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Seriously funny : the rebel comedians of the 1950s and 1960s
Record details
- ISBN: 0375410309
- ISBN: 9780375410307
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Physical Description:
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x, 659 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-631) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The 1950s. A voice in the wilderness: Mort Sahl ; Rendering unto Caesar: Sid Caesar ; Sing a song of strychnine: Tom Lehrer ; The start of something big: Steve Allen ; And now, a laugh from our sponsor: Stan Freberg ; Televisionary: Ernie Kovacs ; Mom from Mars: Phyllis Diller ; The wild child: Jonathan Winters ; Out of thin air: Jean Shepherd, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding ; Call interrupt: Shelley Berman ; Double jeopardy: Mike Nichols and Elaine May. -- The 1960s. Charlie everybody: Bob Newhart ; The Elvis of stand-up: Lenny Bruce ; Color-coordinated: Godfrey Cambridge ; Sibling revelry: The Smothers brothers ; Bawdy and soul: Mel Brooks ; Curing the body politic: Dick Gregory ; Lasting impressions: David Frye, Vaughn Meader, Will Jordan ; Schnook's progress: Woody Allen ; Father Goose, Inc.: Bill Cosby ; Girl squawk: Joan Rivers. |
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