Humor Is Relative's Recommendations
Below you will find a variety of books. Some sharing humor. Others sharing writing advice. And maybe a few that cross inbetween the two. There is also a listing of some movies and recordings! All offered here for your perusal to entice you to order one, or maybe two, for inspiration and a smile!
Humor Is Relative Contributor's Published Works:
Other Humorous Reading Recommendations:
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The Day I Turned Uncool : Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up
Dan Zevin
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Santaland Diaries & Seasons Greetings: 2 Plays
David Sedaris
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
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Naked
David Sedaris
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Whose Panties are These? More Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road
Jennifer L. Leo
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Fraud: Essays
David Rakoff
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Humor for a Woman's Heart: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart
Shari McDonald, editor
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Humor for a Mom's Heart: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart
Shari McDonald, editor
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Humor for a Woman's Heart 2: Stories, Quips, and Quotes to Lift the Heart
Shari MacDonald, editor
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Seven Out of Ten Missing Fishhooks Will Eventually Be Found in an Angler's Thumb: A Fishing Humor Book
Sandy Lindsey
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Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs
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Didn't My Skin Used to Fit?
Martha Bolton
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Pillow Talk: The Intimate Marriage from A to Z
Karen Scalf Linamen
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Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy . . . and Sometimes I Let Him Sleep
Karen Scalf Linamen
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I'm Not Suffering from Insanity...I'm Enjoying Every Minute of It!
Karen Scalf Linamen
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Just Hand over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt
Karen Scalf Linamen
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I'm Back for More Cash: A Tony Kornheiser Collection (Because You Can't Take Two Hundred Newspapers into the Bathroom)
Tony Kornheiser
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Waiting: True Confessions of a Waitress
Debra Ginsberg
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The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club
Laurie Notaro
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I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies)
Laurie Notaro
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We Thought You Would Be Prettier : True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive
Laurie Notaro
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Autobiography of a Fat Bride : True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
Laurie Notaro
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No Shoes, No Shirt ... No Problem!
Jeff Foxworthy
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Ethel And Ernest
Raymond Brigg
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Assassination Vacation
Sarah Vowell
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Take the Cannoli : Stories From the New World
Sarah Vowell
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Non Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students
Anders Henriksson, compiler
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God Save The Sweet Potato Queens
Jill Connor Browne
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The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love
Jill Connor Browne
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8 Simple Rules For Dating My Daughter
W. Bruce Cameron
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Shiksa Goddess: Or How I Spent My Forties
Wendy Wasserstein
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Life's A Stitch: The Best of Contemporary Women's Humor
Ann Saffran Dalin, editor
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Getting Old Ain't for Wimps
Karen O'Connor
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Why I'm Like This: True Stories
Cynthia Kaplan
Humorous Fiction (Novels) Recommendations:
Visual/Movie Recommendations:
The Egg and I
Format: VHS
This film also shares the first appearance of the loveable rural couple, Ma and Pa Kettle. If you've married and moved to the country to start up an egg farm, can you relate?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Format: VHS
A truly classic film! Who can forget the Knights Who Say Ni and the poor guy who clapped together halves of coconuts as he followed King Arthur all over the countryside! The big question though: Will King Arthur find the Holy Grail?
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Format: VHS
The British comedy team struck again, this time using their comedic wit in another time period. Not as funny, in my opinion, as Monty Python and the Holy Grail but does have some classic Monty Python touches in it.
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Format: VHS
Ma has her hands full! One of her children is in love and the state fair is around the corner. Will love prevail? Will Ma win the jam or quilting contest? And will she keep Pa 'motivated'? Can anyone keep Pa 'motivated'?
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Format: VHS
Ma in a grass skirt? Pa playing the ukele? And will Waikiki ever be the same after being visited by the loveable country-bumpkin couple?
Groundhog Day
Format: VHS
What would you do if you were given chances to relive a day and "get it right"? That is the premise of this movie; a conceited, self-centered reporter is assigned to cover Groundhog Day live in Pennsylvania - over and over and over...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Format: VHS
Ok, girl meets boy - that much is given away by the title, so not a suprise. But when boy proposes to girl ... well, that's a whole different thing! Can you relate?
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
Format: VHS
A man wants to buy and fix up a house to be a dream home for himself and his family. What can go wrong? Those who have tried home repair and remodeling projects, can you relate?
National Lampoon's Animal House
Format: VHS
A classic from the late 1970's as an underdog fraternity, with John Belushi playing one of the frat brothers, makes its presence known on a college campus. Can you say it a little bit louder now?
Harvey
Format: DVD or VHS
A Jimmy Stewart classic and he acted the part oh-so-well of being the only person who could see and talk to a 6 foot tall rabbit named Harvey! Supposedly, according to rumor, talked about being remade - with John Travolta trying to fill Jimmy Stewart's shoes.
Ma and Pa Kettle
Format: VHS
Their first appearance in The Egg And I had audiences wanting more of this casual-in-attitude but loving couple with the passle of children in tow ...
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Format: VHS
Will Paris be the same after this loveable country-bumpkin couple spends time in town? Well, you will have to watch the movie to find out the answer.
Arsenic And Old Lace
Format: DVD or VHS
A man, on his wedding day, finds out a secret about his aunts. Add into the mix his two brothers (one who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt), a new policeman to the neighborhood, a taxi driver (who waits as told), and the new bride who wants to leave for their honeymoon.
The Long, Long Trailer
Format: VHS
A Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz classic! A married couple decides to buy a trailer ... not just any trailer, but one that inspires the title of this movie!
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Format: VHS
A film with Don Knotts, with all of his wonderful comedic facial expressions, casted as Mr. Chicken! The ghost doesn't stand a chance!
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Format: VHS
Ma and Pa weren't the richest folks, monetarily wise that is. So what happens when Ma and Pa win a 'dream home'?
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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
--Calvin Trillin
Humor Is Relative thanks Cay Dickson, from Houston Chronicle, for the compliment!
When one of my children ask, "Did you have to tell that story?" I tell the child, "Yep! It was my chance to be the center of attention ... thanks to you."
-- My Mom
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