title: Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy
author: Various
description: Warm, revealing, and, yes, often-funny profiles that make essential reading for aspiring writers and childrens literature enthusiasts of all ages.<br />Booklist (starred review)
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  THE  
  COMEDIANS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE  
  COMEDIANS
  
  
  Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels  
  and the  
  History of American Comedy
  
  
  Kliph Nesteroff
  
  
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  Grove Press
  
  
  New York
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2015 by Kliph Nesteroff
  
  
  Jacket design by Charles Rue Woods
  
  
  Jacket artwork by Michael Tedesco
  
  
  Author photograph © Jim Herrington
  
  
  Some of the material herein is based on Kliph Nesteroff’s work with WFMU’s
  Beware of the Blog and Classic Television Showbiz.
  
  
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