Results for "Childhood" in Comedy & Humour

'A FRANK, FUNNY, POWERFUL MEMOIR,' The Guardian *** 'Put very simply, the details of my life could be boiled down to "boy dreams of being a comedian and then becomes one", so in a basic sense everything has gone according to plan. Item number one on the lifetime to-do list has been well and...

Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in middle America in the Fifties, complete, unabridged and read by the author. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold.

A house full of biological warfare, a lethal playground game, and the absolute destruction of Kevins crown jewels. It's April 1988, and the McFlippertie terraced fortress has become a complete zone of despair. A brutal stomach bug has breached the perimeter, reducing Dad and two brothers into...

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America Book Club Pick! This witty, slow-burn rom-com is the perfect beach read. Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break...

Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt...

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question and J, and one of “our funniest writers alive” (Allison Pearson): a wickedly observed novel of old age and new love. At the age of ninety-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything—including her own children. Her...

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author. From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. A book that delivers on the...

Susan Huckle was raised for the End Times: homeschooled on Bible prophecy, drilled on the signs of the Rapture, and taught to keep a bag packed for Jesus's return. Believing the world could end any day was comforting. It meant she didn't have to think too hard about why God still hadn't healed her father, paralyzed by a stroke. When Susan leaves her small town on California’s Central Coast to chase acting in L. A., the questions she's never let herself ask start catching up with her.

It all started on Christmas morning, 1987kicking off a wild, legendary animal saga that wouldn't end until winter the following year! Jim desperately wanted a pet mouse for Christmas, and Santa delivered. The only problem? A rogue decorative ribbon gets caught in the cage latch, giving 'Bubbles'...

Its the brutal Siberian winter of 1987, but inside the McFlippertie household, the gas fire is blasting, the Space Raiders are flowing, and a biological emergency is brewing. Tommy has a legendary problem: he hasn't logged in weeks. But a freezing afternoon out in the snow changes everything...

The sun is shining, and the McFlipperties brothers are loose in Manchester with 50p burning a hole in their pockets. It's the summer of 1987. With Mum and Tommy out renting Ferris Buellers Day Off from the local newsagent, the remaining brothers head out to Salmonella Fieldsa local pond so foul...

Welcome to 1987 Manchester. Six people, a tiny terraced house, a random living-room rabbit, and an absolute house full of nutters. Meet the McFlipperties. Ruled by a house-proud Mum armed with a damp tea towel and a Dad who is so laid back hes practically horizontal, life in this two-up...

Parenting: Wrong Turns, Right Lessons: 30 INSIGHTS to Build Lifelong Influence and Relationships with Your Children is the first book in Scott's newest series featuring his three sons as co-authors, writing on the topics of Parenting, Communication, and Relationships. This book focuses on 30...

WTAF was my childhood? Growing up in the 80s and 90s was wild, dangerous toys, questionable parenting, and “family-friendly” TV shows, movies, and songs that were anything but. Join Eric (True Consequences) and Justin (Generation Why) each week as they dig into the hilarious, traumatic, and downright unbelievable stories from their childhoods. From near-death experiences and soap-in-the-mouth punishments to singing wildly inappropriate lyrics as a child, this podcast asks the question we’re all thinking: What the actual f* was my childhood?** If you love nostalgia with a side of dark ...

These are the exotic, funny and sometimes bittersweet family stories and photos of an overseas childhood told by the daughter of a State Department diplomat about her family's travels and experiences living overseas from 1957 to 1972. She and her six brothers spent their childhoods in South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Ethiopia. Through her stories, the listener can begin to appreciate the adaptability of children to other cultures and the fortitude and courage of parents trying to raise their children to be good citizens of the world as well as good Americans.

Welcome to Childhood Confessions, the podcast where nostalgia meets honesty! Join us as we dive into the vibrant world of millennial memories, exploring the quirks and adventures of growing up in the 90s and 2000s. Each episode, we bring on special guests to share their tales of childhood mischief, discuss millennial topics, and reminisce about the cultural touchstones that defined our formative years.From playground antics to late-night AIM chats, we'll take a trip down memory lane while unpacking the experiences that shaped us into the adults we are today. But that's not all – we're not ...

Larry Emdur is one of Australia's most popular and enduring TV personalities. Happy As is a memoir of becoming Larry. Gold Logie Winner for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television 2024 Long before the game shows and morning TV, Larry Emdur was just Larry, a cheeky kid from Bondi who...

Harriet, Ethan and Rach take you in to the deepest, darkest corners of your childhood, reading fan fictions of your most beloved tales. Season 1 is a full reading of what the internet has dubbed the worst fan fiction of all time: My Immortal by Tara Gillesbie.

A dumpster dive into our childhood nostalgia. Join us in re-examining the most influential and minor media of the 2000s and 2010s that raised us in order to answer the question: TRAGIC OR NOSTALGIC? Part rewatch podcast, part pop culture dissection and total mess that was our adolescence.

The podcast where we look under the bed. In each episode we take a lighthearted look at the creepy things (both intentional and unintentional) that caused us all nightmares as kids and still give us the chills today. We will take on movies, TV shows, books, the scary house in the neighborhood, the lunch lady, or anything else that frightened us and ask - were our fears justified?