The laugh makers : stand-up comedy as art, business and life-style /

The laugh makers : stand-up comedy as art, business and life-style /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Stebbins, Robert A., 1938- author.
Imprint:	Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 160 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Stand-up comedy -- Canada. Comedians -- Canada. Stand-up comedy -- United States. Comedians. Stand-up comedy. Canada. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152912

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ISBN:	9780773562325 077356232X 0773507353 9780773507357
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	"Stebbins begins with a history of stand-up comedy, giving vital background about the industry as it emerged and flourished in the United States and subsequently developed into a popular form of entertainment in Canada. He deals with the nature of comic performance in comedy rooms - cabarets designed specifically for stand-up comedy - and examines the career of the comic: how people become interested in comedy, how they progress as amateurs, how they survive on the road and how, sometimes, they become headliners and later writers for film and television. He also discusses the business of comedy: booking agents, comedy chains such as Yuk-Yuk's, room managers, and the comics themselves as entrepreneurs. As the first comprehensive study of a growing phenomenon, The Laugh-Makers will interest sociologists of humour and sociologists of occupations and will contribute to our understanding of Canadian popular culture."--Pub. desc.
Other form:	Print version: Stebbins, Robert A., 1938- Laugh makers. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1990

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Summary:	The Laugh-Makers is an intensive sociological field study of the drive to become a successful stand-up comic in Canada. Robert Stebbins interviewed fifty-seven practising stand-up comedians and fifteen booking agents, show organizers, personal managers, and club managers and owners. He also observed the performances of approximately 140 amateurs and professionals from Vancouver to Halifax. Televised comedy - especially important in French Canada - and informal discussions with some twenty additional comics were also a valuable component of his research.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 160 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780773562325 077356232X 0773507353 9780773507357