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The History of Stand-Up From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle

Wayne Federman

Today’s top stand-up comedians sell out arenas, generate millions of dollars, tour the world, and help shape our social discourse. So, how did this all happen? The History of Stand-Up chronicles the evolution of this American art form – from its earliest pre-vaudeville practitioners like Artemus War...

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Monday Morning Podcast

Bill mentioned a book about the history of stand-up comedy in which he learned that Frank Faye hosted a rally for the friends of Frank Faye that was attended by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party.

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I remember reading in that history of stand-up book that the guy fucking He was actually and this was a thing too because they never showed this in movies that there was like a A it was a minority of...

— Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcas...

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 11-14-19

Bill mentioned a book about the history of stand-up comedy in which he learned that Frank Faye hosted a rally for the friends of Frank Faye that was attended by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party.

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I remember reading in that history of stand-up book that the guy fucking He was actually and this was a thing too because they never showed this in movies that there was like a A it was a minority of people A It was a minority, but it was a large minority or so. I don't know. You know what? I shouldn't even say that There was a lot of people that were Pro-fascism that lived in America during World War two.

So they had a night called the friends of Frank Fay Let me look this up here they had the friends of Frank Fay and this fucking idiot went down and he hosted the thing and You know that was there goes that career When you host the hey, I don't think Hitler was that bad Gala that tends to affect your fucking career here friends of Frank Fay.

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