The Essential Lenny Bruce
Author | : Lenny Bruce |
Publisher | : Harvill Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Lenny Bruce |
Publisher | : Harvill Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lenny Bruce |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2022-08-16 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "How to Talk Dirty and influence people" by Lenny Bruce. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author | : Lenny Bruce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : American wit and humor |
ISBN | : 9780333136775 |
Author | : Cohen, James Rab |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1971-07-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780345222053 |
Author | : Lenny Bruce |
Publisher | : New York : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : American wit and humor |
ISBN | : |
From the Peter Neil Issacs collection.
Author | : Gerald Nachman |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2009-08-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0307490726 |
The comedians of the 1950s and 1960s were a totally different breed of relevant, revolutionary performer from any that came before or after, comics whose humor did much more than pry guffaws out of audiences. Gerald Nachman presents the stories of the groundbreaking comedy stars of those years, each one a cultural harbinger: • Mort Sahl, of a new political cynicism • Lenny Bruce, of the sexual, drug, and language revolution • Dick Gregory, of racial unrest • Bill Cosby and Godfrey Cambridge, of racial harmony • Phyllis Diller, of housewifely complaint • Mike Nichols & Elaine May and Woody Allen, of self-analytical angst and a rearrangement of male-female relations • Stan Freberg and Bob Newhart, of encroaching, pervasive pop media manipulation and, in the case of Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding, of the banalities of broadcasting • Mel Brooks, of the Yiddishization of American comedy • Sid Caesar, of a new awareness of the satirical possibilities of television • Joan Rivers, of the obsessive craving for celebrity gossip and of a latent bitchy sensibility • Tom Lehrer, of the inane, hypocritical, mawkishly sentimental nature of hallowed American folkways and, in the case of the Smothers Brothers, of overly revered folk songs and folklore • Steve Allen, of the late-night talk show as a force in American comedy • David Frye and Vaughn Meader, of the merger of showbiz and politics and, along with Will Jordan, of stretching the boundaries of mimicry • Shelley Berman, of a generation of obsessively self-confessional humor • Jonathan Winters and Jean Shepherd, of the daring new free-form improvisational comedy and of a sardonically updated view of Midwestern archetypes • Ernie Kovacs, of surreal visual effects and the unbounded vistas of video Taken together, they made up the faculty of a new school of vigorous, socially aware satire, a vibrant group of voices that reigned from approximately 1953 to 1965. Nachman shines a flashlight into the corners of these comedians’ chaotic and often troubled lives, illuminating their genius as well as their demons, damaged souls, and desperate drive. His exhaustive research and intimate interviews reveal characters that are intriguing and all too human, full of rich stories, confessions, regrets, and traumas. Seriously Funny is at once a dazzling cultural history and a joyous celebration of an extraordinary era in American comedy.
Author | : Jack Davis |
Publisher | : Fantagraphics Books |
Total Pages | : 479 |
Release | : 2009-04-21 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1606991795 |
You know MAD. Do you know Humbug? Harvey Kurtzman changed the face of American humor when he created the legendary MAD comic. As editor and chief writer from its inception in 1952, through its transformation into a slick magazine, and until he left MAD in 1956, he influenced an entire generation of cartoonists, comedians, and filmmakers. In 1962, he co-created the long-running Little Annie Fanny with his long-time artistic partner Will Elder forPlayboy, which he continued to produce until his virtual retirement in 1988. Between MAD and Annie Fanny, Kurtzman’s biographical summaries will note that he created and edited three other magazines―Trump, Humbug, and Help!―but, whereas his MAD and Annie Fanny are readily available in reprint form, his major satirical work in the interim period is virtually unknown. Humbug, which had poor distribution, may be the least known, but to those who treasure the rare original copies, it equals or even exceeds MAD in displaying Kurtzman’s creative genius. Humbug was unique in that it was actually published by the artists who created it: Kurtzman and his cohorts from MAD, Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Al Jaffee, were joined by universally acclaimed cartoonist Arnold Roth. With no publisher above them to rein them in, this little band of creators produced some of the most trenchant and engaging satire of American culture ever to appear on American newsstands.
Author | : Eric Bogosian |
Publisher | : Theatre Communications Group |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2012-12-15 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1559367393 |
"What Lenny Bruce was to the 1950s, Bob Dylan to the 1960s, Woody Allen to the 1970s--that's what Eric Bogosian is to this frightening moment of drift in our history."--Frank Rich, The New York Times
Author | : Tony Hendra |
Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Frank Kofsky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
From the Peter Neil Issacs collection.