Comedy—Origins and Highlights

Comedy—Origins and Highlights

Winter (4 - 8.5 hours) | This course is completed

Online Lebanon, NH 03766 United States
Online Meeting
NEW
1/22/2021-2/19/2021
11:30 AM-1:30 PM EDT on Fri
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$45.00

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Comedy—Origins and Highlights

Winter (4 - 8.5 hours) | This course is completed

What makes us laugh? This course covers comedy and its origins dating back to the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greece. Topics will include vaudeville, film, radio and television, along with a session detailing comedians who learned their craft entertaining in nightclubs and Catskill mountain hotels.

Vorensky, Abe
Abe Vorensky

Abe Vorensky possesses a lifelong love and depth of comedy knowledge, specifically its diverse history. This love began when Abe worked as an MC in a Catskill mountain hotel where he sang, told jokes, and introduced other entertainers. Through the years, Abe has remained an enthusiastic humor and comedy historian, focusing on how comedy has played a role in our personal, social, and political thought.