We killed
Subtitle: the rise of women in American comedy
By: Yael Kohen
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780374287238
Subjects: Stand-up comedy; Interviews; Women comedians; Biography
Description: "Kohen assembles more than 150 interviews from America's most prominent comediennes (and the writers, producers, nightclub owners, and colleagues who revolved around them) to piece together the revolution that happened to (and by) women in American comedy"--Provided by publisher.

An oral history tracing the careers and achievements of comediennes from the past half century challenges opinions about why women cannot be effective comedic entertainers and includes coverage of celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers and Lily Tomlin to Mary Tyler Moore and Tina Fey.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Mothers of invention; title: Underground TKs; title: Primetime; title: Pullout: Carol Burnett; title: Saturday night live; title: I am woman; title: Pullout: Merrill Markoe; title: The boom years; title: Pullout: Ellen Degeneres: the evolution; title: Janeane Garofalo and friends; title: Saturday night live: the girls club; title: Comic rising.