The Mitch Hedberg Calendar is “selected artworks inspired by the comedy genius of Mitch Hedberg.” The limited edition 2008 calendar is available via the Mitch Hedberg Tribute Blog. It features art by fans of the late comedian.
Comedy writer Jeffrey L. Gurian and journo/author Tripp Whetsell collected “jokes so dirty comedians and entertainers only tell them to each other.” It features gags from Alan Zweibel, Drew Carey, Tony “Paulie Walnuts” Sirico, Scott Baio and dozend more comics, actors and others.
The forward is by Paul Provenza and it’s available via Kensington Books.
“Balls! An In-Your-Face Look At Sports” is “a lovely penalty shot to the crotch of an institution rife with overblown salaries, steroids and sex scandals.” Written by comedian and Sports Illustrated.com columnist Steve Hofstetter, it’s available via National Lampoon Press. Hofstetter asks, “Where else can you see a grown man play a children’s game in a jumpsuit and complain that he’s not getting paid enough!”
Judy Carter’s Comedy Career in a Box is precisely what it says it is. It’s the “definitive interactive guide for comics, writers, speakers, actors and anyone who wants to make money from being funny” and it comes in a box that contains three interactive DVDs with six hours of step-by-step comedy instruction. Carter authored The Comedy Bible, arguably the best-selling how-to book on standup, and her boxed set is a portable, multimedia version of her Los Angeles Comedy Workshop. It contains industry trade secrets from 18 of Hollywood’s top managers, agents, casting directors, bookers and producers.