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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Nesteroff, Kliph, author.     Subjects     Comedy -- History and criticism.     American wit and humor -- History and criticism.     Vaudeville -- History and criticism.     Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History and criticism.     Comedians -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nesteroff, Kliph, author.       by title:      The comedians : drun...         MARC Display

The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy / Kliph Nesteroff. by Nesteroff, Kliph, author. New York : Grove Press, c2015. Subjects Comedy -- History and criticism.   American wit and humor -- History and criticism.   Vaudeville -- History and criticism.   Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History and criticism.   Comedians -- United States. ISBN:  9780802123985 (hardcover) Description:  xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 792.7028 Ne Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 792.7028 Ne Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 792.7028 Ne Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 792.7028 Ne Checked out 06/04/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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