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SCTV. the Second City Entertainment, Inc. ; Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. ; producers, Dick Blasucci, Scott Dobson ; executive producers, Andrew Alexander, Len Stuart ; associate producer, Anthony Blasucci.
Published 2004Table of Contents: “…Disc 1. (163 min.) Episode 79. One on the town, May 15, 1981 ; Episode 80 Polynesiantown, May 22, 1981 ; Extra: SCTV remembers -- Disc 2. (158 min.) …”
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Commedia dell' arte : story, style / Peregrine Productions (Burwood, Vic.)
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…Beginnings of Commedia dell' Arte (2:42) -- Art Forms Included in Commedia dell' Arte (0:55) -- Italian Mask Theater (2:16) -- Ancient Greek Theater (2:43) -- Christianity and Theater Arts (1:27) -- Cultural Rebirth in Italy (3:16) -- Italy: Masked Celebrations (3:15) -- Commedia dell' Arte Stock Characters: Pantalone the Miser (2:44) -- Commedia dell' Arte Stock Characters: Arlecchino and Brighella (1:07) -- Stock Character Representation (4:31) -- Stock Character: Crafty Gentleman (1:09) -- Stock Character: The Doctor (2:59) -- Stock Characters: Romantic Leads (3:44) -- Stock Character: Female Servant (2:50) -- Classic Character Masks: Antihero Figure (2:24) -- Classic Character Masks: Hero Figure (3:00) -- Early Puppet Theater: Slapstick Humor (1:51) -- Commedia dell' Arte: Improvisation (3:42) -- Traveling Companies of Performers (1:31) -- Golden Age of Commedia dell' Arte (3:24) -- Commedia dell' Arte Mime (1:06) -- Theater Troupe in Shakespeare's England (3:53) -- Comedy Changes in Italy (2:00) -- Puppets: Far-Reaching Influence of Commedia dell' Arte (4:34) -- Stock Characters/Universal Characters (4:16) -- Commedia del' Arte Today (1:47) -- Influence of Commedia dell' Arte on Western Comedy (2:35)…”
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I love Lucy : Lucy is enceinte ; Lucy goes to the hospital / CBS Entertainment Productions.
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The laugh makers : stand-up comedy as art, business and life-style / Robert A. Stebbins.
Published 1990Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 An Art Is Born -- 2 Stand-up Comedy Comes to Canada -- 3 Comedy Club Comedy -- 4 So You Think You're Funny -- 5 Becoming a Comic -- 6 The Road -- 7 The Comedy Business -- Appendix: Interview Guide for Professional Comics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y…”
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The comedian as confidence man : studies in irony fatigue / Will Kaufman.
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…Ben Franklin and Herman Melville: The Comedian as Confidence Man -- 3. Lenny Bruce: "I'm not a comedian" -- 4. …”
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The new humor in the progressive era : Americanization and the vaudeville comedian / Rick DesRochers.
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…1. Americanization: Progressive Era Reformers, Cultural Critics, and Popular Comic Entertainments -- 2. …”
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Legends of Comedy / Tony Brown Productions.
Published 1999Streaming video (Emerson users only)
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Sitcom : a history in 24 episodes from I love Lucy to Community / Saul Austerlitz.
Published 2014Full text (Emerson users only)
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Poking a dead frog : conversations with today's top comedy writers / Mike Sacks.
Published 2014Full text (Emerson users only)
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