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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 792.7
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780773562325 0773507353
- LCCN
- PN1969.C65
- LCCN Item number
- S74 1990eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiii, 160 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00200435 (OCoLC)144142056 (CaOOCEL)400660
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 12
- 1 An Art Is Born 18
- 2 Stand-up Comedy Comes to Canada 33
- 3 Comedy Club Comedy 50
- 4 So You Think You're Funny 74
- 5 Becoming a Comic 87
- 6 The Road 110
- 7 The Comedy Business 139
- Appendix: Interview Guide for Professional Comics 156
- Notes 160
- Bibliography 166
- Index 170
- A 170
- B 170
- C 170
- D 171
- E 171
- F 171
- G 171
- H 171
- I 172
- J 172
- K 172
- L 172
- M 172
- N 172
- O 172
- P 172
- Q 173
- R 173
- S 173
- T 174
- U 174
- V 174
- W 174
- Y 175
