TY - BOOK AU - Reid,Tim AU - Dreesen,Tom AU - Rapoport,Ron TI - Tim & Tom: an American comedy in black and white SN - 9780226709024 AV - PN2287.R38 A3 2008eb U1 - 792.702/80922B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Reid, Tim, KW - Dreesen, Tom. KW - Reid, Tim. KW - Tim and Tom KW - fast KW - Comedians KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Comiques KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - Stand-up comedy KW - idszbz KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Acknowledgments; About the Authors N2 - As the heady promise of the 1960s sagged under the weight of widespread violence, rioting, and racial unrest, two young men--one black and one white--took to stages across the nation to help Americans confront their racial divide: by laughing at it. Tim and Tom tells the story of that pioneering duo, the first interracial comedy team in the history of show business--and the last. Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen polished their act in the nightclubs of Chicago, then took it on the road, not only in the North, but in the still-simmering South as well, developing routines that even today remain surprising UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=266014 ER -