{"product_id":"the-joke-9780573663338","title":"The Joke","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2m \/ Dramatic Comedy \/ Unit setIt''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","brand":"Samuel French Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862760620375,"sku":"9780573663338","price":12.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780573663338.jpg?v=1759918671","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-joke-9780573663338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}