The History of Stand Up Comedy and the Comedians That Shaped It

The history of stand-up comedy including the formats and aspects of performing including the joke, one-line joke, race and ethnic issue and more. You will also look at the comedians who shaped the art such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Milton Berle and many more. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.