The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy / by Kliph Nesteroff.
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TextPublisher: New York : Grove Press, c2015Description: xvii, 425 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780802125682
- 792.7602 23 N376c
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Includes bibliographical references and index.(p. 396-425).
"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.