Download or read book Daniel Tosh written by Belmont and Belcourt Biographies and published by Price World Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the host of Comedy Central's "Tosh.0," Daniel Tosh is known for his biting wit and his ability to make just about everyone laugh their head off. Daniel himself describes his wit as "insanely condescending and sarcastic," which just so happens to go directly against the way he was raised. Although as the son of a preacher his beginnings may be as far from the comedic world as possible, he has made a very lucrative career out of making people laugh. In this biography you will learn how Daniel turned his religious upbringing into a life of jokes and sarcasm. In addition, you will learn what keeps him excited about life and what he is planning for the future. From racism to sexism to politics, all you need to know about Daniel Tosh is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of his life.
Download or read book Daniel Tosh written by Belmont & Belcourt Books and published by Belmont & Belcourt Books. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the host of Comedy Central's Tosh.0, Daniel Tosh is known for his biting wit and his ability to make just about everyone laugh their head off. Daniel himself describes his wit as "insanely condescending and sarcastic," which just so happens to go directly against the way he was raised. Although as the son of a preacher his beginnings may be as far from the comedic world as possible, he has made a very lucrative career out of making people laugh. In this biography you will learn how Daniel turned his religious upbringing into a life of jokes and sarcasm. In addition, you will learn what keeps him excited about life and what he is planning for the future. From racism to sexism to politics, all you need to know about Daniel Tosh is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of his life.
Download or read book Taboo Comedy written by Chiara Bucaria and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection explore taboo and controversial humour in traditional scripted (sitcoms and other comedy series, animated series) and non-scripted forms (stand-up comedy, factual and reality shows, and advertising) both on cable and network television. Whilst the focus is predominantly on the US and UK, the contributors also address more general and global issues and different contexts of reception, in an attempt to look at this kind of comedy from different perspectives. Over the last few decades, taboo comedy has become a staple of television programming, thus raising issues concerning its functions and appropriateness, and making it an extremely relevant subject for those interested in how both humour and television work.
Download or read book Tosh written by Tosh Berman and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The triumphs and tragedies of growing up as the son of a famous Beat artist. TOSH is a memoir of growing up as the son of an enigmatic, much-admired, hermetic, and ruthlessly bohemian artist during the waning years of the Beat Generation and the heyday of hippie counterculture. A critical figure in the history of postwar American culture, Tosh Berman's father, Wallace Berman, was known as the "father of assemblage art," and was the creator of the legendary mail-art publication Semina. Wallace Berman and his wife, famed beauty and artist's muse Shirley Berman, raised Tosh between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and their home life was a heady atmosphere of art, music, and literature, with local and international luminaries regularly passing through. Tosh's unconventional childhood and peculiar journey to adulthood features an array of famous characters, from George Herms and Marcel Duchamp, to Michael McClure and William S. Burroughs, to Dennis Hopper and Dean Stockwell, to the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and Toni Basil. TOSH takes an unflinching look at the triumphs and tragedies of his unusual upbringing by an artistic genius with all-too-human frailties, against a backdrop that includes The T.A.M.I. Show, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Easy Rider, and more. With a preface by actress/writer Amber Tamblyn (daughter of Wallace's friend, actor Russ Tamblyn), TOSH is a self-portrait taken at the crossroads of popular culture and the avant-garde. The index of names included represents a who's who of midcentury American—and international—culture. Praise for Tosh: "Tosh Berman's sweet and affecting memoir provides an intimate glimpse of his father, Wallace, and the exciting, seat-of-the-pants LA art scene of the 1960s, and it also speaks to the hearts of current and former lonely teenagers everywhere."--Luc Sante, author of The Other Paris "This is the story of a kid growing up inside of art world history, retelling his upbringing warts and all. A well-written, fast-moving book that is candid, funny, often disturbing, and never dull."--Gillian McCain, co-author of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk "TOSH is a delightfully entertaining memoir filled with sly wit and a profound personal perspective."--John Zorn, composer "One could not wish for a better guide into the subterranean and bohemian worlds of the California art/Beat scene than Tosh Berman, only scion of the great Wallace. Tosh has a sly wit and an informed eye, he is both erudite and neurotic, and often hilarious."--John Taylor, Duran Duran "There's the life—and then there's the life. With TOSH you can have both. My life, and that of many who sailed with me, was formed by the 40's & 50's. TOSH takes you there."--Andrew Loog Oldham, producer/manager, The Rolling Stones "As the son of artist Wallace Berman, Tosh Berman had a front row seat for the beat parade of the '50s, and the hippie extravaganza of the '60s. It was an exotic, star-studded childhood, but having groovy parents doesn't insulate one from the challenge of forging one's own identity in the world. Berman's successful effort to do that provides the heart and soul of this movingly candid chronicle of growing up bohemian."--Kristine McKenna, co-author of Room to Dream by David Lynch "This is a beautifully written memoir, and I highly recommend it to those who are interested in the Sixties, Topanga Canyon, the Southern California art scene, and for those who wonder what it might mean to grow up as the son of one of our most acclaimed artists."--Lisa See, author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Download or read book Tosh 0 written by Daniel Tosh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardigans Plus Casual Jackets; combine for fifteen hilarious episodes. This double set includes web redemptions with Tron Guy, the backyard wrestler, the N64 kid and David After The Dentist gets back at his dad. Plus, Old Lee reads Miley Cyrus tweets, Daniel gets to the bottom of an epic Beard Man Fight, the grossest thing you've ever seen on television and that's just the tip of the iceberg, which includes Tosh.0 entering the Winter Olympics.
Download or read book Adaptation Online written by Lyndsay Michalik Gratch and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation Online: Creating Memes, Sweding Movies, and other Digital Performances explores how traditional notions of the processes and products of creative adaptation are evolving online. Using a performance lens and a shift in terminology from the metaphor of the cultural meme to the framing that adaptation affords, Lyndsay Michalik Gratch considers online adaptations in terms of creative process and human agency, rather than merely as products. This book offers a glossary of strategies for online adaptation that is useful not only for scholars in performance studies, but also for scholars of cinema, communications, and new media studies.
Download or read book Daniel Tosh 52 Success Facts Everything You Need to Know about Daniel Tosh written by Andrew Doyle and published by Emereo Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Tosh, Better than ever. This book is your ultimate resource for Daniel Tosh. Here you will find the most up-to-date 52 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Daniel Tosh's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Daniel Tosh - Stand-up specials, Comedy Central Presents - The Best of Comedy Central Presents: Uncensored II, Pacquiao - Acting career, Carrot Top - Television appearances, WTF with Marc Maron - Background, Forever (Chris Brown song) - Background and synopsis, Wikipedia - Satire, Brickleberry - Main characters, The Love Guru - Cast, Daniel Tosh - Tosh.0, James Van Der Beek - In popular culture, Daniel Tosh - Career, Tosh.0 - History, Aron Ralston - Media appearances, Insult comic - Notable insult comics, Happy Thoughts, Mind of Mencia - Guest appearances, Premium Blend - Overview, List of comedians - T, Astronaut High School - Notable alumni, Daniel Tosh - Early life, Black humor - Adoption in literary criticism, Insult comedy - Notable insult comics, Greg Giraldo - Tributes, Daniel Tosh - Philanthropy, Sgt. Slaughter - Other media, Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious, Laugh Factory - Notable performers, Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts, Comedienne, Tosh.0 - Format, Zach Anner - Celebrity and media support, Chocolate Rain - Performances, Comedian - Modern Era, Image Entertainment - Stand-up comedy, Boppard - Sons and daughters of the town, Boppard - Famous people associated with the town, Daniel Tosh - Controversy, WAMI-DT - Notable alumni, Brickleberry - Reception, Manny Pacquiao - Acting career, and much more...
Download or read book Yves Klein Japan written by and published by Dilecta. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Yves Klein's formative period in Japan formed his dual pursuits of art and judo Yves Klein (1928-62) first traveled to Japan as a young man in 1952, motivated primarily by his interest in judo. During his 15 months abroad, Klein had numerous important creative and philosophical revelations that culminated in the launch of his artistic career upon his return to Paris. Prepared in collaboration with the Yves Klein Archives, this volume details Klein's relationship with Japan through nearly 150 archival documents, photographs and letters, inviting the reader on his journey from martial arts to fine art at the very beginning of his career. Along the way we learn of Klein's important encounters with art critic Takachiyo Uemura, painter Keizo Koyama and design professor Masaki Yamaguchi. Yves Klein: Japan provides essential insight into the origins of Klein's oeuvre as both a groundbreaking visual artist and prolific writer whose short-lived career helped to transform postwar art.
Download or read book The Daniel Tosh Handbook Everything You Need to Know about Daniel Tosh written by Emily Smith and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Dwight Tosh (born May 29, 1975) is a German-born, American stand-up comedian. He hosts the Comedy Central television show Tosh.0. This book is your ultimate resource for Daniel Tosh. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Daniel Tosh's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Daniel Tosh, Astronaut High School, Boppard, Brickleberry, Comedy Central Presents, Completely Serious, Greg Giraldo, Happy Thoughts, Laugh Factory, Live at Gotham, Loveline, Premium Blend, The Love Guru, Titusville, Florida, Tosh.0 73...and more pages Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.
Download or read book Sketch Comedy written by Nick Marx and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of sketch comedy on American television and analysis of what it says about American culture and society. In Sketch Comedy: Identity, Reflexivity, and American Television, Nick Marx examines some of the genre’s most memorable?and controversial?moments from the early days of television to the contemporary line-up. Through explorations of sketches from well-known shows such as Saturday Night Live, The State, Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, and more, Marx argues that the genre has served as a battleground for the struggle between comedians who are pushing the limits of what is possible on television and network executives who are more mindful of the financial bottom line. Whether creating new catchphrases or transgressing cultural taboos, sketch comedies give voice to marginalized performers and audiences, providing comedians and viewers opportunities to test their own ideas about their place in society, while simultaneously echoing mainstream cultural trends. The result, Marx suggests, is a hilarious and flexible form of identity play unlike anything else in American popular culture and media. “An excellent study of a long-neglected area in television/media studies and is part of a larger turn toward the centrality of comedy in post-war U.S. culture.” —Jeffrey Sconce, Northwestern University “A stalwart of television . . . sketch comedy finally gets the in-depth critical attention it deserves . . . Marx shows how sketch comedy has fit (and been constrained by) TV’s industrial contexts, from live variety shows in its earliest days to movement across media in the era of multiple platforms. These case studies not only chart sketch comedy’s past, they provide the theoretical and analytical tools to consider its future.” —Ethan Thompson, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Download or read book Extreme Mean written by Paula Todd and published by Signal. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of Canada's foremost investigative writers, a groundbreaking exposé on the motives and machinations behind cyberabuse - tormenting, trolling, harassment, cyberbullying, stalking, and sexual extortion - and the toll it is taking on children, youth, and adults around the world. It seems as if each week our news broadcasts, newspaper headlines, Twitter feeds, and Facebook timelines are dominated by stories of cyberbullying and other digital abuse. This isn't the playground teasing and name-calling of generations before the Internet. This new abuse's unique characteristics - anonymity, permanence, and viral audience - can relentlessly exacerbate the humiliation, pain, and danger of its victims. Ugly rumours that once snaked through school hallways and around the office water cooler are now delivered at lightning speed to the world, while sexual extortion and revenge-porn sites target those who've shared intimate images or had them stolen by hackers. Cyberstalkers who target adults destroy reputations and careers. And the splendid connectivity of social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, also makes us vulnerable to "interpersonal terrorism," while apps that promise privacy and rapid deletion are ridden with loopholes. With vivid reportage, Paula Todd goes deep into the world of "extreme mean," uncovering the people who use the Internet to undermine lives rather than improve them. Through exclusive personal stories of online abuse from around the world, including the suicide of Amanda Todd and the untold costs of Rebecca Black's experience as "the most hated girl on the Internet," as well as interviews with troll-tormentors, accidental abusers, victimized kids, and adults, Extreme Mean explores the often surprising roots of online abuse, challenges current academic thinking, and offers new ways of understanding the nasty and the nefarious who erode humanity and threaten Internet freedom. Provocative, astute and compelling, Extreme Mean is a shocking yet inspiring illustration of behaviour that affects all of us. It's a call-to-arms for change, and a search for ways to turn a moral panic into a moral possibility.
Download or read book Pieces of Ease and Grace written by Alan Cadwallader and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The previous volume of essays, Five Uneasy Pieces was warmly received. People of faith and spirituality were looking for liberating understandings of the Bible in engagement with their own sexualities and those of friends, family and beyond. The book demonstrated clearly that oppressive uses of selected texts from the Bible were invalid. But more is needed. The obligation upon scriptural scholars is to establish scripture's hospitable inclusion of those whose sexual identities have been subjected to such oppression. Pieces of Ease and Grace retrieves biblical texts as actively embracing gays and lesbians within the community of faith. Their stories profoundly intersect with those of scripture. Here is a collection of biblical essays on sexuality and welcome that restores the Bible as a book of grace to those whose sexual identities had previously been lost, or condemned, in interpretation.
Download or read book Comic Performativities written by Dustin Goltz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comic Performativities: Identity, Internet Outrage, and the Aesthetics of Communication studies patterns of criticism and public debate in the relationship between humour, identity, and offense. In an increasingly reductive and politically charged debate, right-wing pundits argue leftist politics has compromised a free and open discussion, while scholars take right-wing critics to task for reifying systems of oppression under the guise of reason and respect. In response, Goltz scrutinises twenty-first century "comedic controversies," the notion of "political correctness," and the so-called "outrage machine" of social media. How should we appropriately determine whether a joke is "sexist," "racist," or "offensive"? Informed by communication, performance, and critical identity theory, Goltz examines infamous controversies involving performers like Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, and Seth MacFarlane, and the social media backlash that redefined these events. He investigates the ironic interplay between spoken word, identity, physicality and, as a result, the contrasting meanings potentially construed. Consequently, the book encourages a greater appreciation of the aesthetics involved in comedic performance that help signpost interpretation and emphasizes the role of the audience as self-reflexive and self-aware. This book highlights the significant parallels between the nature of performance art and comedic performance in order to elevate analysis of, and discussion around, contemporary comedy. In doing so, it is an important critical contribution to the field of performance studies and cultural criticism, as well as communication studies, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Download or read book Annual Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ha written by Scott Weems and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny—and why? In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter, cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems uncovers what’s happening in our heads when we giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. While we typically think of humor in terms of jokes or comic timing, in Ha! Weems proposes a provocative new model. Humor arises from inner conflict in the brain, he argues, and is part of a larger desire to comprehend a complex world. Showing that the delight that comes with “getting” a punchline is closely related to the joy that accompanies the insight to solve a difficult problem, Weems explores why surprise is such an important element in humor, why computers are terrible at recognizing what’s funny, and why it takes so long for a tragedy to become acceptable comedic fodder. From the role of insult jokes to the benefit of laughing for our immune system, Ha! reveals why humor is so idiosyncratic, and why how-to books alone will never help us become funnier people. Packed with the latest research, illuminating anecdotes, and even a few jokes, Ha! lifts the curtain on this most human of qualities. From the origins of humor in our brains to its life on the standup comedy circuit, this book offers a delightful tour of why humor is so important to our daily lives.
Download or read book The She Devil from Fire Island written by jmax young and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her hippie mother convinced Baez to birth her baby in the neighbor's swimming pool. After that bad advice, the reader must decide if her life went uphill or down. Enticed away from a topless bar, wrestling provided opportunities and adventures never before imagined. Her wrestling partner, the Vietnamese Ninja, and others provided a reckless ride through the comical world of wrestling and beyond. Her little girl, Shiloh, ruled her life as well as her desire to encourage other young women to study science and technology, but her personal decisions often interfered. Before wrestling, she struggled to pay tuition at MIT. The biggest challenge came when her daughter is kidnapped and she then spent many years searching for her. You will fall in love with Baez and others; despise the rest. Happy ending? You decide!
