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Inside comedy : the soul, wit, and bite of comedy and comedians of the last five decades / David Steinberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinberg, David, 1942 August 9- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comedy--History and criticism.
- Comedy.
- Television comedies--History and criticism.
- Television comedies.
- Comedians--United States--Anecdotes.
- Comedians.
- Television producers and directors--Anecdotes.
- Television producers and directors.
- Comedians--United States--20th century--Influence.
- Comedians--United States--21st century--Influence.
- American wit and humor--History and criticism.
- American wit and humor.
- Comedians--United States.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Disguised as a normal person
- The apprenticeship of Duddy Steinberg: The most irresponsible student at the University of Chicago sees the best comedian of all time
- Lenny Bruce
- and finds his life's work
- God, whom I'm sure you remember from last week's sermon: My first years at Second City and the other icons who joined
- From Second City to Broadway: Little Murders, Elliott Gould, Lily Tomlin, and other memories from delight to disaster
- The Comedians' comedians: Sid Caesar, Don Rickles, Mel Brooks, Jackie Mason, Carl Reiner, Jack Carter, Shecky Greene, Flip Wilson, Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams
- The Hillcrest Country Club: It's Not the Golf, It's the Comedy: Groucho Marx, The Marx Brothers, George Burns, Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, and Danny Thomas, who at least looked Jewish
- Comedy in the age of Nixon . . . What comedy?
- The brave humor of the Smothers Brothers
- The Tonight Shows: Johnny Carson, and hosts before and after
- Behind Some of the Best Comedy on Television: The Danny Thomas Show, Newhart, Designing Women, Golden Girls, Friends, Mad About You, Garry Shandling, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, and those in between
- Actors as Comedians, Comedians as Actors: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steve Martin, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, Whoopi Goldberg, Lucille Ball, Bette Midler, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, Albert Brooks, Bob Einstein, Redd Foxx, Wanda Sykes, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Richard Lewis, Bob Saget, Steve Carrell, Jim Carrey, Ellen DeGeneres, John Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Nealon, Robert Klein, John Candy, Stephen Colbert, Martin Mull, Eric Idle, Richard Belzer, Drew Carey, Billy Crystal, Marty Short.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780525520580
- 0525520589
- Publisher Number:
- 40030651673
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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