Lenny, Flip, and Rickles: Standup Comics in The Magic City Paperback – January 29, 2024
An uncensored history of standup comedy in Miami, Florida, and how
it was a microcosm of the regional live comedy scenes all over these
United States, back in the days when free speech, hard drugs, and the
mafia ruled the streets.
Starring:
Lenny Bruce, George Kirby,
Belle Barth, Pearl Williams, B.S. Pully, Sammy Shore, La Wanda Page,
Flip Wilson, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Don Rickles, Redd Foxx,
Slappy White, Joe E. Lewis, Sophie Tucker, Wildman Steve, Pigmeat
Markham, Moms Mabley, and Rodney Dangerfield.
Plus bonus chapters
with Miami Overtown Soul, Funk, and R&B Pioneer Sam Moore and his
wife / manager Joyce Moore on the true history of the real Miami and
what you might have never heard about Bill Cosby.
