1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910401760503321

Autore

Zanardi Prosperi, Paolo

Titolo

"L'Africa รจ troppo piena di sorprese" : in cerca di una colonia: l'Italia nel Mar Rosso (1869-1898) / Paolo Zanardi Prosperi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ferrara, : Accademia delle scienze di Ferrara, 2019

Descrizione fisica

875 p. ; 24 cm + 1 tav. ripieg.

Disciplina

945.084

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

60 945.084 ZANP 2019

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Supplemento al volume 96. degli Atti dell'Accademia delle scienze di Ferrara, anno accademico 196, 2018-2019



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784235603321

Autore

Karp Josh

Titolo

A futile and stupid gesture [[electronic resource] ] : how Doug Kenney and National lampoon changed comedy forever / / Josh Karp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Chicago Review Press, c2006

ISBN

1-55652-684-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Disciplina

070.5/72092

B

Soggetti

Periodical editors - United States

Comedians - United States

American wit and humor - History and criticism

United States Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-391) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Midas at the Marmont; 1 Hayley Mills in Pleasantville; 2 The Most Perfect WASP; 3 Here Is New York; 4 You've Got a Weird Mind. You'll Fit in Well Here.; 5 What Do Women Eat?; 6 Hitler Being Difficult; 7 Show Biz and Dead Dogs; 8 Guns and Sandwiches; 9 The Pirates; 10 The Cultural Revolution; 11 Fuck the Proposal; 12 Round Up the Usual Jews; 13 Pheasant Shake for Mr. Kenney; 14 A Year with No Spring; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The ultimate biography of National Lampoon and its cofounder Doug Kenney, this book offers the first complete history of the immensely popular magazine and its brilliant and eccentric characters. With wonderful stories of the comedy scene in New York City in the 1970's and National Lampoon's place at the center of it, this chronicle shares how the magazine spawned a popular radio show and two long-running theatrical productions that helped launch the careers of John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Gilda Radner and went on to inspire Saturday Night Live. More than...