Black comedians on Black comedy : how African-Americans taught us to laugh /
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| Author / Creator: | Littleton, Darryl. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ; Milwaukee, WI : Sales & distribution, North America, Hal Leonard Corp., c2006. |
| Description: | xiv, 343 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6217788 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Preface
- Special Thanks
- Thanks to All the Comedians and Industry Talent
- Chapter 1. Take My Overseer, Please?
- Chapter 2. Is This Absolutely Necessary?
- Chapter 3. Blackface on Black Face Crime
- Chapter 4. Two Coons Were Better Than One
- Chapter 5. If It's a Clark Gable Movie, I'll Do It
- Chapter 6. "Sure Sounds Black to Me"
- Chapter 7. You Call That Reception?
- Chapter 8. Not You Too, Bugs
- Chapter 9. I'll Make My Own Damn Image
- Chapter 10. Pass the Corn Liquor, I'm a Vegetarian on the Chitlin' Circuit
- Chapter 11. How Low Can I Go?
- Chapter 12. Git In Where You Fit In
- Chapter 13. So This Is What They Mean by "Colored TV"
- Chapter 14. The True "King" of Comedy
- Chapter 15. The Heir to The Throne
- Chapter 16. Down Home Blues
- Chapter 17. The African-Americans Are Coming!! The African-Americans Are Coming!!
- Chapter 18. Lend a Def Ear
- Chapter 19. A View from Behind
- Chapter 20. A Different Shade of Black
- Chapter 21. And the Nights Got Darker
- Chapter 22. Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money
- Chapter 23. When We Were Kings and Queens
- Chapter 24. Jerry Lewis Never Heard a Sister
- Chapter 25. From Hambones to Hummers
- Sources and Photo Credits
- Index
