Ain't that a Knee-slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century
- ISBN-10
- 1604739533
- ISBN-13
- 9781604739534
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 281
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ. Press of Mississippi
- Author
- Tim Hollis
Description
A hee-hawing history of comedic performers from the golden age of radio through The Dukes of Hazzard
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