Golden Boy
Love him or hate him, Ricky Gervais certainly made headlines at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards. This Brit wit took no prisoners and left viewers debating whether he was a) just taking the mickey out of a corrupt event full of self-satisfied celebrities or b) just bloody rude.
Gervais isn't the only comedian to make people uncomfortable. Explore these biographies, memoirs, and performances by the masters of edgy, outrageous humour – where testing boundaries and hurling zingers are an art form.
- Call Me Russell by Russell Peters
- Suck on This Year by Denis Leary
- Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal by Russell Brand
- The Bedwet ter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee by Sarah Silverman
- Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir by Kathy Griffin
- Suck it, Wonder Woman: the Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek by Olivia Munn
- Chocolate Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat and Freaks by Lisa Lampanelli
- Sacha Baron Cohen by Kathleen Tracy
- American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story by Cynthia True
- I Have Chosen To Stay and Fight by Margaret Cho
- Chris Rock: Never Scared HBO special in DVD
- Leader of the Banned: Sam Kinison on audiobook
And the classics . . . .
- Last Words by George Carlin
- Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman by Bill Zehme
- Rickles' Book by Don Rickles
- Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences by Richard Pryor
- Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work documentary directed by Anne Sundberg and Ricki Stern
- The Lenny Bruce Performance Film on DVD
Finally, Ricky tortures Elmo. Check this out.
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