Humor audiobooks

News from Lake Wobegon: Winter

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Funny and touching, these monologues from original live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion focus on the winter season.

Includes: "Guys on Ice," "The Christmas Story Re-told," and "Storm Home." Read more

News from Lake Wobegon: Fall

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Funny and touching, these monologues from original live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion focus on the fall season.

Includes: "Giant Decoys," "Daryl Tollerud's Long Day," and "Thanksgiving." Read more

Mort Sahl's America

By: Mort Sahl

Narrated by: Mort Sahl

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Mort Sahl has been described as one of the greatest political and social satirists of the 20th century. In Mort Sahl's America, the sophisticated political satirist exposes the grand follies of the powers that be. Deflating celebrity pretensions, he skewers liberals and conservatives alike. From Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, from Al Gore to Jesse... Read more

Dave Barry's Worst Songs and Other Hits

By: Dave Barry

Narrated by: Arte Johnson & John Ritter

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Ever notice how bad song lyrics get stuck in your head? It's not just you. After Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's column about this tendency, reader response was enormous. But Barry didn't know what he was getting himself into when he invited his Legion of Alert Readers to submit their nominees in the Bad Song Survey. "Song badness,"... Read more

Apocalypse Wow - Abridged

By: James Finn Garner

Narrated by: James Finn Garner

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As the year 2000 bears down, the best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner, confronts a series of monumental questions: Will we remember to order new checks from the bank? Did our invitation to the Kennedy New Year's party get lost in the mail again? Are we all poised on the brink of worldwide enlightenment or... Read more

Garrison Keillor's Comedy Theater

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

1997 Grammy® Award nominee
1996 Listen Up Award—Best Humor

Enjoy the best of Garrison Keillor's comic fables from A Prairie Home Companion, all about true love and other tribulations, brought to life by a cast of brilliant radio actors.

Contents:
This Man This Woman; Taking a Chance on Love; Bertha's Kitty Boutique: Cat Box Video; Greenwich... Read more

The Family Radio

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A sampler of crowd-pleasers from A Prairie Home Companion: four "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues, "commercials" for Bertha's Kitty Boutique and the Fearmonger's Shoppe, and great music. All selections are from original live radio broadcasts.

Contents:
World Theater, Here We Come!Powdermilk BiscuitsThe Family RadioBertha's Kitty... Read more

News from Lake Wobegon: Summer

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Funny and touching, these monologues from original live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion focus on the summer season.

Includes: "The Living Flag," "The Tollefson Boy Goes to College," and "Tomato Butt." Read more

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

By: Scott Rice

Narrated by: various narrators, Marni Webb, Bob Nathan, Ray ...

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Little did the obscure novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton know in 1830 when he penned that most relished, imitated, and lampooned opening sentence in English literature, "It was a dark and stormy night..." that his words would inspire countless aspiring writers struggling incessantly like boats against the current to emulate his unparalleled style... Read more

Exploded

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

There are certain defining events that occur to people— the sort of things we use as markers in the timetables of our lives: Birth and Deaths. Marriages and Divorces. Windfalls and Calamities. For Tom Bodett, it was the day he got electrocuted. On May 27, 1975, about seven o'clock in the morning, Tom Bodett was “ ... Read more

Political Incorrections - Abridged

By: Bill Maher

Narrated by: Bill Maher

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Best Opening Monologues from Politically Incorrect starring Bill Maher
Featuring an introduction by Penn Jillette
For everyone who's had their fill of politicians, TV trials and the daily events seen on the evening news, Simon & Schuster Audio offers some relief with POLITICAL INCORRECTIONS-a collection of the funniest opening monologues... Read more

Dr. Katz's Therapy Sessions - Abridged

By: Jonathan Katz

Narrated by: Jonathan Katz

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the producers of the runaway Emmy Award-winning Comedy Central animated TV series "Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist" comes DR. KATZ'S THERAPY SESSIONS-a hiply hilarious compilation of Dr. Katz's funniest sessions with his all-star cast of "patients."
Based on Comedy Central's hit phenomenon "Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist," DR. KATZ'S... Read more

The 7 Habits of Highly Defective People

By: Cathy Crimmins

Narrated by: Cathy Crimmins

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Better than CliffsNotes, funnier than Monarch Notes, and shorter than the originals—comes a hilarious spoof of the blockbuster hits you love, not to mention many books you've come to despise. From the authors of the bestselling Newt Gingrich's Bedtime Stories for Orphans is a parody that lampoons all the popular books you'd ever want to read—or... Read more

And then Arnie Told Chi - Abridged

By: Done Wade

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection of anecdotes—from Golf Digest editor Don Wade—brings out of the locker room and onto the green an engaging treasury of more than 100 of the greatest golf stories ever told from the game's legends: Ben Hogan, Nancy Lopez, Fred Couples, and others. From Augusta National to Royal St. George, this entertaining, intimate, and funny... Read more

Horrors!

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Fear and loathing in Lake Wobegon? You betcha.

Garrison Keillor's Horrors! is a grab bag of treats from Halloween broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion. Horrors! features eclectic musical performances, commercials for loyal Prairie Home "sponsors" like Guy's Shoes, and lighthearted comedy from A Prairie Home Companion's cast of... Read more

Readers Digest's Humor in Uniform

By: Reader's Digest

Narrated by: Jamie Farr

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From basic training to World War II to the Gulf War, America's veterans share their funniest stories in this collection of Reader's Digest's popular "Humor in Uniform" column. Beneath the horror of war lies a rich tradition of comedy and satire, and these anecdotes have entertained readers for decades. Stars of the TV and movie versions of... Read more

Dirty Laundry

By: Maggie Rowe

Narrated by: Maggie Rowe

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Every other Thursday on Santa Monica Boulevard's Comedy Central Stage, a motley assortment of Hollywood writers, actors, and comics convened to reveal the most personal—and colorful—parts of their lives. Their soul-baring monologues revealed the sources of their creative genius, from wacky families and psycho exes to random ramblings and... Read more

Mark Twain’s Library of Humor

By: Mark Twain & various authors

Narrated by: Marni Webb, Richard Russ & others

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Master wit Mark Twain selected these twenty-seven stories himself by fifteen of his favorite nineteenth century authors. The order follows that which Twain placed them in in the original anthology, published in 1888. He indulged his comic fancy rather than making a textbook in which all themes or authors are placed together, saying that "This... Read more

Dirty Ditties

By: John Patrick

Narrated by: Thurbald Gribbleman

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Lascivious limericks for lewd listeners!In the tradition of old-fashioned limericks, this delightful collection of lyrical poetry is guaranteed to stretch even the wildest of imaginations. More than a compilation of naughty songs, Dirty Ditties is a hilarious look at such subjects as sin, virtue, greed, divorce, fame, hope, love, maturity, food,... Read more

And Then Jack Said to Arnie - Abridged

By: Don Wade

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fascinating anecdotes by— and about— some of the most famous golfers in history including Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.Former Golf Digest editor Don Wade has collected literally hundreds of anecdotes from some of the greatest names in the sport and delivers those stories in a series of captivating volumes. This... Read more

One for the Money - Abridged

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: Lori Petty

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Discover where it all began—the first “snappily written, fast-paced, and witty” (USA TODAY) novel in the beloved Stephanie Plum series featuring a feisty and funny heroine who “comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air” (The Washington Post), from Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dirty Thirty.

Meet Stephanie Plum,... Read more

It's Better to Laugh...Life Good Luck Bad Hair Days & QVC - Abridged

By: Kathy Levine

Narrated by: Joan Rivers & Kathy Levine

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The ultra-popular host of QVC shares her fascinating life story!


"I am who I am, and you like it or don't. I'm not changing. Since I made the decision to be myself, I've had more fun and better relationships than ever. No lightning bolt is going to strike this girl twice!"

Kathy Levine is the girl next door who answered an ad in 1986 and became a... Read more

Politically Correct Holiday Stories - Abridged

By: James Finn Garner

Narrated by: James Finn Garner

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The #1 bestselling author of Once Upon a More Enlightened Time reads his Politically Correct holiday gift.
Holiday tales have long delighted and entertained us, but until now they've always been burdened with society's skewed values and mores. Stories that reinforce the stifling class system (Dickens' A Christmas Carol), legitimize the stereotype... Read more

La Contessa - Abridged

By: Rodney Dangerfield

Narrated by: Rodney Dangerfield

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nobody could kiss and tell like the late Rodney Dangerfield! Here are all the details of his torrid love affair with La Contessa. This ultra-spicy private diary chronicles the amazing exploits of a great lothario, and is sure to make you howl— with plenty of innuendos and double entendres delivered as only Rodney Dangerfield can.... Read more