Quotes by Kliph Nesteroff, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

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He printed business cards celebrating his shift. They read, 'Ars gratia pecuniae.' Translated, it meant, 'Art for money' — Kliph Nesteroff, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy
Theater owners dodged construction costs, cutting corners and employing nonunion labor. Shoddy methods caused the death — Kliph Nesteroff, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy
The Mob essentially created the term 'stand-up comic'—according to eighty-six-year-old comedian Dick Curtis: 'The Outfit — Kliph Nesteroff, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy
Every night was improv. — Kliph Nesteroff, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy
No small part of the club's audience consisted of would-be comics, as well as the leading comics of the day. In fact, th — Kliph Nesteroff, The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy