The comedians drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy
"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 pre...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The comedians : |b drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy / |c Kliph Nesteroff. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Grove Press, |c [2015] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2015 | |
| 300 | |a xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, portraits ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |a "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 | |a American wit and humor | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Comedians |z United States. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a W. R. Hickey Beer Distributor, Inc. tribute | |
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