Critical Compendium » Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed America, by Richard Zoglin
Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed America, by Richard Zoglin

“Call it the Gang Theory of history: the idea that a number of charismatic revolutionaries coalesce and together grab power and attention, overturn orthodoxies and remake their time . . . Richard Zoglin’s “Comedy at the Edge” is a work of Gang Theory that isn’t, alas, in their league. Through profiles of a dozen leading comedians, including George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Andy Kaufman and Jerry Seinfeld, Zoglin seeks to portray the rich stand-up subculture that flourished in the 1970s.” Read the review at the New York Times.

Filed under: History, Humor, Nonfiction | Posted 03.17.08 | Comments:


No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment

(required)

(required)



Main Menu
» HOME
» ABOUT

Search

An interview with Steve LeVine, author of The Oil and the Glory

"Big Oil is dying . . . The jury is out on whether the average consumer will be affected. The oil companies say with some justification that the state-owned companies don’t produce oil and natural gas as well as they – Big Oil – can. They say that means less and less supply – or at least not as much supply as might be expected – from these countries in the coming years. That’s important, especially since tight global supplies are one reason for $95-a-barrel oil right now." [ Read the rest of the interview ]



Subscribe
Via RSS 2.0
Via email

Bookmark with:



Archives
» April 2008
» March 2008
» February 2008
» January 2008
» December 2007
» November 2007
» October 2007
» September 2007