The Entertainment & Performing Arts category has 638 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 950 ratings. The most-rated is Ayoade on Top.
Battle of Wills
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Habeas corpus is exactly the kind of thing Sweetwater would claim if he thought it would get his client off the hook. Only thing is - Sweetwater's not that kind of attorney anymore. With the help of his broken-English sidekick, Manetti, and secretary Miss Rivers, Sweetwater begins taking any job he can to keep his legal practice afloat, and this particular case is anything but ordinary. In this episode Sweetwater is ordered to attend a will reading for a unknown client who has named Sweetwater an heir of a fortune he knows nothing about. The entire Worthington family is overly curious as to who Sweetwater is and why he has been fingered as the executor of the estate. With mystery and deception afoot, this case stinks like the agony of defeat. However, the attorney and his gumshoe have no gum on their shoes. Tune in as they plan to get to the bottom of this will reading circus that Sweetwater has become ringleader of!
©100 The Cleveland Radio Players (P)2016 The Cleveland Radio Players
Chris Addison Live
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Ooh, look! Chris Addison – star of BAFTAs-winning 'The Thick of It' and 'In The Loop', 'Mock The Week' regular, 'Live At The Apollo' and 'Have I Got News For You' type person, evil headmaster off 'Skins' and host of E4’s 'Show & Tell' – has made a show of his critically acclaimed stand-up for the first time. Innit. Recorded live (obviously) at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre following a massive sell-out tour, Chris Addison Live is a blisteringly funny experience. Although you won’t actually get blisters. That’s just an expression. But you can find out for yourself why so many people think Chris Addison is the wittiest, most hilarious (not to mention sweatiest and gangliest) comedian around as he blathers on about subjects from the personal to the, y’know, not so personal in his own unique, highly entertaining, sweaty and gangly style. Daftness! Whimsy! Jokes! Lies! Smartarsery! Flapping about! All present and correct. *The ‘street’ term “innit” here used in an attempt to attract looting youths.
©2011 Chris Addison (P)2011 Universal Pictures UK
Killer Valentine
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When Detective Valentine (Logan Cutler Smith) woke up today, he knew his patience would be tested. It's been one year since his wife was murdered and he still hasn't caught the culprit yet let alone collected a clue or a lead. Things look bleak in this case until another murder surfaces. While investigating the string of homicides left by the killer, Valentine slowly starts to come unraveled. Will Valentine solve the case or will he let his natural paranoia get the best of him? Tune in to find out!
©2016 Milton Matthew Horowitz (P)2016 Milton Matthew Horowitz
The Comedy Network
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Here is the series that first showcased what is now some of Britain's finest comedy talent, including Simon Amstell; Chris Addison; The Mighty Boosh; Jason Byrne; Garth Marenghi; Richard Herring; Harry Hill; Reginald D. Hunter; Mark Lamar; Stewart Lee; Lee Mack; Al Murray, The Pub Landlord; Ross Noble; Lucy Porter; and many more.
© and (P) Avalon Television
Bigipedia
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WARNING: some listeners may find this content offensive. Welcome to Bigipedia - the omniscient friend you know from your computer and laser watch takes over for 30 minutes in a unique experiment in broadwebcasting.Bigipedia - a world of knowledge at your fingertips brought direct to your ears unless you're listening online, in which case it's been brought from your ears back to your fingertips and thence, into your ears again. Featuring Ewan Bailey, Sam Battersea, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Nick Doody, Neil Edmond, Pippa Evans, Melanie Hudson, Lewis MacLeod & Gareth Tunley. Conceived by Nick Doody and written by Nick Doody & Matt Kirshen with Carey Marx, Neil Edmond and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
©2009 Pozzitive Television Ltd (P)2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Fibber McGee & Molly, Vol. 2
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Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio from 1935 to 1959, featuring its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional Midwestern city of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife, Molly, who tried to keep him out of trouble. Fibber's weekly schemes would be interrupted by, inspired by, and often played upon the people of Wistful Vista, a set of regular players and characters that were as beloved as the stars of the program. Life in their town of Wistful Vista followed a well-developed formula but was always fresh. The show began as a comic reflection of Depression-era America, but as time went on and the shadows of war came over the nation, the show again caught the mood of the country. World War II was fought on the home front in Wistful Vista as surely as anywhere else in America, but here they had the benefit of Fibber's somewhat addled perspective on life. The episodes in this collection are: "Molly's Ex-Boyfriend Comes to Dinner" 12/26/39, "McGee Builds a Dog House" 1/2/40, "Tickets to See Gone with the Wind" 1/9/40, "McGee's Car Is Stolen" 1/16/40, "Gildersleeve Girdle Show" 1/23/40, "Fibber's Old Blue Suit" 1/30/40, "Fibber's Birthday" 2/6/40, "Egyptian Good Luck Ring" 2/13/40, "Nothing but the Truth" 2/20/40, "Molly's Fur Coat and Fibber's Allergies" 2/27/40, "The Hall Closet" with guest Gracie Allen 3/5/40, "Make a Pal of Your Wife Week" 3/12/40.
©2016 Black Eye Entertainment (P)2016 Black Eye Entertainment
Ende der Schonzeit
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Konfrontationen mit holländischer Lebensweisheit. Ende der Schonzeit! Philip Simon geht auf die Jagd nach dem Wahnsinn des Lebens und so absurd es auch sein mag, so befreiend ist seine Freude an der Sinnlosigkeit politischer Debatten und der Sinnlosigkeit tagtäglicher Handlungen. Ganz zu schweigen von der Sinnlosigkeit des Seins. Und so nimmt uns der Hobbyphilosoph und Lebemensch an die Hand und führt uns durch seine Welt der verrückten, lustigen, stillen und auch traurigen Momente. Von himmelhochjauchzend bis tieftraurig, denn das Weinen liegt dem Lachen so nah.
©2012 WortArt (P)2012 WortArt
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Vol. 1
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The first volume of the perennial favorite sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Ozzie Nelson was Red Skelton's bandleader on the popular radio series The Red Skelton Show. Ozzie's wife, Harriet Hilliard, was Skelton's singer. When Skelton was drafted in March 1944, Ozzie was prompted to create his own family sitcom radio series. The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet launched on CBS radio on October 8, 1944 and made a midseason switch to NBC in 1949. It starred Ozzie as the head of the Nelson household, which included his wife, Harriet, and their two boys, David and Ricky. Each week the Nelsons found themselves in another amusing situation, much to the delight of their listeners. In 1952 Ozzie brought The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet to ABC television, attracting an even larger audience, becoming synonymous with the ideal of 1950s American family life. Bowing out in 1966, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet became the longest-running live-action sitcom in US television history. Episodes included are: "The Fight", "Exaggeration Troubles", "Haunted House", "Ozzie Is in a Rut", "The Boy's Night Out", "Worrying About Worrying", "New Radio Phonograph", "New Year's Resolution", "Card Tricks", "Night Game", "The Compliment", and "Have a Cigar".
©2016 Hollywood 360 (P)2016 Black Eye Entertainment
Watch Your Junk and Other Advice for Expectant Fathers
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Watch Your Junk and Other Advice for Expectant Fathers tackles the subjects that other baby audiobooks ignore: Why you shouldn't touch the wand in the sonogram room The exact moment your opinion no longer counts How friends and family will respond to the news How TV and baby classes have lied to us Which poop jokes to expect in the delivery room How to convert diapers into usable guilt How to insure your child says your name first And much, much more Watch Your Junk and Other Advice for Expectant Fathers includes a special twin version of fatherhood in the event that you are so much a man that you knocked up your wife twice at the same time. Don't go into fatherhood unprepared; listen Watch Your Junk and Other Advice for Expectant Fathers today and know what to expect before it's too late.
©2012 Benjamin Wallace (P)2019 Benjamin Wallace
Full on Live
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Jim Davidson is the undisputed master of adult comedy and dishes up another serving of his blue stand-up in this brand new download. Jim works his way through a succession of side-splitting gags and politically incorrect jokes as he brings the audience to tears in his Full On! live tour. Strictly for adults only, this show will leave you in stitches time and time again.
©2005 Universal Studios (P)2005 Universal Studios
Hollywood Stage - Strawberry Blonde
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Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Strawberry Blonde starring Don Ameche and Rita Hayworth.
©2019 Hollywood Stage Productions (P)2019 The Copyright Group
4 Stands Up
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The BBC Radio 4 stand-up show featuring the biggest names on the comedy circuit. In these series, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison introduce a line-up of the best and brightest stand-ups, inviting fresh faces and old hands onstage to display their comic talents. Each programme features three different stars - a newcomer who performs the opening act, an established comedian or double act offering up sketches, musical numbers or character pieces and a final headline artist. There’s some top-notch comedy from the compères, too, as they showcase their funniest routines. Among the comedy A-listers in these episodes are Jon Richardson, Russell Kane, Stephen K Amos, Doc Brown, Miles Jupp, Justin Moorhouse, Robin Ince, Sarah Millican, Simon Brodkin (as Lee Nelson), Pippa Evans (as country singer Loretta Maine), Francesca Martinez, Zoe Lyons and Tim Vine. Fast, funny and fabulous, this show is a must for fans of cutting-edge comedy and sensational stand-up. Produced by Tilusha Ghelani and Sam Michell.
©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Harald Schmidt On Air
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Diese Archivaufnahmen aus den 80er und 90er Jahren sind eine echte Entdeckung: Harald Schmidt persifliert und parodiert sich durch alle Lebenslagen: Ob Liebe, Politik, Arbeit oder Kultur - alles wird witzig bis bissig abgearbeitet. Schmidt nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund und traut sich, was sich sonst kaum einer traut: Selbst der Literaturpapst Marcel Reich-Ranicki bekommt sein Fett weg. Ranicki alias "Dirty Harry" rezensiert ein Telefonbuch - ein kultureller Hochgenuss. Harald Schmidt in Hochform, so wie ihn seine Fans lieben...
©2018 Audiobuch Verlag OHG/ Lizenziert durch SWR Media Services GmbH (P)2018 Audiobuch Verlag OHG/ Lizenziert durch SWR Media Services GmbH
My Friend Irma
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She's dizzy, she's daffy, she's just a bit laffy - but, she's still our gal! Marie Wilson stars as the blonde, beautiful, and bewildered Irma Peterson in the hit postwar sitcom My Friend Irma. Cathy Lewis and Joan Banks co-star as her level-headed roommate Jane Stacy, with John Brown as her deadbeat boyfriend, Al. Here are 16 fun-filled episodes featuring Hans Conried, Leif Erickson, Gloria Gordon, and Alan Reed. Get ready to slap your knee - and your forehead! Episodes Include: "Double Troubles", 03-08-48; "Buy or Sell", 03-15-48; "Election Connection", 03-22-48; "The Big Secret", 03-29-48; "Irma's Inheritance", 04-05-48; "Dinner Date", 04-19-48; "Manhattan Magazine", 04-26-48; "Acute Love Sickness", 05-03-48; "Bon Voyage", 05-10-48; "Irma Wants to Join Club", 05-17-48; "Aunt Harriet to Visit", 05-24-48; "Planning a Vacation", 06-21-48; "Five Hundred Dollars", 03-07-49; "Nebraska", 03-14-49; "Irma Gets Fired", 03-21-49; "April Fool's Party", 03-28-49.
©2014 RSPT LLC (P)2014 RSPT LLC
The Art of Coarse Acting
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For more than 50 years Michael Green's The Art of Coarse Acting has been essential reading for anyone with a passion for theatre, both amateurs and professionals alike. This acerbic yet affectionate work remains one of the funniest books about acting ever written. It's a "[W]ickedly irreverent" (The Stage) exposé which ridicules pretentiousness, pokes fun at incompetence and disaster and generally lays bare life backstage. Even after all this time it remains true that however much the theatre may change, coarse actors don't. No single definition fits all of them, but nobody has come up with one to better the original, "One who can remember the lines but not the order in which they come." Michael Green recorded this unabridged audio version of his book a few years ago. It was archived unreleased and is only now available, in 2020, sadly after his death. What a fitting memorial it is to the "[M]aster humourist" as Quentin Letts called him in the Daily Mail, to have this glorious book brilliantly performed by the author himself. The 50th Anniversary Edition of the printed book is published by Samuel French. An RBA production, produced by Anne Rosenfeld. Original music by Sam Park.
©2014 Michael Green (P)2017 Michael Green
Hollywood Stage - Smilin' Through
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Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the ‘go-to’ place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Smilin' Through starring Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond.
©2019 Hollywood Stage Productions (P)2019 The Copyright Group
Make 'Em Laugh
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“When you are a kid starting out as a stand-up comic...you dream about the nine o’clock spot on Saturday night at the Comic Strip.” - Jerry SeinfeldOnce in a lifetime a venue comes along that changes show business dramatically, that fosters growth and camaraderie, experimentation and freedom. The Comic Strip is one of those places, and Make ’Em Laugh is an inside look at how it all happened, straight from the mouths of the stars who built their careers on its stage. Owner Richie Tienken and a wealth of comics open their hearts and souls to share their most intimate memories, the laughs and tears, the good times and the bad, in order to paint an all-encompassing, behind-the-scenes history of this iconic club. Interviews include famous comedians, such as:Jerry SeinfeldGilbert GottfriedPaul ReiserLisa LampanelliGeorge WallaceBilly CrystalJim BreuerSusie EssmanLewis Black Ray RomanoAnd many more!Relive the excitement as these comics explain how they came to belong to the Comic Strip family, and how they went on to enjoy huge careers, bringing laughter to millions of people all over the world. This book is a must for any comedian or comedy lover’s library!
©2012 Jeffrey Gurian and Richie Tienken (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Nuhr - die Box 2
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Dieter Nuhr vereint Kabarett und Comedy unter einem Dach! Dieter Nuhr hat in den letzten zehn Jahren die erfolgreichsten deutschsprachigen Kabarettprogramme aller Zeiten vorgelegt. Seine Themen sind Philosophie, das Wetter, Quantenphysik, Religion und die bedrohte Rotbauchunke. Ab zu spricht er auch über psychologische Probleme und alkoholische Getränke. Seine drei jüngsten Programme "Nuhr die Wahrheit", "Nuhr die Ruhe" und "Nuhr unter uns" vereint in einer Box. Dieter Nuhr, der als einziger Künstler sowohl mit dem Deutschen Kleinkunstpreis als auch dem Deutschen Comedypreis ausgezeichnet wurde, ist einer der erfolgreichsten und beliebtesten deutschen Comedians und Kabarettisten. Jetzt gibt es seine drei aktuellsten Programme erstmals vereint in einer Sammlung!
©2012 WortArt (P)2012 WortArt
Es war nicht alles schlecht
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Pünktlich zum 30jährigen Bühnenjubiläum präsentiert er nun sein viertes Solo-Programm mit dem Titel "Es war nicht alles schlecht". Ein kabarettistischer Blick zurück nach vorn. Zwei Stunden vom Alten das Beste und vom Neuen das Neueste. Da werden sie dann alle vorgeführt, um sich ihre Ohrfeigen abzuholen: die großen und kleinen Koalitionäre des Stillstands, die kranken Wunderheiler und gesunden Volksempfinder, die paranoiden Schießhunde-Halter und nimmersatten Heuschrecken-Züchter. Prügel, wem Prügel gebührt. Das Ganze dann noch garniert mit ein paar älteren Witzchen und angereichert mit dem einen oder anderen lustigen Liedchen, und am Ende hält Schmickler, was er seit 30 Jahren verspricht: Eintritt muss sich wieder lohnen!
©2008 WortArt (P)2008 WortArt
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue 13
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Four more extended episodes from the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith.
This 13th collection of the antidote to panel games finds Jack Dee giving regular panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, and Graeme Garden silly things to do - along with special guests Jeremy Hardy, Sandi Toksvig, Rob Brydon, and David Mitchell.
Highlights include ‘Uxbridge English Dictionary’, ‘One Song to the Tune of Another’, ‘Sound Charades’, ‘Historical Voicemail’, ‘Bankers’ Film Club’, ‘Sound Effects Storytime’, ‘Party Guests’, ‘84 Chicken Cross Road’, ‘Trail of the Lonesome Pun’, ‘Greetings Cards’, ‘Unseen Prequels’ and, of course, ‘Mornington Crescent’.
So get ready to laugh out loud as the gang indulge in more wonderful wordplay, accompanied by Colin Sell on the piano and the lovely Samantha, who’s always ready for a quick score.
©2010 Humphrey Lyttelton (P)2011 AudioGO Ltd