Standup Comics in The Magic City - Hardcover

by Jacob Katel (Author)

An uncensored history of standup comedy in Miami, Florida, and how it was a microcosm of the regional live comedy scenes all over these United States, back in the days when free speech, hard drugs, and the mafia ruled the streets.

Starring: Lenny Bruce, George Kirby, Belle Barth, Pearl Williams, B.S. Pully, Sammy Shore, La Wanda Page, Flip Wilson, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Don Rickles, Redd Foxx, Slappy White, Joe E. Lewis, Sophie Tucker, Wildman Steve, Pigmeat Markham, Moms Mabley, and Rodney Dangerfield.

Plus bonus chapters with Miami Overtown Soul, Funk, and R&B Pioneer Sam Moore and his wife / manager Joyce Moore on the true history of the real Miami and what you might have never heard about Bill Cosby.