02767cam a2200313 4500 566038434 TxAuBib 20220428120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544558250 0544558251 B01MY0PYJY Amazon e9960849-6ce4-49b4-bb71-b200c0113cd8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3081921 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wasson, Sam. Improv Nation [Libby] : How We Made a Great American Art. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 25MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 24MB. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>"Like the best of his subjects, which include Stephen Colbert, Bill Murray and Tina Fey, Wasson has perfect timing."—<i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i></b><br /> <br /> <i>Finalist for the 2017 George Freedley Memorial Award</i><br /> <br /> In this richly reported, scene-driven narrative, Sam Wasson charts the meteoric rise of improv from its unlikely beginnings in McCarthy-era Chicago. We witness the chance meeting between Mike Nichols and Elaine May, hang out at the after-hours bar where Dan Aykroyd hosted friends like John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner, and go behind the scenes of cultural landmarks from <i>The Graduate</i> to <i>The Colbert Report</i>. Along the way, we befriend pioneers such as Harold Ramis, Chevy Chase, Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, Alan Arkin, Tina Fey, Judd Apatow, and many others.<br /> <br /> "Compelling, absolutely unputdownable...And, in case you're wondering, yes, the book is funny. In places, very funny. A remarkable story, magnificently told."—<i>Booklist</i><br /> <br /> "One of the most important stories in American popular culture...Wasson may be the first author to explain [improv's] entire history...a valuable book."—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /> <br /> "<i>Improv Nation</i> masterfully tells a new history of American comedy...It holds the element of surprise—true to the spirit of its subject."—<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-26 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e9960849-6ce4-49b4-bb71-b200c0113cd8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e9960849-6ce4-49b4-bb71-b200c0113cd8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e9960849-6ce4-49b4-bb71-b200c0113cd8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)