false 2330086 1 <b>What Peter Biskind did for filmmaking, <i>Time </i>magazine critic Richard Zoglin does for comedy in this meticulously researched and hilariously readable account of stand-up comedy in the 1970s. </b> In the rock-and-roll 1970s, a new breed of comic, inspired by the fearless Lenny Bruce, made telling jokes an art form. Innovative comedians like George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Robert Klein, and, later, Steve Martin, Albert Brooks, Robin Williams, and Andy Kaufman, tore through the country and became as big as rock stars in an era when <i>Saturday Night Live </i>was the apotheosis of cool and the Improv, Catch a Rising Star, and the Comedy Store were the hottest clubs around. In <i>Comedy at the Edge</i>, Richard Zoglin gives a backstage view of the time, when a group of brilliant, iconoclastic comedians ruled the world&#8212;and quite possibly changed it, too. Based on extensive interviews with club owners, agents, producers&#8212;and with unprecedented and unlimited access to the players themselves&#8212;<i>Comedy at the Edge </i>is a no-holdsbarred, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most influential and tumultuous decades in American popular culture. </div></div> 2336650 22 1 2008 Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America total:99|5:10|4:34|3:44|2:10|1:1| 99 339 176 31 1 3 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 19:33:55 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 09:39:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 10 09:24:21 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 07:10:13 -0700 2008
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The 1970's, in New York especially, were a special time when an explosion of talent was cutting their teeth so they could all get rich and inconsequential doing shitty sitcoms in the 80's.

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