eBook Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry ePub

Fortunately, Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector.

Fortunately, Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector. He kept copious notebooks of jokes and routines that he not only commissioned but also stole from other comics, clipped from newspapers, and copied from now defunct popular magazines of the da. Part one, "Jokes," is organized by subject matter and cataloged by genre, dialects, and wordplay.

The book starts with a fact-filled introduction by Paul M. Levitt outlining the history of vaudeville humor and continues . A collection of stale jokes. Had little to do with Vaudeville, or vaudevillians, or skits. Levitt outlining the history of vaudeville humor and continues with a compendium of Lowry's jokes in categories from A to W. Part two contains his M C material: introductions, skits and routines. An appendex consists of reproduced material from a book by Lowry titled "Ed Lowry Laffter.

Home Browse Books Book details, Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines . Fortunately, Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector. If stealing jokes had been a crime, most vaudevillians would have ended up in jail.

Home Browse Books Book details, Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines,. Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry. By Ed Lowry, Paul M. Levitt. So great was the traffic in stolen jokes that the trade itself became a source of humor.

Ed Lowry, Paul M. Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the first three decades of the twentieth century originally compiled by comedian Ed Lowry (1896-1983).

Part one, Jokes, is organized by subject matter and cataloged by genre, dialects, and wordplay. Part two, MC Material: Biz, Jokes, Routines, and Skits is germane to the job of master of ceremonies, routines, and skits. It features topics from fractured fairy tales to stuttering. Levitt has also written books and articles on theatre, radio plays for the BBC, trade books on medicine, tales for children, and a novel, Chin Music.

Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed Lowry contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the first three decades of the twentieth century originally compiled by comedian Ed Lowry (1896-1983).

Fortunately Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector. Introduction by. Paul M. Place of Publication. He kept copious tebooks of jokes and routines that he t only commissioned but also stole from other comics, clipped from newspapers, and copied from w defunct popular magazines of the day. Product Identifiers. Levitt is a professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he teaches modern drama and theatre history. Levitt has also written books and articles on theatre, radio plays for the BBC, trade books on medicine, tales for children and a novel, Chin Music. (more). No current Talk conversations about this book.