{"product_id":"the-joke-paperback-1","title":"The Joke - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Marks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2m \/ Dramatic Comedy \/ Unit setIt's 1965 and two comedians \"Steady Eddie\" \u0026amp; \"Doug the Mug \" knock 'em dead every night in the Catskills. Punchlines and cheap shots fly -- on stage and off -- as Doug and Ed battle for the spotlight over a decade pushing each other to the cusp of a new direction of stand up comedy. With their personal and professional lives uncovered at center stage Eddie and Doug must find a way to laugh it off while staying at the top of their game. Sam Marks' The Joke takes a look at the friendship and the rivalry between two comic partners during the golden years of the Borscht Belt.\"A tasty two-hander by Sam Marks...A comedy team working the Catskills in the 1960s and '70s getting few laughs while undergoing all the stresses of a doomed marriage...And just as in a marriage in which one half of the couple changes while the other stays the same the relationship deteriorates. Allusions to a woman and to the historical context as the '60s give way to the '70s are tantalizing but not overdone; the focus stays on the two men.\". - Neil Genzlinger The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48366756724985,"sku":"9780573663338","price":20.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b6kFbugMcv9780573663338.webp?v=1778165990","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-joke-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}