Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.

Ketzel Weinrach is barely coming to terms with the death and possible infidelity of her famous husband, Morty Tittelman, he who made a career out of dirty jokes. Her own career in comedy was derailed a while ago, and now her family sends her packing on an important assignment: go to Las Vegas and investigate the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Potsie. In Sin City, Ketzel finds plenty of opportunities to revisit her past and maybe even reinvent...

"June Bloom is a broke, cynical twenty-nine-year-old writers' assistant on the late-night comedy show, Stay Up with Hugo Best. Hugo Best is in his sixties, a beloved icon of TV and humor, and a notorious womanizer. After he unexpectedly retires and a party is held for his now unemployed staff, June ends up at a dive bar for an open-mic night and prepares for the sad return to the anonymous comedian lifestyle. What she's not prepared for is a run-in...