Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America

by Richard Zoglin

Bloomsbury

January 2008, 256 pages, $24.95

by Jenny Carlson

Zoglin frames stand-up comedians who achieved artistic maturity during the ‘70s as the “forgotten heroes” of the cultural revolution that rocked the country from Vietnam until the Reagan era.

First class,stand up has always been good,but has any of their work been affected by the writers strike.

Comment by alex paterson from edinburgh scotland — March 7, 2008 @ 7:09 am

Jenny Carlson sounds a lot like Johnny Carson.

Comment by Eli from USA — March 9, 2008 @ 6:40 pm

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