Chicago Comedy: A Fairly Serious History

By Margaret Hicks

Book Overview

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 '50s and into the improvisation and sketch that ushered in a new millennium. Drawing on material both hilarious and profound, Chicago Comedy: A Fairly Serious History 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540229920
• ISBN13: 9781540229922
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"