| Acknowledgments |
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ix | |
| The Set-up: A Prologue |
|
1 | (4) |
| 1 Celebrations |
|
5 | (4) |
| 2 A Kid at the Studio |
|
9 | (4) |
| 3 The Boys |
|
13 | (8) |
| 4 Socks and Moxie—Jerry Seinfeld |
|
21 | (10) |
| 5 The Wives |
|
31 | (6) |
| 6 Stirring the Sauce with Joy Behar |
|
37 | (8) |
| 7 Hotels |
|
45 | (6) |
| 8 Comedy Begins at Home—Billy Crystal |
|
51 | (6) |
| 9 On the Road |
|
57 | (8) |
| 10 The First Laugh—Robin Williams |
|
65 | (6) |
| 11 The Funny Barber |
|
71 | (8) |
| 12 He Said/He Said—Ben & Jerry Stiller |
|
79 | (8) |
| 13 aka Orson |
|
87 | (4) |
| 14 Testifying with Chris Rock |
|
91 | (12) |
| 15 Beverly Hills, My Neighborhood |
|
103 | (10) |
| 16 My Dad |
|
113 | (8) |
| 17 Harry and the Parakeet |
|
121 | (6) |
| 18 Angelo's Boy—Jay Leno |
|
127 | (8) |
| 19 Miss Independence |
|
135 | (4) |
| 20 My Big Brown Eyes |
|
139 | (8) |
| 21 Killing and Dying—Alan Alda |
|
147 | (6) |
| 22 Comedians in Their Dressing Rooms |
|
153 | (2) |
| 23 A Phone Call with Mr. Warmth—Don Rickles |
|
155 | (10) |
| 24 The Two Dannys |
|
165 | (4) |
| 25 Turn-ons with Conan O'Brien |
|
169 | (10) |
| 26 The Bow |
|
179 | (2) |
| 27 Twenty Questions for Stephen Colbert |
|
181 | (8) |
| 28 Dinner at the Goldbergs |
|
189 | (6) |
| 29 The Survivor—Joan Rivers |
|
195 | (10) |
| 30 Obsession |
|
205 | (12) |
| 31 Fall-Down Funny—George Lopez |
|
217 | (6) |
| 32 Tony's Pilot |
|
223 | (6) |
| 33 Oh, Donald |
|
229 | (4) |
| 34 Lew Parker |
|
233 | (8) |
| 35 The Comedian's Comedian |
|
241 | (4) |
| 36 Growing Up Free |
|
245 | (8) |
| 37 One-Girl Show—Lily Tomlin |
|
253 | (12) |
| 38 Rose Marie |
|
265 | (8) |
| 39 The Book on Kathy Griffin |
|
273 | (10) |
| 40 Capra, Orson (the Other One), and Me |
|
283 | (10) |
| 41 The Wright Stuff—Steven Wright |
|
293 | (10) |
| 42 Growing a Feminist |
|
303 | (10) |
| 43 The Joke on Me |
|
313 | (6) |
| 44 The Making of a Wisenheimer—Tina Fey |
|
319 | (8) |
| 45 The Reluctant Interview: An Improv |
|
327 | (10) |
| 46 The Storyteller—Whoopi Goldberg |
|
337 | (6) |
| 47 Against the Odds |
|
343 | (2) |
| 48 Legends of Comedy |
|
345 | (6) |
| 49 The Elm House |
|
351 | (6) |
| 50 Mother and Marge |
|
357 | (4) |
| 51 The Only Jew in the Neighborhood—Jon Stewart |
|
361 | (10) |
| 52 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
|
371 | (8) |
| Epilogue |
|
379 | (2) |
| About the Author |
|
381 | (1) |
| Credits and Permissions |
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382 | |