A History of American Comedy:the origins of Las Vegas

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More excerpts From Kliph Nesteroff history of american comedy

More excerpts form Kliph Nesteroff's History of American Comedy, The Comedians:: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy.

This month we return to Kliff Nestoroff's exstensive history of American comey with a  look at the rise of Las Vegas as a center of entertainment. Due to a crack down on orgainized crime in the post war years, many mob own night clubs were being closed. So, many orgianizations moved their entertainment operations to Nevada: a state with loser regulations. Also, how Lenny Bruce, and Mort Sahl changed stand up comedycomedy .

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    11:00
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    Tommy Guerrero
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    11:25
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    Joe Poker
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    Texas Hold Em
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