Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

by Michael Kantor, Laurence Maslon, Amparo Ortiz

From the most popular routines and the most ingenious physical shtick to the snappiest wisecracks and the most biting satire of the last century, MAKE 'EM LAUGH illuminates who we are as a nation by exploring what makes us laugh, and why. Authors Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor draw on countless sources to chronicle the past century of American comedy and the geniuses who created and performed it-melding biography, American history, and a lotta...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446505315
• ISBN13: 9780446505314
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Twelve
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.1" x 11.3"

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