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

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

Author:Zoglin, Richard [Zoglin, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2008-12-10T02:00:00+00:00


George Carlin in 1966 and 1976, before and after his counterculture transformation: "I was living out this mainstream dream," he says, "not realizing that I was an outlaw." (LEFT, COURTESY OF GEORGE CARLIN; BELOW, BY GREG PAPAZIAN)

Richard Pryor, the rubber-faced kid from Peoria, Illinois, was an Ed Sullivan favorite in the '60s. "He did not like playing the game of conformity," says Sandy Gallin, his former agent. "But he was bright enough to know that this was gonna help him advance his career." (CBS PHOTO ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES)



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