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The world of comedy and comedians of the last five decades. By the man the New York Times calls a comic institution himself, the only comedian (twenty-six years in stand-up) to have made Elie Wiesel laugh, as well as having appeared on The Tonight Show (140 times, second only to Bob Hope, but whos counting). From the director of TV comedy series Mad About You, Seinfeld, Friends, Weeds and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Larry David: Im lucky. I know and love David Steinberg. You dont. Nows your chance. Dont blow it!
David has always been a comedy hero to me. One of his many gifts is the ability to inspire funny people to be even funnier, as you will discover in this truly hilarious, insightful book. Martin Short
From David Steinberg, a rabbis son from Winnipeg, Canada, who at age fifteen enrolled at Hebrew Theological College in Chicago (the rabbinate wasnt for him) and four years later, entered the masters program in English literature at the University of Chicago, until he saw Lenny Bruce, the Blue Boy of Comedy, the coolest guy Steinberg had ever seen, and joined Chicagos Second City improvisational group, becoming, instead, the comedians comedian, director, actor, working with, inspired by, teaching, and learning from the most celebrated, admired, complicated comedians, then and nowa funny, moving, provocative, insightful look into the soul, wit, and bite of comedy and comediansa universe unto itselfof the last half-century.
From the greats: George Burns, Lenny Bruce, Sid Caesar, Lucille Ball, Mel Brooks, and Carl Reiner, et al., to the newer greats: Carol Burnett, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Billy Crystal, Bob Newhart, and the man for all comedy, Martin (Marty) Short; to the greats of right now: Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wanda Sykes; and more . . .
Steinberg, through stories, reminiscences, tales of directing, touring, performing, and, through the comedians themselves talking (from more than 75 interviews), makes clear why he loves comedy and comedians who have been by his side in his work, and in his life, for more than sixty years.
Here are: Will Ferrell, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg, Mike Myers, Groucho himself and the greatest of them all (at least of the last half century), Jonathan Winters . . .
Author: David Steinberg
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.30w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780813197562
Language: English
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