1970s comedy
Back in the ’70s, innovative, iconoclastic comedians such as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, and Steve Martin rebelled against audience expectations and made stand-up comedy a vital, highly influential part of the cultural landscape. Richard Zoglin is a senior editor at Time magazine whose new book Comedy At The Edge tells the story of this sea change in American humor.
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