Comedy at the edge : how stand-up in the 1970s changed America /

In the rock-and-roll 1970s, a new breed of comic, inspired by the fearless Lenny Bruce, made telling jokes an art form. Innovative comedians like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Robert Klein, and, later, Steve Martin, Albert Brooks, Robin Williams, and Andy Kaufman, tore through the country and be...

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Main Author: Zoglin, Richard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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