This classic Shakespearean comedy is presented here in a colorful full-cast dramatization, drawn from the complete text and starring Warren Mitchell, Michael Maloney, and Sarah Woodward....[more]

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Not since Thoreau took us to Walden Pond has there been such an important work on the natural world. A Sand County Almanac is Aldo Leopold's simple expression of feeling for the environment at his weekend farm along the Wisconsin River....[more]

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The creator and host of the Emmy Award-winning TV Nation series recounts the most memorable moments on the show, such as the CEO Challenge - sure they can run huge corporations, but can the CEO of Phillip Morris roll a cigarette; has Baron Hilton ever made a bed; and can the Chairman of Citibank use an ATM? Also included on this audio are some ideas that kissed the cutting room floor, such as the man in search of "small" condoms and a re-enactment of the L....[more]

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P.J. O'Rourke traces his development from hippie protester to conservative grouch to jaded humorist. Along the way, we are privy to his strange, twisted days as editor in chief of National Lampoon, as well as the in-depth looks at appropriate sports for middle-aged Republicans, namely those which can be engaged in with a smuggled Havana between the teeth - fly-fishing, bird hunting, deep-sea fishing, and of course, golf....[more]

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One of America's favorite humorists turns her gaze to that most fascinating of creatures, the human animal. The warm and witty Bombeck examines all facets of homo sapien behavior, from the bizarre rituals of the aerobics class to the annual winter migration to Miami....[more]

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Gerald Gardner has helped teach many recent U.S. presidents how to be funny, and now he describes how Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan have used and abused their comic talents to achieve their political goals....[more]

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Steve plows ahead, taking on odd Halloween traditions and revealing some of his own. Find out how Steve entertains himself on this pagan holiday (don't worry, he's just kidding)....[more]

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Tom Bodett's nationally syndicated radio show The End of the Road and wildly successful radio ads for Motel 6, as well as his commentary on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, have made his voice a very popular and familiar one to thousands of fans....[more]

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Warning: This isn't the real thing...it's funnier! "Stop that movie," Headmaster Alpo Bumblemore said, "or Hogwash is history!" After someone sells directions to the school to a sleazy Muddle tabloid, Barry Trotter, Ermine Cringer, and Lon Measly are hauled out of retirement to face their toughest challenge yet....[more]

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In the mid-70s, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever....[more]

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A new year begins - and Bridget Jones, the globally best selling, unflinchingly self-disciplined, and definitely practically nonsmoking heroine, is about to discover what happens when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he hasn't been to the supermarket - not just tonight, but ever....[more]

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Meet Bridget Jones - a 30-something singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could: A) lose 7 pounds B) stop smoking C) develop Inner Poise Here is the laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of a hilarious year in the life of the devastatingly self-aware Bridget Jones; a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by one and a half inches, visit the gym three times a week not merely to buy a sandwich, and form a functional relationship with a responsible adult....[more]

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"The evolution of Taylor Mali the poet could be measured in the number of people his poetry has directly inspired to be teachers. Or the increasing cast of high school and college-age students who perform his words in forensic competitions....[more]

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Without bothering to get approval from the President, the State Department, or even the FTC, Dave Barry's publishers sent him to Tokyo. You'd think they would have known better....[more]

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Have you ever read a typically hilarious Dave Barry column, but forgotten to clip it? Or maybe you didn't buy the newspaper one day, and worried that you missed his funniest essay of all time....[more]

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