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Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Description
"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....
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