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A Great, Silly Grin

The British Satire Boom of the 1960s

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This text examines the British satire explosion of the early 1960s - from Private Eye and Beyond the Fringe to That Was the Week That Was - and its lasting influence on comedy.

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A Great, Silly Grin, Humphrey Carpenter

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2002
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Title
A Great, Silly Grin
Subtitle
The British Satire Boom of the 1960s
Language
English
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Released
2002
Format
Hardcover
Pages
400
ISBN10
1586480812
ISBN13
9781586480813
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This text examines the British satire explosion of the early 1960s - from Private Eye and Beyond the Fringe to That Was the Week That Was - and its lasting influence on comedy.