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Overview

Kiss & Tell: Stand Up & Stories About Love, Sex, Etc. is a breakthrough audiobook that combines the brashness of stand-up comedy, the intimacy of oral storytelling and the energy of a live audience to portray a compelling and hilarious take on modern relationships. Coproduced with Kevin Hart's Hartbeat and hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Bloom and Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah, Kiss & Tell presents an incredible lineup of the funniest comedians unavailable in any other format or on any other platform.

Telling a uniquely collaborative, extensive, and universal love story through a variety of diverse lenses, covering everything from first dates and first dances to cheating, break ups, and everything in between, Kiss & Tell features performances ranging from stand-up and storytelling to original songs, impressions, and more.

Organized along the timeline familiar to anyone who has been in a relationship-tracing the journey from pre-date jitters through settled domesticity-the assorted (and occasionally sordid) tales presented in Kiss & Tell bring the universal challenges and rewards of romantic relationships to hilarious life. Listeners will hear themselves in these talented performers' fresh takes on these recognizable milestones: crushes crushed, proms attended and virginities lost, couples counseling, parenthood, and blending families.

Along the way, these performers share memories from surprising turns in their own journeys, including the challenges of bringing a sex toy through airport security, and coming to the realization of how threesomes are like horror movies. You'll hear dispatches from the frontlines of today, men and women, straight and gay, pursuing romance while confronting the realities of dating in your thirties or discovering the truth about Tinder. And you'll hear love in action as several couples perform together, including newlyweds remembering the vacation that defined their relationship, and longtime partners sharing the microphone to give each other the chance to have their say.

Hosts Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) share hilarious stories of their own while introducing a roster of performers assembled exclusively for this recording, including:
Aisha Alfa
Alyssa Limperis
Atsuko Okatsuka
Chinedu Unaka
Chris Garcias
Danielle Perez
James III
JB Ball
Luke Mones
Mike Lawrence
Morgan Jay
Nate Jackson
Noah Findling
Ron Taylor
The Sklar Brothers
Sydney Battle
Sydney Steinberg
Zach Noe Towers

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal - Audio

12/01/2022

Coproduced by Simon & Schuster Audio and Kevin Hart's media company, Hartbeat, this audiobook original is high on prestige and low on laughs. If only Hart himself had stepped behind the mic to deliver a 10-minute routine, there would have been at least twice as many laughs than can be found in this 90-minute program. This is a live recording of a roster of 18 up-and-coming comedians, stand-up artists, singers, and storytellers talking about dating, love, relationships, marriage, and kids. Hosts Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) introduce the new talents and offer weak comedic banter between sets. There are some laughs along the way. "My experience with threesomes runs parallel to my experience with M. Night Shyamalan movies," says Zach Noe Towers, "in that the first one was so enthralling, I didn't even notice one of the guys was dead the whole time." Sydney Battle remembers accidentally catfishing her entire friend group, and Nate Jackson shines with his tight 15-minute spot, starting with, "Tinder is not set up for men. They think we care about the bio." VERDICT The performers often laugh louder at their weak and meandering material than the live audience. A strictly optional purchase.—Kevin Howell

Product Details

BN ID: 2940175355414
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 09/20/2022
Edition description: Unabridged
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