Tell Me Funny Comedy Books

[yesno]

The Complete Peter Cook

[Keith Whitener]

Not the David Cross book.

I second this sentiment.

[Christina]

Any of the John Swartzwelder books. 

Been meaning to pick this guy's books up for some time now ... I think of him as the real world equivalent of D-Day from Animal House.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Great recs, thanks everyone!  I actually permanently destroyed my brother's chances at having a love life by giving him Python's All The Words at age 9 or 10, but I'm sure he'd dig lots of these others.

[ChrisRawk]

Not the David Cross book.

I second this sentiment.

I started the audiobook.  I'm a Cross fan and I'm still having a hard time getting into it. 

[Steve of Bloomington]

'My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist' by Mark Leyner is not necessarily a comedy book, but there are some very funny bits within (Big Squirrel, NFL X-ray telecasts, etc), plus it I think is in the 'blow the minds of the roughly 18 set' category.

[yesno]

When I was roughly 18 Mark Leyner duly blew my mind.

[Chris L]

I heard really good things about Raymond Kennedy's Ride a Cockhorse. I bought a copy a while back but haven't read it yet.

[Bryan]

Charlie Brooker has a few books, and he's quite reliably hilarious. Someone around here recently posted a link to "Unnovations,"  which is really nasty and funny, and there's an accompanying book.

http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/

[ugelhay]

If he's into improv he may already have Guru, the biography of Del Close. On my list this year are Mock Stars: Indie Comedy & the Dangerously Funny (featuring Tom), And Here's the Kicker, and I'm Dying Up Here, all of which I've heard are great.... You could also pre-order FOT Julie Klausner's book "I Don't Care About Your Band..."

[buffcoat]

Charlie Brooker has a few books, and he's quite reliably hilarious. Someone around here recently posted a link to "Unnovations,"  which is really nasty and funny, and there's an accompanying book.

http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/

That was me, and I second the website.  I like the book, but most of the funniest stuff is on the site.

[Spoony]

I used to laugh really hard at the Barry Ween series on Oni Press. I haven't looked at them in a while, but if I know 18 yr-olds, then I know he'll love something as packed with swears at that is.

[ChrisRawk]

On my list this year are Mock Stars: Indie Comedy & the Dangerously Funny (featuring Tom)

That's a good book.  The interviews are pretty amazing.  The Patton and Cross ones in particular. 

I just got Carlin's 'Last Words'.  I'm gonna crack into it once I'm done with 'The Chris Farley Show'. 

[MikeInManhattan]

Shaggy,

Robert Popper's The Timewaster Letters. I was a huge fan of Look Around You and Peep Show and then he actually called into BS (the same night as Tim Heidecker). He mentioned his book which turned out to be absolutely hysterical and a great gift for anyone who has a sense of humor (and a sense of sight)...

MikeinM

[Tor_Hershman]

"My Life As A Small Boy" by Wally Cox