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The History of Stand-Up with Wayne Federman

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

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Comedians of the Fifties and Sixties

Comedians of the fifties and sixties essentially did two different acts. They did a night club act and then they had what they did downtown, what they did in greenwich village,. What they nd and almost like an alt act. And so tell me. I mean, like, it's, they eventually got to be called the sick comedians. That was part of, that was part of wit thousands ors. But who are the people? What did they do? It really starts again. This is already the 19 fifties. So now we've have television. We hav the ed sullivan show. i just want you to know that also,

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