Allan Sherman was the Larry David, the Adam Sandler, the Sacha
Baron Cohen of 1963. He led Jewish humor and sensibilities out of
ethnic enclaves and into the American mainstream with explosively
funny parodies of classic songs that won Sherman extraordinary
success and acclaim across the board, from Harpo Marx to President
Kennedy. In Overweight Sensation, Mark Cohen argues persuasively
for Sherman's legacy as a touchstone of postwar humor and a turning
point in Jewish American cultural history. With exclusive access to
Allan Sherman's estate, Cohen has written the first biography of
the manic, bacchanalian, and hugely creative artist who sold three
million albums in just twelve months, yet died in obscurity a
decade later at the age of forty-nine. Comprehensive, dramatic,
stylish, and tragic, Overweight Sensation is destined to become the
definitive Sherman biography.
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