Review of
Comical Confessions of Clever Comedians,
by P. F. Pitzer
Four out of five stars
Reads like a series of vaudeville acts
Published in 1904,
the authors of the comedic routines in this book were almost certainly
vaudeville performers. They sound like bits that would have been delivered on a
small stage to a live audience. The humor is largely based on puns that are
simple and based on subjects that would be well known to almost all audiences.
Many topics are
used as background material, from baseball to the military to the circus. This
book is an interesting look back at what was popular humor at the beginning of
the twentieth century.
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