American Political Humor: Masters of Satire and Their Impact on U.S. Policy and Culture [2 Volumes]

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Historically, there has been a tendency to regard political satire and humor as a sideshow to the wider world of American politics--entertaining and sometimes insightful, but ultimately only of modest interest to students and others surveying the trajectory of American politics and culture. This set documents just how mistaken that assumption is. By examining political humor and satire throughout US history, these volumes not only illustrate how expressions of political satire and humor reflect changes in American attitudes about presidents, parties, and issues but also how satirists, comedians, cartoonists, and filmmakers have helped to shape popular attitudes about landmark historical events, major American institutions and movements, and the nation's political leaders and cultural giants. Finally, this work examines how today's brand of political humor may be more influential than ever before in shaping American attitudes about the nation in which we live. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Guide to Related Topics Preface Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Volume 1: Section 1: The Colonial and Revolutionary War Era (1607–1789) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748–1816) Matthew Elliot Duquès Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) Nathan Miczo Philip Freneau (1752–1832) Keat Murray Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791) Charles E. Brewer William Livingston (1723–1790) Kathryn A. Super Samuel Peters (1735–1826) Christine Smaller John Trumbull (1710–1785) Carl B. Sell Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814) Kaitlin Tonti John Witherspoon (1723–1794) Samantha DiMauro Section 2: The Early Republic (1789–1861) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles William Charles (1776–1820) Linzey Billy George Horatio Derby (John Phoenix, “Squibob”; 1823–1861) Anthony A. Pino George Washington Harris (1814–1869) Simon Huff James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) Daniel Royot John Neal (1793–1876) James Stephen Merritt Kayorie Seba Smith (1792–1868) Daniel Royot Section 3: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861–1872) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Charles Farrar Browne (Artemus Ward; 1834–1867) David E. E. Sloane David Ross Locke (1833–1888) Todd Nathan Thompson Thomas Nast (1840–1902) Erin M. Guydish Buchholz Robert Henry Newell (Orpheus C. Kerr; 1836–1901) Wesley Scott McMasters William Newman (1817–1870) Todd Nathan Thompson Henry W. Shaw (Josh Billings; 1818–1885) Nathan Valle Charles Henry Smith (Bill Arp; 1826–1903) Megan A. Anderson Mortimer Neal Thomson (1831–1875) David E. E. Sloane Vanity Fair (1859–1863) Joshua A. Vaught Section 4: The Gilded Age to the Great Depression (1873–1929) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Robert Benchley (1889–1945) Zeke Jarvis Clifford K. Berryman (1869–1949) W. Bradford Mello Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) Rob Welch Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain; 1835–1910) Matt Seybold Jay Norward “Ding” Darling (1876–1962) W. Bradford Mello Homer Davenport (1867–1912) Erich Morgan Huhn Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936) Erin M. Guydish Buchholz Judge (1885–1947, 1953) Daniel F. Yezbick Joseph Keppler (1838–1894) Fatemeh Shayan Ringgold Wilmer “Ring” Lardner (1885–1933) Don Baird Life (1883–1936) Daniel F. Yezbick H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) Darryl Hart Charles Nelan (1859–1904) Rob Welch Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850–1896) Don Baird Puck (1874–1918) Winifred Morgan Will Rogers (1879–1935) Steven K. Gragert James Grover Thurber (1894–1961) Marie-Therese Miller Art Young (1866–1943) Jodie Childers Section 5: The Great Depression through 1960 (1929–1960) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Al Capp (1909–1979) Daniel F. Yezbick Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick (1891–1969) Melony Shemberger Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss; 1904–1991) Brooke Sherrard Langston Hughes (1902–1967) Barry Mowell Walt Kelly (1913–1973) Kerry David Soper Tom Lehrer (1928–) Rick Cousins Marya Mannes (Sec; 1904–1990) Marcie Hinton Section 6: Civil Rights and Vietnam (1960–1968) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Russell Wayne Baker (1925–) Daniel F. Yezbick Herbert Block (Herblock; 1909–2001) W. Bradford Mello Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) Eddie Tafoya Art Buchwald (1925–2007) Kathy Elrick Johnny Carson (1925–2005) Don Baird Dr. Strangelove (1964) George Case Jules Feiffer (1929–) Stephen J. Whitfield Dick Gregory (1932–2017) Eddie Tafoya Arthur Hoppe (1925–2000) Martha Cipolla Pat Oliphant (1935–) Laura E. Little Mort Sahl (1927–) Eddie Tafoya The Smothers Brothers (1958–2010) Peter M. Robinson Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) Rory Patrick Feehan The Tonight Show (1954–) 345Maureen L. Fitzpatrick Volume 2 Section 7: From Nixon through George H. W. Bush (1968–1992) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles All in the Family (1971–1979) Steve Kaplan George Carlin (1937–2008) Ian Brodie Chevy Chase (1943–) Ben Wynne Doonesbury (1970–) Kerry David Soper Molly Ivins (1944–2007) Kathy Elrick Norman Lear (1922–) Laura Burnham MAD (1952–) Samuel Bell M*A*S*H (1972–1983) Róbert Ďurka National Lampoon (1970–1998) Nicolas Labarre P. J. O’Rourke (1947–) Glenn C. Altschuler and Robert Orson Summers Richard Pryor (1940–2005) Eddie Tafoya Mark Russell (1932–) Fatemeh Shayan Saturday Night Live (1975–) Douglas E. Pruim Section 8: The Bill Clinton Years (1993–2001) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Bob Roberts R. Lance Holbert Christopher Taylor Buckley (1952–) Fatemeh Shayan Al Franken (1951–) Andrew Gaber Arsenio Hall (1956–) Glenn C. Altschuler and Simone Best Darrell Hammond (1955–) Eric Forthun Phil Hartman (1948–1998) Steven S. Kapica Jay Leno (1950–) Taylor Nicole Carraway David Letterman (1947–) Kathy Elrick Bill Maher (1956–) Di Yu Dennis Miller (1953–) Jonathan S. Morris The Onion (1988–) Ian Brodie The Simpsons (1989–) John Alberti Spy (1986–1998) Alison Dagnes Tom Toles (1951–) Melony Shemberger Section 9: The Presidency of George W. Bush (2001–2009) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Andy Borowitz (1958–) Louis R. Franzini Dave Chapelle (1973–) Joe Conway Stephen Colbert (1964–) Edo Steinberg, Patrice Oppliger, and Lee Urton The Colbert Report (2005–2014) Jonathan P. Rossing CollegeHumor Matthew Tormey The Daily Show (1996–) Julia R. Fox Will Ferrell (1967–) Thomas C. Messerli Tina Fey (1970–) Jay Friesen Funny or Die (2007–) Nick Marx Walt Handelsman (1956–) Lucien Leon JibJab Maria Gabryszewska Marc Maron (1963–) Steven S. Kapica Amy Poehler (1971–) Megan R. Hill South Park (1997–) Megan R. Hill Section 10: The Obama Era (2009–2017) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Samantha Bee (1969–) Mark Boukes and Eugenia Quintanilla Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008–) Joe Conway Lewis Black (1948–) Louis R. Franzini Jimmy Fallon (1974–) Daniel McCallister Key & Peele (2012–2015) Rachel E. Blackburn John Oliver (1977–) Ian Brodie Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) Matthew Tormey Portlandia (2011–2018) Kevan M. Yenerall Veep (2012–2019) Kevan M. Yenerall Larry Wilmore (1961–) Jonathan P. Rossing Section 11: The Presidency of Donald Trump (2017–) Introduction Jody C Baumgartner Profiles Alec Baldwin (1958–) Will Howell and Trevor Parry-Giles Larry David (1947–) Will Howell and Trevor Parry-Giles Kathy Griffin (1960–) Ben Voth and Jane K. Glenn Kate McKinnon (1984–) Taylor Nicole Carraway Seth Myers (1973–) Jonathan P. Rossing Trevor Noah (1984–) Rachel E. Blackburn Chronology General Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index