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• 251 • I N D E X Adams, John, 23; and Sedition Act of 1798, 23 Agnew, Spiro, 185, 190–91 Alda, Alan, 132, 146 Ali, Muhammad, 168–69 Allen, Fred, 102–3; censorship of, 103, 104, 142; influence of, 103, 112–13 Allen, Gracie, 101, 104, 105, 175, 221; mock presidential candidacy (1940), 101 Allen, Steve, 113, 151, 153, 178, 188, 194, 203; as comedy visionary, 153–55 Alvin and the Chipmunks, 175 Arnold, Matthew, on Twain, 225 Artemus Ward, His Book, 16, 32, 33, 45 Aykroyd, Dan, 116, 195, 197; imitation of Carter, 12, 201–2 Ball, Lucille, 104, 105; appearance before House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), 105 Benny, Jack, 101, 104, 105, 172 Berle, Milton, 104 Bierce, Ambrose, 225 blackface minstrelsy, 19, 30, 110, 160 Block, Herbert. See Herblock Browne, Charles Farrar, 11, 16–18, 32, 45, 101; attitudes toward performance, 28–30; death of, 16, 50; Howells on, 37; as journalist, 17, 23, 26–28, 225; and Maine, 16–17, 26, 130, 132; as personification of American spirit, 17, 19–20; as standup comedian, 11, 16, 20, 30, 35–36, 109, 225; and Twain’s career, 44. See also Ward, Artemus Bruce, Lenny, 114, 160, 165, 170, 174, 187, 194; compared with Ward, 155; influence on political humor, 150–53, 156–58, 185; on LBJ, 157; on Meader’s career, 139–40; obscenity charges against, 156–57; on performance versus reality, 150–52, 206; posthumous pardon of, 156 Burns, George, 101, 172 Bush, George H. W., 13, 201, 210, 212; Carvey imitation of, 222 Bush, George W., 208, 210, 219; and 2000 election, 214; Ferrell imitation of, 214, 217; and “truthiness,” 220; and 2005 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, 1–3, 6–8; and 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, 223 Bush, Laura, 1–4, 6–8, 210, 223 Carlin, George, 156, 194 Carson, Johnny: compared with Rogers, 193; cultural power of, 12, 154, 188–93; influence on late-night comedy, 203, 211–12, 217; on Nixon, 188, 190, 192, 194; on Reagan, 208–9; and Saturday Night Live, 12, 193–94. See also Tonight Show, The Carter, Jimmy: defeat of Ford, 200; lack of humor, 203–4; Reagan’s victory over, 207; and Saturday Night Live, 12, 201–2 Carvey, Dana, 13, 222 Cedric the Entertainer (Cedric Antonio Kyles), 2 Chase, Chevy, 199, 209; imitation of Ford, 12, 195, 197–99, 201–2; impact on 1976 election, 223 Cheney, Dick, 2, 218 Cheney, Lynne, 1, 2 “child” jokes, 116–17, 145 • 252 • i n d e x Clemens, Samuel, 37, 50, 62, 109, 204, 225; and Ward, 43–44. See also Twain, Mark Cleveland, Grover, 47, 48; and the Gridiron Club, 54–55 Clinton, Bill, 12, 105, 208; conservative antipathy toward, 212; ridicule of, 212–13, 218 Clinton, Hillary, 215, 216 Colbert, Stephen, 26, 80, 212, 224; and Bush’s “truthiness,” 220; influence on political humor, 225; popularity of, 216, 217; and 2008 election, 215–16, 221; and 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, 223 Colbert Report, The, 3, 149, 194, 226; as “fake news,” 212, 220; as journalism, 7, 219–20; “truthiness” defined, 220; and 2008 election, 215–16, 221; and Writers Guild of America strike, 219 Committee, The, 146, 154, 172, 179, 193; Johnson ridiculed by, 167–68 Compass, The, 3, 12, 115–16, 118, 125, 132 Coolidge, Calvin: and 1928 election, 79; Great Depression and, 77; humor of, 71–72, 86, 201; news conferences of, 86; Rogers’s impersonation and, 73–76, 95, 130, 132, 137, 222 Cosby, Bill, 154, 158–59 Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The, 3, 12; as “fake news,” 212, 220; as journalism, 7, 219–20; Moyers on significance of, 220; precursors of, 103, 149, 154, 194, 216; and Writers Guild of America strike, 219 DeMille, Cecil B., 57 Dooley, Martin. See Dunne, Finley Peter Downing, Jack, 50, 130; as comiceveryman , 25, 51; and Jackson, 25–26, 33, 52. See also Smith, Seba Dunne, Finley Peter, 39, 42, 49–53, 225; Dooley and McKinley, 51–52; Dooley and Roosevelt, Theodore, 52; readership of, 50–51, 53; and Roosevelt, Theodore, 52–53, 55; and Twain, 49 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 117; attitudes toward humor, 13, 124–25, 128; Bruce’s ridicule of, 153; Herblock’s ridicule of, 102; popularity of, 111–12, 127; and Sahl, 124–25; Sahl’s ridicule of, 118–19, 127; television used by, 110–11, 196 “elephant” jokes, 116, 117–18, 145, 165 “Fairness Doctrine,” 211–13 Ferrell, Will, impersonation of Gerage W. Bush, 214...

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