Art audiobooks

Louie Anderson Live

By: Louie Anderson

Narrated by: Louie Anderson

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Before Louie Anderson made a splash in network TV, he took his everyman affability and gentle comedy to the special Louie Anderson Live. Read more

I Know You Hear Me

By: Lil Rel

Narrated by: Lil Rel

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Lil Rel knows you can hear him in this truly hilarious stand-up set. Read more

Soy Sauce and the Holocaust

By: Rob Schneider

Narrated by: Rob Schneider

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In Soy Sauce and the Holocaust Rob Schneider takes on the biggest role of his life: a stand-up comedian, as he learns lessons about love and other cultures. He tells the side-splitting stories of the three hoods: childhood, adulthood, and parenthood. From closet farts to his sex life, Rob isn't holding back any of the dirty details. Don't miss... Read more

The Rest is History

By: Aaron Karo

Narrated by: Aaron Karo

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In his first one-hour stand-up special, funnyman Aaron Karo raises the comedy bar as he uncorks his witty observations on bridesmaids' speeches, tanked-up friends who always start fights and the perils of being a 30-year-old bachelor. Read more

Comedy-O-Rama Variety Pack - Abridged

By: Victor Gates & Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: W. Ralph Walters, Elie Hirschman, David Sobkowi...

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This variety pack includes comedy sketches and audio dramatizations that will keep you entertained throughout.Deconstructing Laurel & HardyA Comedy-O-Rama tributeAbbott & Costello in the CatskillsThis is an authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show recorded before a live audience in the Catskills. In this New Oldtime... Read more

Simon Studio Presents: Oedipus Noir - Abridged

By: Ralph Tyler

Narrated by: Roger Hendricks Simon, Matty O’Shea & Jay Leonhart

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Styled after the tough-guy detectives of Raymond Chandler's novels, this new radio play takes the tragic Greek hero down a couple pegs as he navigates today's dark and dangerous streets. But this American Oedipus won't accept his fate! Featuring an original jazz score by renowned bassist Jay Leonhart, Oedipus Noir was first performed before a... Read more

Waterlogg Holiday Collection - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler, Pedro Pablo Sacristán, J...

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Ke...

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection of stories features holiday tales for both young and old!The Christmas That Almost Never WasIt is Christmas Eve at the North Pole, and Santa Claus has lost his "remembery." Now only a child who has been good for a full year can save Christmas! Producer Joe Bevilacqua has unearthed this vintage 1940s recording of the charming... Read more

Simon Studio Presents: Dancing in the Dark - Abridged

By: Vivian Green

Narrated by: Vivian Green, George Flowers & Mildred Purdy

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dancing in the Dark is an original drama-comedy dealing with the challenges of retirement, aging, and new romance. This short play, written by Vivian Green, was first performed before a life audience at the West End Gate in New York City and was later rebroadcast in December 1995 on WBAI-FM radio in New York City. Read more

Simon Studio Presents: The Portrait - Abridged

By: Sarah Levine Simon

Narrated by: Roger Hendricks Simon, Cara Duff-MaCormac, Rex ...

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Portrait is a satirical comedy revolving around an upper-crust dinner party, where a family's young bohemians "duel" their snobbish elder East Side counterparts over ownership of a rich ancestral portrait. This play, written by Sarah Levine Simon, was first performed at Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium and was later broadcast in 1993... Read more

Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 1–5 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & Pedro Pablo Sac...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 29 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 1–5 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans.Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs.... Read more

Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

This comedy hour combines audio from classic Laurel and Hardy movie clips with a new radio theater production in which "the boys" open a fix-it shop and recall their past failures as they handle a barrage of wacky customers.In the new moments, full of funny sound effects and music, Joe Bev voices not only Stan and Ollie but James Finlayson,... Read more

Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 6–10 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Pedro Pablo Sacr...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 29 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 6–10 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans.Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs.... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Pedro Pablo Sacr...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger,... Read more

Simon Studio Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Roger Hendricks Simon, a full cast, Joe Bevilac...

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare’s lighthearted comedy of mistaken identity, tangled lovers, meddling fairies, and bumbling amateur actors set in a wood on Midsummer Night is vividly retold in this special live radio performance first broadcast on the Bard’s birthday, April 23, 1994, on WBAI-FM in New York City. This enchanting reinterpretation will delight both... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Pedro Pablo Sacr...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger,... Read more

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

By: Mike Birbiglia

Narrated by: Mike Birbiglia

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike Birbiglia shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and misunderstandings. On this painfully honest but hilarious journey, Birbiglia struggles to find reason in an area where it may be impossible to find: love. Read more

"12 Years a Slave" restores historic firsthand account

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In depicting American slavery, Hollywood has long left some of the most brutal realities largely unseen. But the filmmakers behind 12 Years a Slave tried not to flinch in showing the full system of human subjugation. Jeffrey Brown talks to screenwriter John Ridley about the challenge of humanizing a dehumanizing institution. Read more

Nick Cannon: Mr. Showbiz

By: Nick Cannon

Narrated by: Nick Cannon

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In his first comedy special, the popular comic actor and musician reveals edgy, honest tales of his failed attempts at being a gangster, his humble roots, marriage, fatherhood and his thoughts about Eminem. Read more

Beer Hall Putsch

By: Doug Stanhope

Narrated by: Doug Stanhope

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Named after Hitler's failed coup attempt, Beer Hall Putsch takes you into acerbic comic Doug Stanhope's twisted mind at a gig filmed in Portland. Read more

Todd Glass Talks About Stuff

By: Todd Glass

Narrated by: Todd Glass

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In this caustic comedy special, veteran stand-up quipster Todd Glass makes audiences howl with his take on some of society's unspoken "rules," from complimenting kids to giving directions. Read more

The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair

By: Russell Martin & Lydia Nibley

Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair, and his wife, Lydia Nibley, tell the story of how a lock of Ludwig von Beethoven's hair, clipped from the composer's head on his deathbed in Germany in 1827, ended up in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943 and was later sold at auction in London in 1994. Learn about this incredible journey through history... Read more

I Know It's Wrong

By: Dana Gould

Narrated by: Dana Gould

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Dana Gould takes on the absurdities of modern life through a pop-culture obsessed lens. Unapologetic and off-the-wall funny, there's no middle ground in this comedy special filmed at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, WA. Read more

Through it All I've Always Laughed

By: Count Arthur Strong

Narrated by: Count Arthur Strong

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Count Arthur Strong tells the story of his extraordinary journey from his humble early years as the only son of contortionist in wartime Doncaster to the dizzy heights and excesses of fame as one of the shining lights of popular entertainment.

Count Arthur Strong is a show business legend, after-dinner speaker and a leading authority on Ancient... Read more

War Paint

By: Iliza Shlesinger

Narrated by: Iliza Shlesinger

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Her innocent good looks are just a cover for Last Comic Standing winner Iliza Shlesinger's acerbic, stream-of-conscious comedy that she unleashes on an unsuspecting audience in her hometown of Dallas in her stand-up special, War Paint. Read more