NPR Laughter Therapy: Funny for a Living

Name: NPR Laughter Therapy: Funny for a Living
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Author: NPR
ISBN: 9781622314744

Author: NPR, Ophira Eisenberg

Series: NPR Laughter Therapy #2

Narrator: Ophira Eisenberg

Unabridged: 3 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 09/09/2014

Categories: Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Radio, Humor

Synopsis

This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that continue to bend the boundaries of comedy today. Chronically serious? Prepare to be cured by this collection of revealing profiles and interviews with some of the funniest personalities ever.

Featuring
Charlie ChaplinBuster KeatonGroucho MarxSid CaesarErnie KovacsBob and RayImogene CocaMel BrooksCarl ReinerBob NewhartJonathan WintersBill CosbyPhyllis DillerJoan RiversJerry SeinfeldConan O’BrienAmy PoehlerMargaret ChoJim GaffiganSarah Silverman

About NPR

National Public Radio (NPR) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that produces and distributes news and cultural programming.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mom2triplets04 on September 22, 2019

Listened to this on audio. I liked this one more than the first book. It still had interviews but it was nice to hear Lucy talk and some other comedians that I watched when I was little. I don't know how it would be if I read this but to hear all the different voices it was nice. I still didn't laug......more

Goodreads review by Courtenay on November 17, 2020

Comic diversion while driving from FL to SC. It has funny parts. It has hilarious chapters. Some are droll. The April Fool Day chapters are easy to pick out - but only once you remember that April first stories are included. Interviews are with comedians we like. We listened and did not skip the int......more

Goodreads review by Hope on May 07, 2024

These are great interviews but I didn’t find them incredibly memorable. These are the standard fair that anyone interested in these people would likely know or not find surprising. I would say that I rank it so high because it is well produced, there are several amazing people in here (let’s be hone......more

Goodreads review by David on March 06, 2024

Nice easy reading and you get to learn few things about the famous comedians. Pleasant boos.......more

Goodreads review by Mike on September 18, 2019

3 1/2 *s This was an enjoyable set of interviews with classic comedians from Charlie Chaplin to Jerry Seinfeld.......more