Comic Steven Wright can find humor in anything. On a walk near his home in Carlisle, Massachusetts, Wright came upon a Little League baseball team. “I used to play Little League out here,” he said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Wright playing guitar in When The Leaves Blow. Many stand-up comedians who rise to household-name popularity tend to get ...

The influential stand-up wanted to “pour everything I think about being alive” into the book, which is told from the point of view of a 7-year-old. By Jason Zinoman If there’s one living stand-up ...