Completely unrelated but saw this free e-book for this month from the U of Chicago press and immediately thought of you! (strip the drm first; the drm software causes problems with pc's for whatever reason.)
Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America Stephen E. Kercher Before there was Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Bruce—liberal satirists who, through their wry and scabrous comedic routines, waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times. Revel with a Cause is their story.
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Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America
Stephen E. Kercher
Before there was Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Bruce—liberal satirists who, through their wry and scabrous comedic routines, waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times. Revel with a Cause is their story.