Bibliograph

Chicago comedy, a fairly serious history

Type

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Chicago comedy, a fairly serious history

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chicago comedy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

a fairly serious history

Summary

Famous for being a city of broad shoulders, Chicago has also developed an international reputation for split sides and slapped knees. Watch the Chicago style of comedy evolve from nineteenth-century vaudeville, through the rebellious comics of the fifties and into the improvisation and sketch that ushered in a new millennium. Drawing on material both hilarious and profound, Second City alum Margaret Hicks touches on what makes Chicago different from other cities and how that difference produced some of the greatest minds comedy will ever know: Amos 'n' Andy, Jack Benny, Lenny Bruce, Del Close, John Belushi, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and so many, many more. Includes photos

Target audience

adult

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