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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Television talk shows -- United States.
Television comedy writers -- United States -- Biography.
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Monologue : what mak...
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Monologue : what makes America laugh before bed / Jon Macks.
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Macks, Jon, author.
New York : Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2015.
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Macks, Jon.
Television talk shows -- United States.
Television comedy writers -- United States -- Biography.
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9780399171666 (hbk.)
0399171665 (hbk.)
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226 pages ; 22 cm
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"Ever since Johnny Carson first popularized the late-night talk show in 1962 with The Tonight Show, the eleven p.m. to two a.m. comedy time slot on network television has remained an indelible part of our national culture. More than six popular late-night shows air every night of the week, and with recent major shake-ups in the industry, late-night television has never been more relevant to our public consciousness than it is today. Jon Macks, a veteran writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, takes us behind the scenes of this world for an in-depth, colorful look at what really makes these hosts the arbiters of public opinion. From the opening monologue--what's funny, what's dangerous, what's untouchable--to the best vs. worst guests, Macks covers the landscape of late-night comedy"--
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