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Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s Book
It's been said that analysing comedy is a bit like dissecting a frog: you arrive at a greater understanding of the frog but the frog does tend to die in the process. The purpose of Gerald Nachman's Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s is not to provide a laugh riot of his subjects' best punch lines, but rather to explore their lives, careers and influences. Nachman's scope is impressive. He provides detailed biographies not only of household names Sid Caesar, Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart and Woody Allen but also comics such as Jean Shepherd, Shelley Berman and Will Jordan whose legacies have far outpaced their name recognition. Nachman has done his homework; the book profiles 26 comedians, each in exhaustive detail, and no fan of this era will feel cheated at the end of … read more...
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