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The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy / Kliph Nesteroff.

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ISBN: 0802123988
ISBN: 9780802123985
ISBN: 9780802123985
ISBN: 0802123988
Physical Description: xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Grove Press, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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. 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.
Summary, etc.:	"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.