- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (15 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316857920
- ISBN-13: 978-0316857925
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 18.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 232,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A few weeks after Margaret Thatcher moved into Number 10, a brand new kind of comedy club opened in a strip club in Soho. This innovative, unruly venue became the unofficial flagship for a fresh generation of comedians, who revived and transformed live comedy. It provided a crucial platform for these up-and-coming turns, who honed their craft on its tiny but prestigious stage. More than 20 years later, The Comedy Store remains an important springboard for modern comedy's rising stars. In this volume, comedy writer William Cook charts the eccentric story of this stand up and improvisational speakeasy, from its ad hoc origins in Soho's red light district, via its claustrophobic home beneath Leicester Square, to a slick purpose-built auditorium near Piccadilly Circus. Crammed with pictures, and with tales from bouncers, punters and promoters, plus interviews with past and present performers - including Clive Anderson, David Baddiel, Jo Brand, Julian Clary, Jack Dee, Eddie Izzard, Mark Lamarr and Alexei Sayle - the book offers an insight into the club that helped create not only alternative comedy, but the comedy circuit that continues to bloom today.
About the Author
William Cook has worked for BBC Omnibus and has written for the MAIL ON SUNDAY and the GUARDIAN, for which he writes a weekly page about comedy in the Guardian Guide. He is married with one son and lives in London.
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Fantastic book, need to say no more than, if you love the tv show of 'the comedy store' then youre going to love this! It tells you all the about the comedians in depth and if youre a budding comedian like myself then you'll find it fascinating and of course hilarious!
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i purchased this book in order to aid me in a piece of work that i had been asigned, as well as for personal interest, and i found it very useful, and interesting. i would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the brief history of The Comedy Store, or any of the comedians listed.
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