The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy

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"Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the stand-up comedian transcends the ages: the striving and struggles, the tragedy and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle, George Carlin to Eddie Murphy, Conan O'Brien to Louis C. K.--comedy historian Kliph Nes...

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Main Author: Nesteroff, Kliph (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Comedy > History and criticism.
American wit and humor > History and criticism.
Vaudeville > History and criticism.
Stand-up comedy > United States > History and criticism.
Comedians > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Vaudeville comedians
  • Radio
  • Nightclubs
  • Television
  • Late night
  • The emergence of Las Vegas
  • Stand-up's great change
  • Percolation in the mid-1960s
  • Hippie madness at decade's end
  • The first comedy clubs and the 1970s
  • The stand-up comedy boom
  • The 1990s
  • The new mellennium.

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