The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Johnny Heller (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Johnny Heller
Johnny Heller narrates 569 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,574 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,445 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up is an audiobook by Tripp Whetsell and Budd Friedman: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Johnny Heller, released September 29, 2017, on the Memoirs shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Johnny Heller
- Released
- September 29, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9781541484658
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up as an audiobook?
The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up?
The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up is narrated by Johnny Heller.
Is The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.