Description
WHAT’S SO FUNNY?
The Looooong History of American Humor
Fred Lavner
$30
Hardcover, 208 pages
A funny thing happened while working on an outline for a humor course boomerist Fred Lavner was scheduled to teach. His journey to find the funny evolved into a 12-year search for the origins of humor in America and it actually took him back to the 1870s. In this entertaining book Lavner outlines who begat whom, from the merry minstrels of the 19th century to the stadium-filling stand-ups of todays. The humor is presented by type, so you can see the progression over the years of insult comics, physical comedians, monologists, self-deprecating standups, blue comics and so many more. This book is chock full of yocks and examples of what really was/is so funny.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.