We had a little real estate problem : the unheralded story of Native Americans in comedy / Kliph Nesteroff.
"From renowned comedy journalist and historian Kliph Nesteroff comes the underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982103033
- ISBN: 1982103035
- ISBN: 9781982103057
- ISBN: 1982103051
- Physical Description: xiii, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Chauncey Yellow Robe calls it degrading, demoralizing, and degenerating -- The 1491s establish themselves in their underwear -- Every adult in vaudeville was a fraud, but the kids are alright -- Adrianne Chalepah gets kicked out of school for correcting her history teacher -- The grandfather of Will Rogers is murdered in a vengeance killing -- Jonny Roberts is nervous in San Berdoo -- Will Rogers learns rope tricks from a former slave and becomes a huge star -- Jackie Curtiss breaks Ed Sullivan's foot -- Will Rogers uses the n-word and tells everyone to get over it -- Dakota Ray Herbert doesn't bomb as hard as she should have -- Jim Thorpe tells Hollywood he's sick of their bullshit -- Joey Clift prefers the Upright Citizens Brigade to meteorology -- Will Rogers Jr. Wrestles his father's shadow -- Charlie Hill orders a ventriloquist dummy -- Brian Bahe goes onstage twelve times a week -- Davy Crockett brainshwashes the kids -- Lucas Brown eyes sells a sitcom pilot -- Charlie Hill gets inspired by Bob Newhart and other political radicals -- Everyone is shocked to read the news about the Kiowa sensation of the Las Vegas strip -- Charlie Hill can't stop farting -- The title of F-Troop represents the f-word -- Williams and Ree perform for thirteen people at the Holiday Inn -- Charlie Hill and the bearded comedian in his rusty, red truck -- Williams and Ree are desperate to get on Carson -- Charlie Hill asks Barney Miller to free Leonard Peltier -- Jackie Keliiaa thinks, "Holy shit, this is amazing." -- Someone calls the cops on the 1491s -- Charlie Hill remembers the swimming number with Joe Namath -- Larry Omaha investigaties a foul-mouthed parrot -- Terry Ree becomes the first (and last) Native comedian on Hee-Haw -- Ryan Mcmahon has a life changing experience in Winnipeg (of all places) -- Charlie Hill isn't offered anything but crap -- The 1491s reluctantly agree to do a Shakespeare festival -- Sierra Ornelas sells sitcoms the way she sold jewelry at the Santa Fe Indian Market -- Vincent Craig performs on the back of a flatbed truck in rural Arizona -- Isiah Yazzie does improv for an empty room in Shiprock -- Howie Miller does impressions. Do you guys like impressions? -- Everyone has their beef with Don Burnstick -- Marc Yaffee gets weirded out by his own mother -- Jonny Roberts quits his job -- Adrianne Chalepah meets Larry Charles in Minnesota -- Elaine Miles assumes she was the first Native woman stand-up -- Dallas Goldtooth rides his bicycle through Standing Rock -- While Sterlin Harjo mocks the hippies -- Friendly Canadians send death threats to Williams and Ree -- Ralphie May feuds with Adrianne Chalepah and then changes his mind -- Charlie Hill phones Mitzi Shore to say goodbye -- The 1491s get a standing ovation in a small Oregon town -- Jonny Roberts is stunned to see the literal writing on the wall. |
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Subject: | Indian comedians > United States > History. Indian comedians > Canada > History. Indians of North America > Social conditions. |
Genre: | Instructional and educational works. Creative nonfiction. |
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- 16 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Old Fort Branch Library | 970.0049 NES (Text) | 37810438153602 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/31/2024 |