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100 1 Steinberg, David,|d1942 August 9-|eauthor.
245 10 Inside comedy :|bthe soul, wit, and bite of comedy and
comedians of the last five decades /|cDavid Steinberg.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2021.
264 4 |c©2021
300 338 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"
504 Includes index.
505 0 Disguised as a normal person -- The apprenticeship of
Duddy Steinberg: The most irresponsible student at the
University of Chicago sees the best comedian of all time--
Lenny Bruce-- and finds his life's work -- God, whom I'm
sure you remember from last week's sermon: My first years
at Second City and the other icons who joined -- From
Second City to Broadway: Little Murders, Elliott Gould,
Lily Tomlin, and other memories from delight to disaster -
- The Comedians' comedians: Sid Caesar, Don Rickles, Mel
Brooks, Jackie Mason, Carl Reiner, Jack Carter, Shecky
Greene, Flip Wilson, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey
Korman, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams -- The Hillcrest
Country Club: It's Not the Golf, It's the Comedy: Groucho
Marx, The Marx Brothers, George Burns, Jack Benny, Danny
Kaye, and Danny Thomas, who at least looked Jewish --
Comedy in the age of Nixon . . . What comedy? -- The brave
humor of the Smothers Brothers -- The Tonight Shows:
Johnny Carson, and hosts before and after -- Behind Some
of the Best Comedy on Television: The Danny Thomas Show,
Newhart, Designing Women, Golden Girls, Friends, Mad About
You, Garry Shandling, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, and
those in between -- Actors as Comedians, Comedians as
Actors: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steve Martin, Chris Rock,
Will Ferrell, Whoopi Goldberg, Lucille Ball, Bette Midler,
Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, Albert Brooks, Bob Einstein, Redd
Foxx, Wanda Sykes, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Richard
Lewis, Bob Saget, Steve Carrell, Jim Carrey, Ellen
DeGeneres, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Nealon, Robert
Klein, John Candy, Stephen Colbert, Martin Mull, Eric Idle,
Richard Belzer, Drew Carey, Billy Crystal, Marty Short.
520 "A personal history of comedy from the 1950s to the
present, with interviews conducted by the author." --
publisher.
520 Steinberg, a comic institution himself, provides a
personal history of comedy from the 1950s to the present.
From the historic greats to the greats of right now,
Steinberg makes clear why he loves comedy and the
comedians who have been by his side in his work, and in
his life, for more than sixty years. -- adapted from
jacket
648 7 1900-2099|2fast
650 0 Comedy|xHistory and criticism.
650 0 Television comedies|xHistory and criticism.
650 0 Comedians|zUnited States|vAnecdotes.
650 0 Television producers and directors|vAnecdotes.
650 0 Comedians|zUnited States|y20th century|xInfluence.
650 0 Comedians|zUnited States|y21st century|xInfluence.
650 0 American wit and humor|xHistory and criticism.
650 0 Comedians|zUnited States.
650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh
650 7 PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy.|2bisacsh
650 7 American wit and humor.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00807457
650 7 Comedians.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00869077
650 7 Comedy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00869083
650 7 Television comedies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01146832
650 7 Television producers and directors.|2fast
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651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 Anecdotes.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423876
655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635
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