ratings
🦑 Cosmic Horror🩸 Comedy Horror🤝 Buddy Comedy
Mastering Stand-Up
by Stephen Rosenfield • 2017
Nerves are not the enemy. The complete craft of stand-up: writing, persona, and getting the laugh.
4.41
519
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🎭 Stage Craft
Mastering Stand-Up Summary
Mastering Stand-Up 84%
Nerves are not the enemy. The complete craft of stand-up: writing, persona, and getting the laugh.
by Stephen Rosenfield 2017
4.41
519 ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy✍️ Comedy Writing🎭 Stage Craft
I Like You
by Amy Sedaris • 2006
The entertaining guide that treats your guests like customers and your home like a garage sale.
3.88
40k+
🏠 Domestic Satire📝 Humorous Essays😐 Deadpan Humor
I Like You Summary
I Like You 84%
The entertaining guide that treats your guests like customers and your home like a garage sale.
by Amy Sedaris 2006
3.88
40k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Satire📝 Humorous Essays😐 Deadpan Humor
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her
by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
4.25
6k+
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her Summary
Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her 84%
A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.
by Malaclypse the Younger 1965
4.25
6k+ ratings
🃏 Parody Religion🤹 Absurdist Satire✌️ Counterculture Mindset
I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans
by Ginny Hogan • 2022
Five Tinder accounts, one photo, all racing a plate of cold refried beans. Guess who won.
3.38
419
📱 Modern Dating🧍‍♀️ Singlehood📝 Satirical Essays
I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans Summary
I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans 84%
Five Tinder accounts, one photo, all racing a plate of cold refried beans. Guess who won.
by Ginny Hogan 2022
3.38
419 ratings
📱 Modern Dating🧍‍♀️ Singlehood📝 Satirical Essays
The Light Fantastic
by Terry Pratchett • 1986
The spell that can save the Discworld chose the worst possible wizard to hide inside.
4.01
170k+
🎭 Comic Fantasy🪞 Satirical Fantasy😰 Reluctant Protagonist
The Light Fantastic Summary
The Light Fantastic 84%
The spell that can save the Discworld chose the worst possible wizard to hide inside.
by Terry Pratchett 1986
4.01
170k+ ratings
🎭 Comic Fantasy🪞 Satirical Fantasy😰 Reluctant Protagonist
Silver Screen Fiend
by Patton Oswalt • 2015
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
3.62
8k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs
Silver Screen Fiend Summary
Silver Screen Fiend 84%
A comedian’s movie-a-night obsession was his film school. The theater owner’s question ended it.
by Patton Oswalt 2015
3.62
8k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🎭 Comedian Memoirs⚠️ Addiction Memoirs
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