Over the last century, everyone from the Marx Brothers to Joan Rivers to Aziz Ansari have interpreted what it means to be an American through a humorous lens. This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of funny business with Kliph Nesteroff, author of “The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy” (Grove Press).
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