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001			ocn921844606
003			OCoLC
005			20180722221511.0
008			150918s2015 nyuac b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780802123985 _q(hardcover)
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100	1		_aNesteroff, Kliph, _eauthor. _9286786
245	1	4	_aThe comedians : _bdrunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy / _cKliph Nesteroff.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bGrove Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_axvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), portraits ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index.
505	0		_aVaudeville 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.
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 essential history of American comedy."--Book jacket.
650		0	_aComedy _xHistory and criticism. _9286787
650		0	_aAmerican wit and humor _xHistory and criticism. _9286788
650		0	_aVaudeville _xHistory and criticism. _9286789
650		0	_aStand-up comedy _zUnited States _xHistory and criticism. _9286790
650		0	_aComedians _zUnited States. _926184
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