It’s hard to explain what comedian Andrew Orvedahl does without getting into a laundry list. He got his start in stand-up, as so many do, before branching out into podcasts, television and web series ...

Vaudeville entertainers have gone the way of the dinosaurs, the Polaroid instant camera, and America Online. But in the world of live theater, their influence is still felt by nostalgists who miss the ...

Vaudeville comedians -- Radio -- Nightclubs -- Television -- Late night -- The emergence of Las Vegas -- Stand-up's great change -- Percolation in the mid-1960s -- Hippie madness at decade's end -- ...

This informative debut from PBS News Hour co-anchor Bennett surveys the history of Black comedy in the U.S. The author begins by looking back to the late-19th-century foundations of onstage comedy for ...

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