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An edition of Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America (2008)

Comedy at the Edge

How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America

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In the rock-and-roll 1970s, a new breed of comic, inspired by the fearless Lenny Bruce, made telling jokes an art form. Innovative comedians like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Robert Klein, and, later, Steve Martin, Albert Brooks, Robin Williams, and Andy Kaufman, tore through the country and became as big as rock stars in an era when Saturday Night Live was the apotheosis of cool and the Improv, Catch a Rising Star, and the Comedy Store were the hottest clubs around. In Comedy at the Edge, Richard Zoglin gives a backstage view of the time, when a group of brilliant, iconoclastic comedians ruled the world--and quite possibly changed it, too. Based on extensive interviews with club owners, agents, producers--and with unprecedented and unlimited access to the players themselves--Comedy at the Edge is a no-holdsbarred, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most influential and tumultuous decades in American popular culture.--From source other than Library of Congress.

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Bloomsbury USA, Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
256

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Stand-up comedy History New York Times reviewed Comedy Comedians, united states

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United States

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20th century
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Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America
January 22, 2008, Bloomsbury USA, Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
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Library of Congress
PN1969.C65 Z64 2008, PN1969.C65Z64 2008

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
Weight
1 pounds

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OL12284672M
ISBN 10
1582346240
ISBN 13
9781582346243
LCCN
2007044078
OCLC/WorldCat
176861824
LibraryThing
4313027
Goodreads
2330086

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OL9632940W

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