Ergebnis für "The Cone" in Comedy & Humor

Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con seeking sanctuary with other fans and creators - and maybe to reunite with his ex - but when his rival is found murdered, he becomes the prime suspect. To clear his name, Mike will have to navigate every corner of the con, from zombie obstacle courses and cosplay flash mobs to intrusive fans and obsessive collectors, in the process unraveling a dark secret behind one of the industry's most legendary creators.

Un "divertissement", un guizzo anarchico dell'intelligenza. È così che si possono definire queste pagine nelle quali Cipolla abbandona gli austeri panni dello studioso e, giocando sul filo del paradosso e dell'assurdo, costruisce due brevi saggi: il primo, una ilare parodia della storia economica e sociale del Medioevo; il secondo, una sorta di scherzosa teoria generale della stupidità umana.

Bienvenidos a Yapeo con Quintero: dónde hablamos de cosas serias sin seriedad alguna.

In Scam Goddess, Laci recounts how her scammer instincts have guided her throughout her life—from a religious childhood in rural Texas, to a stint as a city bartender at what might have been a drug front, to swindling her way past the gatekeepers of Hollywood—recounting the greatest true-crime scam stories that inspired her along the way. Whether it’s by the beauty industry, capitalism, or the people we date, we’re all getting scammed. In this book, Laci identifies the secrets to flipping the script and coming out ahead.

Sírvete un tequila o un mezcal, un café o un chocolate caliente, tal vez un jugo de zanahoria o de chicozapote, hasta con un vasito de agua y acompaña a estos dos amigos en un nuevo podcast. Andrés Bustamante y Trino Camacho nos invitan a formar parte de sus pláticas semanales, donde repasan las mejores anécdotas que marcaron (o no) sus vidas, las noticias más absurdas y los inventos más extravagantes que puedan encontrarse. Esto es La última trinchera, donde el humor se convierte en el último bastión a defender. Escucha los episodios completos de La última trinchera en todos los ...

Dalla fine della primavera molti italiani entrano in una strana agitazione e non solo per le scadenze fiscali: è il momento di affrontare la questione delle vacanze estive, almeno per gli imprevidenti che non si sono organizzati prima e al netto di restrizioni pandemiche e mascherine varie. Sbiadito il mito del low-cost, bisogna fare i conti col carovita e in qualche caso ricorrere al mutuo balneare, pur di non apparire "sfigati" sui social, dove postare le foto delle vacanze è ormai un obbligo.

It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone but the IRS. After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. It’s a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy's a capable person—how hard can a job in wardrobe be?

Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton.

Con la ayuda de este libro y su dedicación, será posible que cualquier persona gane confianza en sus habilidades de comunicación. Les resultará mucho más fácil cuando descubran que es necesario hablar en público.

Prewitt Patry is an expert in European art and antiquities, and he used to be the best con artist in New York City. But fate has left him divorced and broke, with his glory days behind him. Then a golden opportunity falls into his lap. Ranger du Courtemanche is the aging patriarch of the centuries-old French aristocratic Courtemanche family. The family resides in their ancestral chateau, and they haven’t been outside the property in years. Enter Prewitt, who cozies up to the reclusive family and warns them that their chateau and wealth have been targeted by an obscure secret society.

Southern belle BeBe Loudermilk has lost all her worldly possessions, thanks to a brief but disastrous relationship with the gorgeous Reddy, an "investment counselor" who turns out to be a con man. All that's left is a ramshackle 1950s motel on Tybee Island, an eccentric beach town that calls itself a drinking village with a fishing problem.

FBI special agent Kate O’Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist’s 20th-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed "King of Hostile Takeovers" is getting married, Kate is 85 percent - okay maybe 92 percent - sure that she’s finally going to bag Nick Fox. Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year.

Tiffany Haddish está de regreso con su nueva y muy esperada colección de ensayos. La última vez que los lectores se sentaron con Tiffany Haddish fue con su exitoso debut El Ultimo Unicornio Negro. Desde entonces, se catapultó a la fama como estrella de Girls Trip. Desfiló por la alfombra roja de los Oscar, estrenó exitosas comedias en Showtime y Netflix y pasó a la historia como la primera comediante negra en presentar Saturday Night Live y Shark Week. Pero no todo ha sido una fiesta. En estos ensayos humorísticos y sentidos, Tiffany se enfrenta a los altibajos de la vida.

Who doesn’t love a great CONversation? Especially those where many topics are touched upon and links made potentially without rhyme or reason. However, many of the best chats are over way too quickly, lost when the party is over or food and drink becomes a higher priority. Not this one. With the magic of technology and hosted by your CON artists Freddie & Marius, One Long Con is a never-ending talk that always picks up right where it left off. An experimental experience aimed to find out just how far we can go on an infinite tangent.If you are new to our CONversation, feel free to start at ...

Samantha is a professional seductress and con artist with a heart of gold. If she talked about her work, she’d tell you she only pilfers organs for medical research and that she only takes one kidney, and she only steals those kidneys from dishonest people. It’s hell on her social life. Abe is the doctor and Sam's partner in crime. He isn’t much of a criminal. Except for the kidney stealing. But he’s using that money to fund his research that he anticipates will be able to cure diabetes. So, all for a good cause...? You decide. Of course, it's hell on his social life.

Firme como te gusta y fina como dama. Así es La Bronca, con huevos y en tacones. Cada semana, La Bronca llega con todo: lengua afilada, alma de barrio, y tacones bien puestos. Aquí no hay censura, hay verdades. No hay poses, hay poder. Opiniones calientes, temas malandros que te sacuden y hasta rituales con su madre pa’ limpiar el alma y romper cadenas.

¿Quién no ha salido una noche de fiesta y ha acabado liada con un desconocido? Lo que ya no es tan común es que ese desconocido sea Satán, y que encima te deje preñada. Una comedia gamberra, fantástica, apocalíptica y muy satánica sobre una madre que, por lo que sea, no está preparada para la maternidad, y mucho menos cuando el bebé es el Anticristo, en cuyo camino se cruzarán desde Jesucristo a sacerdotes ninja, Carmen Polo de Franco, Fraga o el verdadero asesino de Kennedy.

En esta ocasión, la trama se centra en un trío de personajes encabezados por Johan Asesino Andersson, quien, después de cumplir en la cárcel tres largas condenas por homicidio, se gana la vida realizando pequeños trabajos de intimidación para los gánsteres locales mientras lucha contra su afición a la bebida, que está empezando a afectar negativamente su desempeño profesional.

See You At San Diego is the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of the Comic-Con and fandom scene. This full-fledged oral history—bursting with intimate reflections, hilarious observations, and at times, heartbreaking stories—is about how the geek at last inherited the earth and the story of the transformation of mainstream American pop culture into comic book culture over the past century.

"Dans la liste des précautions oratoires, celle-ci occupe une place à part. Elle souhaite jouer la surprise par sa forme, une vulgarité appuyée qui aurait pour mission de gommer à l'avance le pire des soupçons : une pensée réactionnaire. L'interlocuteur ne doit pas se récrier avant la remarque promise. Mais une petite réticence aux commissures des lèvres signifiant "Toi, passer pour un vieux con !?" semble bienvenue. Elle était espérée."