Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The comedians

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

921844606

Responsibility statement

Kliph Nesteroff

Sub title

drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy

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

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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