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Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Publication date
February 3, 2009
Pages
247
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781582346250
ISBN-10
1582346259
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.54 lbs.
Original list price
$17.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Comedy at the Edge is a detailed examination of how our current political, religious and cultural sensibility emerged from small comedy clubs¦An irresistible read and a key book for understanding our era.Buffalo News What Peter Biskind did for filmmaking, Richard Zoglin does for comedy in this meticulously researched and eminently readable account of stand-up comedy in the 1970s, when a small group of brilliant, iconoclastic comedians ruled the worldand quite possibly changed it, too.
Editions
Hardcover
from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (January 22, 2008)
9781582346243 | details & prices | 247 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.14 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A lighthearted survey of stand-up comedy in the 1970s draws on meticulous interviews to cite the contributions of celebrity comics, from George Carlin and Richard Pryor to Robin Williams and Andy Kaufman, in an account that also evaluates the roles played by such comedy clubs as Catch a Rising Star, the Improv, and the Comedy Store.
About: A lighthearted survey of stand-up comedy in the 1970s draws on meticulous interviews to cite the contributions of celebrity comics, from George Carlin and Richard Pryor to Robin Williams and Andy Kaufman, in an account that also evaluates the roles played by such comedy clubs as Catch a Rising Star, the Improv, and the Comedy Store.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (February 3, 2009); titled "Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America"
9781582346250 | details & prices | 247 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.54 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Comedy at the Edge is a detailed examination of how our current political, religious and cultural sensibility emerged from small comedy clubs¦An irresistible read and a key book for understanding our era.
About: Comedy at the Edge is a detailed examination of how our current political, religious and cultural sensibility emerged from small comedy clubs¦An irresistible read and a key book for understanding our era.
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