The Resource The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff
The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff
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The item The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the stand-up comedian transcends the ages: the striving and struggles, the tragedy and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle, George Carlin to Eddie Murphy, Conan O'Brien to Louis C. K.--comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff presents a century of fascinating rebels, forgotten stars, and characters on the precipice of fame in this essential history of American comedy."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Vaudeville comedians
- Radio
- Nightclubs
- Television
- Late night
- The emergence of Las Vegas
- Stand-up's great change
- Percolation in the mid-1960s
- Hippie madness at decade's end
- The first comedy clubs and the 1970s
- The stand-up comedy boom
- The 1990s
- The new millennium
- Isbn
- 9780802123985
- Label
- The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy
- Title
- The comedians
- Title remainder
- drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy
- Statement of responsibility
- Kliph Nesteroff
- Subject
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- Comedians
- Comedians -- United States
- Comedy
- Comedy -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- American wit and humor
- Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History and criticism
- United States
- Vaudeville
- Vaudeville -- History and criticism
- Stand-up comedy
- American wit and humor -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Jokes change from generation to generation, but the experience of the stand-up comedian transcends the ages: the striving and struggles, the tragedy and triumph. From the Marx Brothers to Milton Berle, George Carlin to Eddie Murphy, Conan O'Brien to Louis C. K.--comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff presents a century of fascinating rebels, forgotten stars, and characters on the precipice of fame in this essential history of American comedy."--Book jacket
- Cataloging source
- Nz
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nesteroff, Kliph
- Dewey number
- 792.7/028/0973
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS430
- LC item number
- .N46 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Comedy
- American wit and humor
- Vaudeville
- Stand-up comedy
- Comedians
- American wit and humor
- Comedians
- Comedy
- Stand-up comedy
- Vaudeville
- United States
- Label
- The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Vaudeville comedians -- Radio -- Nightclubs -- Television -- Late night -- The emergence of Las Vegas -- Stand-up's great change -- Percolation in the mid-1960s -- Hippie madness at decade's end -- The first comedy clubs and the 1970s -- The stand-up comedy boom -- The 1990s -- The new millennium
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802123985
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)921844606
- 2255517
- (OCoLC)921844606
- 2162427
- (OCoLC)921844606
- (OCoLC)ocn921844606
- 2162427
- (OCoLC)ocn921844606
- 2255517
- Label
- The comedians : drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-393) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Vaudeville comedians -- Radio -- Nightclubs -- Television -- Late night -- The emergence of Las Vegas -- Stand-up's great change -- Percolation in the mid-1960s -- Hippie madness at decade's end -- The first comedy clubs and the 1970s -- The stand-up comedy boom -- The 1990s -- The new millennium
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802123985
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)921844606
- 2255517
- (OCoLC)921844606
- 2162427
- (OCoLC)921844606
- (OCoLC)ocn921844606
- 2162427
- (OCoLC)ocn921844606
- 2255517
Subject
- Comedians
- Comedians -- United States
- Comedy
- Comedy -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- American wit and humor
- Stand-up comedy -- United States -- History and criticism
- United States
- Vaudeville
- Vaudeville -- History and criticism
- Stand-up comedy
- American wit and humor -- History and criticism
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