{"product_id":"the-joke-0573663335","title":"The Joke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0573663335\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marks, Sam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2m \/ Dramatic Comedy \/ Unit set It's 1965 and two comedians, \"Steady Eddie\" \u0026amp; \"Doug the Mug,\" knock 'em dead every night in the Catskills. Punchlines and cheap shots fly -- on stage and off -- as Doug and Ed battle for the spotlight over a decade, pushing each other to the cusp of a new direction of stand up comedy. With their personal and professional lives uncovered at center stage, Eddie and Doug must find a way to laugh it off while staying at the top of their game. Sam Marks' The Joke takes a look at the friendship and the rivalry between two comic partners during the golden years of the Borscht Belt. \"A tasty two-hander by Sam Marks...A comedy team working the Catskills in the 1960s and '70s, getting few laughs while undergoing all the stresses of a doomed marriage...And just as in a marriage in which one half of the couple changes while the other stays the same, the relationship deteriorates. Allusions to a woman and to the historical context as the '60s give way to the '70s are tantalizing but not overdone; the focus stays on the two men.\". - Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924674576672,"sku":"NEW0573663335","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/31VPOJXy9ML.jpg?v=1792702721","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-joke-0573663335","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}