Concrete Comedy: An Alternative History of Twentieth-Century Comedy Paperback – August 31, 2011

"For Kaufmann and Burden (in the above example) television was a part of reality, for The Replacements success as a pop band was reality, for Guilaume Bijl the exhibition space was reality, for Bruce Nauman the psychology of the studio was reality. These reality’s take place in a Material Culture that is constantly shifting and out of the control of many people. For Robbins, these artists/Concrete Comedians work with, against, and through what is out of their control to affirm their humanness." --Cameron Crone on David Robbin's "Concrete Comedy"Read the full review here:[...]

Great book. You don't need to buy it for 2000 dollars though. Just get it through the publisher.

This is the strongest, more provocative book of arts criticism, certainly about comedy, read by me in a long time.