"Vaudeville Humor: The Collected Jokes, Routines, and Skits of Ed
Lowry "contains vaudeville jokes, skits, and routines from the
first three decades of the twentieth century originally compiled by
comedian Ed Lowry (1896-1983). Although occasionally found in bits
and pieces in anthologies and in some period dramatic comedies,
vaudeville humor has never before been available in one
collection--performers rarely if ever kept a record of their jokes
and routines. Fortunately, Ed Lowry was an inveterate collector. He
kept copious notebooks of jokes and routines that he not only
commissioned but also stole from other comics, clipped from
newspapers, and copied from now defunct popular magazines of the
day.
Editor Paul M. Levitt has reorganized the material into categories
that preserve some of the flavor of Lowry's scrapbooks yet provide
for finer distinctions. Part one, "Jokes, " is organized by subject
matter and cataloged by genre, dialects, and wordplay. From
"Accidents" to "Work, " this exhaustive catalog of humor features
over one thousand jokes with topics that range from city slickers
and country hicks through midgets and old maids to Swedes and
tattoos. Part two, "MC Material: Biz, Jokes, Routines, and Skits"
is germane to the job of master of ceremonies, routines, and skits.
It feature topics from fractured fairy tales to stuttering. Part
three, an appendix, "Ed Lowry Laffter, "" "reproduces a privately
published collection that is now a rarecollector's item.
"Although some of the jokes can undoubtedly be found in other
places, " explains Levitt in his introduction, "I know of no source
as rich as this one for the twenties and thirties, a period so
abundant in humor that for years afterward it fueled radio, cinema,
and television."
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