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Funny Stuff : How Comedy Shaped American History - Laura LaPlaca

Funny Stuff

How Comedy Shaped American History

By: Laura LaPlaca, Ryan Lintelman (Editor), Mel Brooks (Foreword by), Kevin Strait

eBook | 12 May 2026

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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

The National Comedy Center and Smithsonian Institution hold unparalleled collections of artifacts that illustrate the vitality and importance of comedy in American life, from vaudeville, silent films, and TV sitcoms to stand-up, sketch, and cartoons. Now, for the first time, these collections are brought together in vibrant photographs and illuminating essays that tell the story of how comedy shaped American history.

Written by historians responsible for safeguarding these cultural treasures, the book takes readers behind the scenes to uncover the stories behind American heirlooms like Groucho Marx's tailcoat, George Carlin's joke files, Carol Burnett's "Went with the Wind" dress, Johnny Carson's monologues, and the very first Saturday Night Live script, alongside materials from cultural touchstones like The Simpsons, The Muppet Show, In Living Color, All In the Family, and I Love Lucy.

With a foreword by comedy legend Mel Brooks, this dynamic work offers pop culture aficionados, history lovers, and comedy nerds alike a new perspective on America's past and who we are as a nation through our comedy.

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Non-FictionComedy & HumourHistoryRegional & National HistoryHistory of the AmericasArts & EntertainmentDance & Other Performing ArtsSociety & CultureCultural StudiesPopular CultureHistory of Art & Design StylesArt from 1900 to Current
Art from 1960Media Studies

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