Richard Zoglin: 3 books
Elvis in Vegas
How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.
The conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas is what destroyed Elvis Presley, launching him on a downward spiral of drugs, boredom, erratic stage behavior, and eventually his fatal overdose....
Comedy at the Edge
How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
When Lenny Bruce overdosed in 1966, he left behind an impressive legacy of edgy, politically charged comedy. Four short years later, a new breed of comic, inspired by Bruce's artistic fearlessness, made telling jokes an art form, forever putting to rest the stereotype of the one-liner borscht belt...
Hope
Entertainer of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
“Revelatory…fascinating” (The New York Times): The first definitive biography of Bob Hope, featuring exclusive and extensive reporting that makes the persuasive case that he was the most important entertainer of the twentieth century.
With his topical jokes and his all-American, brash-but-cowardly...