Al Franken, giant of the Senate / by Franken, Al

Table of Contents: “…Why I'm a Democrat -- How I became a comedian -- Saturday Night Live (not the drug part) -- Saturday Night Live (the drug part) -- Saturday Night Live (the part where I leave) -- Paul -- A 99 percent improvement -- Year of the bean feed -- The DeHumorizer(TM) -- I attempt to litigate comedy -- Hermann the German and the pill-out couch -- No joke -- Harry and Chuck -- Icarus soars -- Twixt cup and lip -- Public opprobrium -- My first powwow -- Tax-dodging, rape-joking pornographer for Senate -- Franni saves the campaign -- "Has it gotten that bad?!" …”

Metapop : self-referentiality in contemporary American popular culture / by Dunne, Michael, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary American popular culture -- Saturday Night Live and SCTV -- TV in the 1980s -- Mel Brooks and Woody Allen -- Jim Henson and Rob Reiner -- Rock music -- Country music -- Music videos -- Comic strips -- I'm OK, you're OK : most of us are OK.…”

The dance of the comedians : the people, the president, and the performance of political standup comedy in America / by Robinson, Peter M., 1958-

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The seventies : the great shift in American culture, society, and politics / by Schulman, Bruce J.

Trumping truth : essays on the destructive power of "alternative facts" /

Table of Contents: “…O'Reilly -- Wild Irishmen, alternative facts and the construction of America's first "wall" / Debra Reddin van Tuyll -- The alternative electorate : mapping trumped-up claims of voter fraud in the 2016 election / Jacopo della Quercia -- Speaking post-truth to power : comedy as alternative facts in Saturday Night Live / Melanie Piper -- The oven that cooked up Pizzagate : 4chan's politically incorrect board and alt-right conspiracy culture / Jeffrey J. …”
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