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In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes, and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over 200 original interviews and extensive archival research, Nesteroff's groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past 100 years.
Starting with the vaudeville circuit at the turn of the last century, Nesteroff introduces the first stand-up comedian - an emcee who abandoned physical shtick for straight jokes. After the repeal of Prohibition, Mafia-run supper clubs replaced speakeasies, and mobsters replaced vaudeville impresarios as the comedian's primary employer. In the 1950s, the late-night talk show brought stand-up to a wide public, while Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Jonathan Winters attacked conformity and staged a comedy rebellion in coffeehouses. From comedy's part in the Civil Rights movement and the social upheaval of the late 1960s to the first comedy clubs of the 1970s and the cocaine-fueled comedy boom of the 1980s, The Comedians culminates with a new era of media-driven celebrity in the 21st century.
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Kliph Nesteroff's "The Comedians" is an invaluable historic document, chronicling the evolution of comedy - mostly standup - over the past several decades. It is not a dry encyclopedic rendering of a list of comedians; nor does Nesteroff expound on one form of comedy over another. It is a straightforward compilation of facts mingled with interviews Nesteroff conducted himself of many well-known comics and some lesser known or even forgotten ones on his blog, [...].Nesteroff maintains his impartiality throughout - at the end, I was hard-pressed to say who his favorite comic of all time might be. That's because while the book mentions household names such as Bob Hope, Jack Benny, George Burns, George Carlin and others, he also gives equal time to more obscure comics such as B.S. Pully, Jean Carroll, Sammy Shore and others.This is the type of book which, when you are finished, you won't put it back on your bookshelf and forget about it. You'll want to leave it readily available to flip through to re-read certain passages. I had a difficult time, as I read it straight through, to avoid skipping ahead or checking the index for any information on comedians which popped into my head as I was reading it.I highly recommend it for any student of comedy -- whether amateur or professional.
*Please Read*: An Amazing book - and not exactly what I expected. I'd actually like to Rate this at 4.2 Stars. I'd give 5-Stars - but Being a Huge fan of Steven Wright, Emo Philips & Henny Youngman - there's barely a mention of them - yet time to write about Dane Cook (Yuck!) and 'Andrew Dice' (Yuck! Yuck!!). I expected this book to cover like the 1960's & 1970's - but it goes all the way back to the Vaudeville days!! I'd was 80% more detailed and interesting than I would have guessed. I took 47 pages of notes (for my own reference)!! Too much for me to even summarize here. I can't even begin to imagine all the research and information Kliph did and covered to make this book. I would put this - for a Comedian and/or Fan of Comedy - as a 'Must Read'!!(Today is 8-7-2017) and a month ago I was blessed to open for Gilbert Gottfried and I bought him a copy of this book as a gift to him, and an ice breaker for meeting him. Before I could hand it to him - I was hinting around about it - and He named the book title & author. And said he already devoted one of his podcasts to this book!*(Note) I know comedy is an art form and subjective - but - I'm so Sick & Tired of Bad language & Offensive words & behaviors by comics. For example George Carlin - and Genius - yet I wished he did all his sets 100% clean. I have mixed thoughts & feelings when I hear his comedy.*This book was written in Mostly good taste - with 'bad words' kept to a minimum.Amazing all the craziness - dysfunctions and tradgity in the history of comedy!! This book is a real eye-opener!! Scott M.
I enjoyed ready no this, but I think there were a few flaws.First, the author obviously did a tremendous amount of research which is great, however, sometimes the chapters just went on and on and on. I found myself skimming a few chapters.Second, it seemed at times as if the author didn't give credit to certain comics or comic teams. There was a decent amount written about Martin and Lewis, but. Rey little about Abbott and Costello. So I think the chapters that seemed to drone on might have been more interesting if there was more information about more comics.That being said, there were a number of chapters I really enjoyed.
This is a marvelous work written in a highly-engaging manner. Considering it as a well-written reference book would be close to the mark. In many ways it could be viewed as a textbook on the topic of comedians and comedy and many reviewers have already pointed this out. It brought back memories and filled in some gaps in my recollections being I was extremely young when my path crossed some individuals named here.My mother moved to Los Angeles about 1926 and my father about 1931. She worked at Paramount studios for a number of years and, given the dynamics of the African American community of Los Angeles at the time, was well acquainted with many of the individuals discussed and profiled. The mention of Jester Hairston was especially fond to my mind as I remembered Uncle Jester would give me a dollar when he would see me in my parents' company. I mentioned Uncle Jester because this book provided a bit of information of which I was unaware. Although the original Amos and Andy players were white, their supporting staff was entirely black. This book provides the best overview of black comedy I've seen or heard of. As my parents were well acquainted with the cast members of the later Amos and Andy TV series, although I was a munchkin at the time I remembered enough to fill in some of the gaps in the book's narratives of black stars.So the book is worthy of purchase and I fully intend to reread it before long. Some items left me bewildered. Jeff Foxworthy received one mention: One. There were no mentions of the Blue Collar crowd which I found mystifying. The book did a marvelous job discussing the dilemmas of comedians after the September 11 disasters who were unsure and hesitant how to incorporate these horrible occurrences into their realms and routines. A glance at the copyright date (2015) indicates the author had to have been cognizant of the brilliant work of Jeff Dunham and his surrogate Achmed The Dead Terrorist whose strident Silence! I! Keeeel! You! reduced audiences to tears.Otherwise, this book is a first-rate outing which will be of special interest to those who love to read social and cultural history and get some marvelous insights along the way.
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