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Make 'em laugh : the funny business of America / Laurence Maslon ; based on the documentary film by Michael Kantor.
Van Pelt Library PN1969.C65 M37 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maslon, Laurence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stand-up comedy--United States--History--20th century.
- Stand-up comedy.
- Comedy sketches--United States--History--20th century.
- Comedy sketches.
- American wit and humor--20th century.
- American wit and humor.
- Comedians--United States--Biography.
- Comedians.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Make them laugh
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Twelve, 2008.
- Contents:
- Slip on a banana peel : the knockabouts
- Sock it to me? : satire and parody
- Never give a sucker an even break : smart-alecks and wiseguys
- Would ya hit a guy with glasses? : nerds, jerks, oddballs, and slackers
- Honey, I'm home! : breadwinners and homemakers
- When I'm bad, I'm better : the groundbreakers.
- Notes:
- "The companion to the PBS series"--Jacket.
- Includes bibliography (pages 366-369) and index.
- "Videography": page 370.
- ISBN:
- 9780446505314
- 0446505315
- OCLC:
- 245561649
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