| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
Comedy -- History and criticism.
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American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
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Vaudeville -- History and criticism.
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Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Comedians -- United States.
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HISTORY / Social History.
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| Genre/Form |
Stand-up comedy routines.
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| ISBN |
9780802123985 (hardcover) |
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0802123988 (hardcover) |
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9780802190864 (ebook) |
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0802190863 (ebook) |
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