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003    OCoLC 
005    20151104035005.0 
008    150918s2015    nyuac    b    001 0 eng   
020    9780802123985|q(hardcover) 
020    0802123988|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9780802190864|q(ebook) 
020    |z0802190863|q(ebook) 
035    (OCoLC)921844606 
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100 1  Nesteroff, Kliph,|eauthor. 
245 14 The comedians :|bdrunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the 
       history of American comedy /|cKliph Nesteroff. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bGrove Press,|c[2015] 
264  4 |c©2015. 
300    xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color), portraits ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    "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. 
650  0 Comedy|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 American wit and humor|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Vaudeville|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Stand-up comedy|zUnited States|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Comedians|zUnited States. 
650  7 HISTORY / Social History.|2bisacsh  
655  7 Stand-up comedy routines.|2lcgft.   
994    92|bCKE