Sunshine on Putty by Ben Thompson
In the 1990s, British comedy underwent a renaissance. This work is based on hundreds of interviews with the leading comedians of the era, as well as managers, agents, producers, directors, executives and TV personalities.
Seven Years Of Plenty (Victor Gollancz, 1998): 'Wonderful..bursts with lucid and intelligent enthusiasm...I think we can say that Ben Thompson has produced the most exciting, illuminating and funny book about pop music since...Greil Marcus's Lipstick Traces' Guardian Ways Of Hearing: A User's Guide To The Pop Psyche, From Elvis To Eminem (Orion 2001): 'As important and frivolous a book as pop music deserves.' The Independent on Sunday 'It is wit, in its 18th-century sense: an acuity of judgement that makes you laugh' Guardian
Ben Thompson's comedy career began in the winter of 1986-7, reading a photocopied Ronnie Corbett monologue to an audience of angry students. He never performed again, but later took the opportunity to parade his ignorance of the basic principles of stagecraft in front of a national audience as comedy critic of The Independent On Sunday from 1994-97. He has also written profiles of Britain's best known comedians for The Face, GQ, The Independent, Night & Day and The Saturday Telegraph.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007135837 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007135831 |
| Title | Sunshine on Putty |
| Author | Ben Thompson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
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