The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Nesteroff, Kliph
The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Nesteroff, Kliph

The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life...
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The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Nesteroff, Kliph

The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

CHF 38.25
The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Nesteroff, Kliph

The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

CHF 38.25
Author: Kliph Nesteroff
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, Nesteroff's groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years.

Starting with the vaudeville circuit at the turn of the last century, Nesteroff introduces the first stand-up comedian--an emcee who abandoned physical shtick for straight jokes. After the repeal of Prohibition, Mafia-run supper clubs replaced speakeasies, and mobsters replaced vaudeville impresarios as the comedian's primary employer. In the 1950s, the late-night talk show brought stand-up to a wide public, while Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Jonathan Winters attacked conformity and staged a comedy rebellion in coffeehouses. From comedy's part in the Civil Rights movement and the social upheaval of the late 1960s, to the first comedy clubs of the 1970s and the cocaine-fueled comedy boom of the 1980s, The Comedians culminates with a new era of media-driven celebrity in the twenty-first century.

Author: Kliph Nesteroff
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 11/03/2015
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780802123985


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 88
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015
Booklist 11/01/2015 pg. 16
Publishers Weekly 11/09/2015
New York Times Book Review 12/06/2015 pg. 58
Kirkus Best Nonfiction 12/01/2015 pg. 33

About the Author
Kliph Nesteroff is a former stand-up comic turned writer. A longtime contributor to WFMU, writing about the history of comedy, Nesteroff's latest project is hosting the Classic Showbiz Talk Show, a live series in Los Angeles that has welcomed comedy luminaries like Mel Brooks, Fred Willard and Laugh-In creator George Schlatter.

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