Jeff Abraham is an American publicist, comedy historian, and author.[1] His only book—The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage—was written with Burt Kearns, and it was published on September 3, 2019, by Chicago Review Press.[2][3][4][5]
Career
As a publicist, Abraham has represented many comedy projects and comedians, including George Carlin[6] and David Brenner.[7] He has been a research consultant to authors[8] and documentarians,[9] and his Abraham Comedy Archives, a voluminous comedy album collection, has been a resource to writers and filmmakers alike.[10] He is a prolific podcast and radio guest, [11] and in 2022, he was featured in the Emmy award-winning HBO documentary series,George Carlin's American Dream.[12]
Abraham has conducted interviews for The Archive of American Television and worked closely with the Paley Center for Media. He is on the advisory board of the National Comedy Center.[13]
As an author and comedy historian, he is completing the first authorized biography of The Ritz Brothers.[14][15]
References
- ^ "Jeff Abraham". Coasttocoastam.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Killer Set: The Strange History of Performers Dying Onstage". Vanity Fair. 4 September 2019.
- ^ "'Show Won't Go On': Book Compiles Performers Who Died Onstage". NPR.org.
- ^ Chilton, Martin (September 10, 2019). "He's dying up there: the macabre, surprisingly funny history of onstage deaths". Telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Book review: The shows that didn't go on". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Comedian George Carlin diess". Tulsa World. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Comedian David Brenner Dies at 78". Hollywoodreporter.com. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Zoglin, Richard (10 February 2009). Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America. ISBN 9781582346250.
- ^ "Jeff Abraham". IMDb.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Kessler, Debra (26 May 2020). "The Abraham Comedy Archive: "Mr. Comedy" Jeff Abraham Has 5,000 Comedy Records and Counting". Theinterrobang.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Radio and Podcasts".
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12899886/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1 [user-generated source]
- ^ "Advisory Board of Directors - National Comedy Center". Comedycenter.org. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Hail Satire! with Vic Shuttee: Jeff Abraham, Publicist and Comedy Archivist (September 9, 2018)". Hailsatire.libsyn.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "NiteLife Exchange Streaming Picks of the Week". Nitelife-exchange.com. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2021.