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- catalog abstract ""Stebbins begins with a history of stand-up comedy, giving vital background about the industry as it emerged and flourished in the United States and subsequently developed into a popular form of entertainment in Canada. He deals with the nature of comic performance in comedy rooms - cabarets designed specifically for stand-up comedy - and examines the career of the comic: how people become interested in comedy, how they progress as amateurs, how they survive on the road and how, sometimes, they become headliners and later writers for film and television. He also discusses the business of comedy: booking agents, comedy chains such as Yuk-Yuk's, room managers, and the comics themselves as entrepreneurs. As the first comprehensive study of a growing phenomenon, The Laugh-Makers will interest sociologists of humour and sociologists of occupations and will contribute to our understanding of Canadian popular culture."--Pub. desc.".
- catalog contributor b2738732.
- catalog created "1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1990.".
- catalog description ""Stebbins begins with a history of stand-up comedy, giving vital background about the industry as it emerged and flourished in the United States and subsequently developed into a popular form of entertainment in Canada. He deals with the nature of comic performance in comedy rooms - cabarets designed specifically for stand-up comedy - and examines the career of the comic: how people become interested in comedy, how they progress as amateurs, how they survive on the road and how, sometimes, they become headliners and later writers for film and television. He also discusses the business of comedy: booking agents, comedy chains such as Yuk-Yuk's, room managers, and the comics themselves as entrepreneurs. As the first comprehensive study of a growing phenomenon, The Laugh-Makers will interest sociologists of humour and sociologists of occupations and will contribute to our understanding of Canadian popular culture."--Pub. desc.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 160 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0773507353 :".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Canada.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "792.7 20".
- catalog subject "Comedians Canada.".
- catalog subject "PN1969.C65 S74 1990".
- catalog subject "Stand-up comedy Canada.".
- catalog subject "Stand-up comedy United States.".
- catalog title "The laugh makers : stand-up comedy as art, business and life-style / Robert A. Stebbins.".
- catalog type "text".