{"product_id":"the-marx-brothers-miscellany","title":"The Marx Brothers Miscellany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Marx Brothers Miscellany - A Subjective Appreciation of the World’s Greatest Comedy Team\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Trav S.D.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Austin Pendleton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e324 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9798887714394 paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Marx Brothers are widely regarded as the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century’s greatest comedy team, a tight knit performing unit who reached their fans through a dozen films, three Broadway shows, a radio program, and a top-flight vaudeville act, as well the brothers’ own separate accomplishments as book authors, recording artists, television personalities, and entrepreneurs. Yet while it’s tempting to think so, the world’s most popular comedy act didn’t emerge in a vacuum. Groucho’s brand of verbal nonsense humor, Harpo’s silent clowning, and Chico’s “Italian” shtick were all highly popular and familiar vaudeville specialties in their day. What made the Marx Brothers original was that they packed it all into the same explosive, anarchistic act. And they were so funny, of course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriter\/ performer Trav S.D. (No\u003cem\u003e Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous\u003c\/em\u003e) now turns his attention to the greatest of all stage and screen comedy teams in \u003cem\u003eThe Marx Brothers Miscellany. \u003c\/em\u003eAdapted from a series of public lectures and over 150 articles originally published on the popular website Travalanche, \u003cem\u003eThe Marx Brothers Miscellany \u003c\/em\u003emimics its unruly subject with an irreverent style and crazy-quilt structure combining cultural history, biography, criticism, and more than a few surprises. A one of a kind ex-TRAV-aganza, \u003cem\u003eThe Marx Brothers Miscellany\u003c\/em\u003e also features art by Noah Diamond and a foreword by Austin Pendleton (\u003cem\u003eSkidoo, What’s Up Doc? Finding Nemo\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBette Midler called \u003cem\u003eNo Applause\u003c\/em\u003e “the best book about the people who worked in vaudeville” in \u003cem\u003ePeople \u003c\/em\u003emagazine. Trav S.D.’s other books have included \u003cem\u003eChain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube \u003c\/em\u003e(2013) and \u003cem\u003eRose’s Royal Midgets and Other Little People of Vaudeville\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). With Noah Diamond, he co-produced and directed the first ever revival of \u003cem\u003eI’ll Say She Is\u003c\/em\u003e, the Marx Brothers’ first Broadway show, in 2014. He has performed and lectured at such notable venues as the Museum of Modern Art, Columbia University, and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He has contributed to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Village Voice. American Theatre, Reason\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been heard as a guest on the BBC, NPR, and \u003cem\u003eThe Halli Casser-Jayne Show\u003c\/em\u003e, where he had the honor of appearing on a Marx Brothers themed panel with Dick Cavett and Bill Marx, Harpo’s son. \u003cem\u003eThe Marx Brothers Miscellany\u003c\/em\u003e is the product of over 40 years of fandom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/www.bearmanormedia.com\/blogs\/news\/10-questions-for-trav-s-d-regarding-the-marx-brothers-miscellany-1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46998045589676,"sku":"vau1787292140001","price":22.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46998045622444,"sku":"iyy1787292140002","price":26.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/the-marx-brothers-miscellany_1.jpg?v=1787292145","url":"https:\/\/www.mintmerton.com\/products\/the-marx-brothers-miscellany","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}