THE PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS: THE COMEDIANS THE PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS THE COMEDIANS

Humor: some of us have it, others don’t. Woody Allen has a lot of it. , too. Don Rickles defined what it was for a new generation. Groucho Marx for the generation before. Through candid interviews The Comedians explores the role of these influential entertainers.

For 50 years Playboy has been asking the candid questions, letting the comedians give a straight response. In this collection of Playboy Interviews, America’s greatest wits explain their rises and falls, talking about what is funny, what is not, and how to make ’em laugh.

ISBN-10: 1-59582-066-3 Page count: 480 pp ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-066-2 Format: Trade cloth Price: $22.95 ($27.99) Rights: Worldwide Publisher: M Press Genre: Entertainment & Edited by: Stephen Randall and the editors Performing Arts/Humor of Playboy magazine Publication date: October 2007 Size: 6 x 9

Author bio Edited by Stephen Randall and the editors of Playboy magazine.

This volume features interviews with the following notable figures: Don Rickles, , Groucho Marx, Woody Allen, , , , Steve Martin, Robin Williams, , and .

KEY SALES & MARKETING PONTS • The comedians interviewed in this book cross all walks of life. Fans of entertainment will be compelled to buy this volume. • Fans of stand-up comedy will find this book irresistible. • Contains candid conversations with some of our most brilliant, rebellious, and tragic comedians of our time—the politics, the religion, the sex! • Many of these interviews are being presented in this volume for the first time since their original magazine publication. In some cases, they have been unavailable for more than 40 years! • Includes an index of the interviews in all previous volumes of the M Press line of The Playboy Interviews!

PROMO & PUBLICITY • Advertising in Playboy monthly magazine, with over 10 million readers each month (source: MRI Spring 2006) • National media campaign in publications such as Maxim, Rolling Stone, and • Reviews solicited in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and other book industry magazines • Promotion and exhibit at book and library trade shows throughout the year, including ALA and Book Expo • www.playboy.com link to book series (playboy.com receives over 25,000 hits per day). • Promotion on publisher’s site www.mpressbooks.com

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