LEADER 03240nam 2200553 450 001 9910793768003321 005 20230126221227.0 010 $a1-77671-044-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000008737561 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5830144 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008737561 100 $a20190806d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFunny as $ethe story of New Zealand comedy /$fPaul Horan and Philip Matthews ; with a foreword by Michele A'Court 210 1$aAuckland, New Zealand :$cAuckland University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (337 pages) 311 $a1-86940-900-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBloody laughter: war and the birth of New Zealand comedy -- Comedy and writers: blokes bastards and outbreaks of beauty -- Lessons in comedy: universities and capping revues -- 'Bold and blue': female impersonators, cabaret and variety -- Comedians and politicians: 'stuff that doesn't really matter' -- Comedy and theatre: million-dollar ideas -- Directors on the edge: comedy on screen -- The start of it: TV comedy up to the 1980s -- John Clarke: the man from the audience -- Billy T. James: between two worlds -- The Topp Twins: only in New Zealand -- The Front Lawn: sons of the suburbs -- Live comedy in the 1980s and 1990s: looking for a place to stand (up) -- Breaking the rules: TV in the 1990s and beyond -- Naked in the house of spirits: Samoan comedy -- Live comedy in the twenty-first century: the new establishment -- Kin folk: Flight of the Conchords -- Taika Waititi: a Maori in space -- Rose and other names: a new comedy generation. 330 $a"From the Kiwi Concert Party to The Topp Twins, Billy T. James to Rose Matafeo, Fred Dagg to Flight of the Conchords, New Zealanders have made each other laugh in ways distinctive to these islands. The book takes us inside the comedy clubs, cabarets and television studios where comedians work; it charts the rise of cartoons and skits, parody and stand-up; it introduces us to how New Zealand's funniest men and women have made sense (and nonsense) out of this country's changing culture and society"--Publisher information. 606 $aComedians$zNew Zealand 606 $aComedians$zNew Zealand$vPictorial works 606 $aStand-up comedy$zNew Zealand$xHistory 606 $aTelevision personalities$zNew Zealand$xHistory 606 $aTelevision personalities$zNew Zealand$vPictorial works 606 $aNew Zealand$xSocial life and customs$vHumor 607 $aNew Zealand$xSocial life and customs$vHumor 615 0$aComedians 615 0$aComedians 615 0$aStand-up comedy$xHistory. 615 0$aTelevision personalities$xHistory. 615 0$aTelevision personalities 615 0$aNew Zealand$xSocial life and customs 676 $a792.76 700 $aHoran$b Paul$01493864 702 $aMatthews$b Philip 702 $aA'Court$b Michele 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793768003321 996 $aFunny as$93717095 997 $aUNINA