Funny as : the story of New Zealand comedy / / Paul Horan and Philip Matthews ; with a foreword by Michele A'Court |
Autore | Horan Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Comedians - New Zealand
Stand-up comedy - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand New Zealand - Social life and customs |
ISBN | 1-77671-044-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bloody 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793768003321 |
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] | ||
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Funny as : the story of New Zealand comedy / / Paul Horan and Philip Matthews ; with a foreword by Michele A'Court |
Autore | Horan Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
Disciplina | 792.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Comedians - New Zealand
Stand-up comedy - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand - History Television personalities - New Zealand New Zealand - Social life and customs |
ISBN | 1-77671-044-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Bloody 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809683203321 |
Horan Paul
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2019] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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