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• ISBN: 9780525520573
• ISBN: 0525520570
• Physical Description: 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
• Edition: First edition.
• Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
• Note: "This is a Borzoi book"
• Formatted 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.

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