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BKLYN BookMatch: Printed Humor That Hasn't Been Permanently Borrowed (Because Most of it Has Been)

A list of humor anthologies, a couple of humorous memoirs, and several books about the magazines, TV shows and theater which have made American humor what it is today

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That's Blaxploitation! : roots of the baadasssss 'tude (rated X by an all-whyte jury)
James, Darius.
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Filled with author Darius James' acidic capsule reviews of practically any movie from the 1970s featuring a Black cast, this book also has interviews with some of the stars and creators of those films, "head" comix that would make R. Crumb shriek in scandalized mortification, lots of photos, and...well, what more do you need?

Who in hell-- : a guide to the whole damned bunch
Kelly, Sean.
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I added this to the list; Sean Kelly, an editor for The National Lampoon for many years, did extensive research on Hell's denizens for the amusement of us all

Monsters of the Ivy League : a gallery of elite assholes
Radlauer, Steve, 1948- author.
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Because not every wealthy, Ivy League-educated upper-cruster is a people person.

A confederacy of dunces
Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969.
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