The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy /
Nesteroff, Kliph,
The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy / Kliph Nesteroff. - First edition. - xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index.
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 millennium.
"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 essential history of American comedy."--Book jacket.
9780802123985 0802123988
Comedy--History and criticism.
American wit and humor--History and criticism.
Vaudeville--History and criticism.
Stand-up comedy--History and criticism.--United States
Comedians--United States.
The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy / Kliph Nesteroff. - First edition. - xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index.
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 millennium.
"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 essential history of American comedy."--Book jacket.
9780802123985 0802123988
Comedy--History and criticism.
American wit and humor--History and criticism.
Vaudeville--History and criticism.
Stand-up comedy--History and criticism.--United States
Comedians--United States.