'It's not like other comedians' memoirs. It's funny.' Guardian
Alexei Sayles Autobiografie Reihe
Diese Serie bietet einen tiefgründigen, witzigen und oft unglaublich offenen Einblick in das Leben eines der markantesten britischen Komiker. Begleiten Sie uns auf einer Reise voller Wendungen, von einer Kindheit in der Arbeiterklasse bis zum Gipfel der Comedy-Szene. Jedes Buch steckt voller einzigartigem Humor und scharfer Beobachtungen, die nicht nur die Hintergründe des Showgeschäfts, sondern auch gesellschaftliche Kommentare der Zeit enthüllen. Es ist eine Lektüre, die Sie zum Lachen bringt und gleichzeitig zum Nachdenken über Ihren eigenen Lebensweg anregt.
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Thatcher Stole My Trousers
- 336 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
'Enlightening ... Funny, smart, original and provocative ... It is hard to imagine the stalwarts of Mock the Week recognising the Druze militia leader Walid Jumblatt in a London cinema' NEW STATESMAN'Few standups have come close to capturing a fraction of this creative energy in a book ... Alexei Sayle is an exception' GUARDIAN"What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence - nobody in Monty Python looked like a hard case who'd kick your head in."In 1971, comedians on the working men's club circuit imagined that they would be free to continue telling their tired, racist, misogynistic gags forever. But their nemesis, a nineteen-year-old Marxist art student, was slowly coming to meet them...Thatcher Stole My Trousers chronicles a time when comedy and politics united in electrifying ways. Recounting the founding of the Comedy Store, the Comic Strip and the Young Ones, and Alexei's friendships with the comedians who - like him - would soon become household names, this is a unique and beguiling blend of social history and memoir. Fascinating, funny, angry and entertaining, it is a story of class and comedy, politics and love, fast cars and why it's difficult to foul a dwarf in a game of football.