{"product_id":"the-joke-sam-marks-9780573663338","title":"The Joke","description":"2m \/ Dramatic Comedy \/ Unit set It's 1965 and two comedians, \"Steady Eddie\" \u0026amp; \"Doug the Mug,\" knock 'em dead every night in the Catskills. Punchlines and cheap shots fly -- on stage and off -- as Doug and Ed battle for the spotlight over a decade, pushing each other to the cusp of a new direction of stand up comedy. With their personal and professional lives uncovered at center stage, Eddie and Doug must find a way to laugh it off while staying at the top of their game. Sam Marks' The Joke takes a look at the friendship and the rivalry between two comic partners during the golden years of the Borscht Belt. \"A tasty two-hander by Sam Marks...A comedy team working the Catskills in the 1960s and '70s, getting few laughs while undergoing all the stresses of a doomed marriage...And just as in a marriage in which one half of the couple changes while the other stays the same, the relationship deteriorates. Allusions to a woman and to the historical context as the '60s give way to the '70s are tantalizing but not overdone; the focus stays on the two men..\" - Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Marks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0573663335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780573663338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Concord Theatricals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Sam Marks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457571303679,"sku":"9780573663338","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_308c8932-7aab-46f7-8cde-cf2c5aa7b1eb.jpg?v=1777400010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-joke-sam-marks-9780573663338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}