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Planet funny : how comedy took over our culture / ... Read More

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  • ISBN: 9781501100581
  • ISBN: 1501100580
  • Physical Description: vii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2018.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages ... Read More
Formatted Contents Note:
Our funny century -- Funny for no reason -- The ... Read More
Summary, etc.:
Presents a history of humor, from fart jokes on ... Read More
Subject: Wit and humor > History and criticism.
Comedy > History and criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
HUMOR / Topic / Language.
PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy.
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24510. ‡aPlanet funny : ‡bhow comedy took over our culture / ‡cKen Jennings.
250 . ‡aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bScribner, ‡c2018.
300 . ‡avii, 312 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c24 cm
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-304) and index.
520 . ‡aPresents a history of humor, from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets all the way up to the latest Twitter memes, that tells the story of how comedy came to rule the modern world.
5050 . ‡aOur funny century -- Funny for no reason -- The march of progress -- Notes from an epidemic -- A little more conversation -- Everyone's a comedian -- Bon Jovi, come home -- Mirth control -- A blurry, amorphous thud -- We shall overcomb -- New tiryntha.
650 0. ‡aWit and humor ‡xHistory and criticism. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)34530
650 0. ‡aComedy ‡xHistory and criticism.
650 4. ‡aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
650 4. ‡aHUMOR / Topic / Language.
650 4. ‡aPERFORMING ARTS / Comedy.
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