The Comedians : : Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy
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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.
"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 Nesteroff presents a century of fascinating rebels, forgotten stars, and characters on the precipice of fame in this essnetial history of American comedy."--Book jacket.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Grove Press, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780802123985
0802123988
SUBJECTS
American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
Comedians.