Overweight sensation : the life and comedy of Allan Sherman / Mark Cohen.

By:

Cohen, Mark, 1956-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1611684277
9781611684278
9781299558861
1299558860

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

782.42164092 B 23

LOC classification:

ML420.S5373 C65 2013

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Contents:

One. Witz-Krieg! -- Two. College in Sex Acts (Printer's Error) -- Three. I've Got a Secret -- Four. There Is Nothing Like a Lox -- Five. Ollavood! -- Six. My Son, the Folk Singer -- Seven. My Son, the Celebrity -- Eight. My Son, the Nut -- Nine. Allan in Wonderland -- Ten. Peyton Place, U.S.A. -- Eleven. Oddball -- Twelve. Hallowed Be Thy Game -- Thirteen. Hail to Thee, Fat Person.

Summary: Allan Sherman was the Larry David, the Adam Sandler, the Sacha Baron Cohen of 1963. He led Jewish humor and sensibilities out of ethnic enclaves and into the American mainstream with explosively funny parodies of classic songs that won Sherman extraordinary success and acclaim across the board, from Harpo Marx to President Kennedy. In this book, the author argues persuasively for Sherman’s legacy as a touchstone of postwar humor and a turning point in Jewish American cultural history.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Allan Sherman was the Larry David, the Adam Sandler, the Sacha Baron Cohen of 1963. He led Jewish humor and sensibilities out of ethnic enclaves and into the American mainstream with explosively funny parodies of classic songs that won Sherman extraordinary success and acclaim across the board, from Harpo Marx to President Kennedy. In this book, the author argues persuasively for Sherman’s legacy as a touchstone of postwar humor and a turning point in Jewish American cultural history.

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