TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nesteroff,Kliph
TI  - The comedians: drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy 
SN  - 9780802123985
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Grove Press
KW  - Comedy
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - American wit and humor
KW  - Vaudeville
KW  - Stand-up comedy
KW  - United States
KW  - Comedians
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -