{"product_id":"boom-chicago-presents-the-30-most-important-years-in-dutch-history-9781636141046","title":"Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exciting history of the improv group you've never heard of that changed comedy in America--this is the story of Boom Chicago in Amsterdam as told by its founders and most famous alumni\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's kind of crazy, the impact on culture so many Boom Chicago alums have had. Boom was where I became my best comedic self: the excitement of Amsterdam, the freedom of that environment, the letting loose--it's magic. There's no better training ground.\" --\u003cb\u003eJordan Peele\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boom Chicago should have ended up on the scrap heap of 'Terrible Ideas Americans Have While Stoned in Amsterdam.' But when you stubbornly love one thing (comedy) as much as another thing (Amsterdam), you just believe they should be together. And here we are--thirty years later, Boom Chicago is alive and kicking.\" --\u003cb\u003eSeth Meyers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Working at Boom Chicago was an unbelievable experience. Thank goodness someone was smart enough to write it all down! You're lucky 'cause you get to read about THE most exciting, fun, and illegal time I've ever had!\" --\u003cb\u003eAmber Ruffin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing interviews with\u003c\/b\u003e Meyers, Peele, Ruffin, Jason Sudeikis, Ike Barinholtz, Greg Shapiro, Kay Cannon, and many more; and a sixteen-page, full-color insert with both behind-the-scenes snapshots and images from live performances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Lasso, Get Out, Late Night with Seth Meyers, 30 Rock, \u003c\/b\u003e A Black Lady Sketch Show, Breaking Bad, Saturday Night Live, Girls5Eva, The Colbert Report, Inside Amy Schumer, Pitch Perfect, Key \u0026amp; Peele, The Daily Show, MADtv, Rick and Morty, The Amber Ruffin Show, Horrible Bosses, Portlandia, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Suicide Squad, Superstore, How I Met Your Mother, Wicked, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBroad City \u003c\/i\u003eall have in common? They all feature writers, creators, directors, or stars who got their start at Boom Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving risen roughly to the middle of Chicago's cutthroat comedy scene, Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld decamped the Midwest for Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1993 to start their own improv comedy troupe, Boom Chicago. In a foreign land with zero tradition of English-language humor, Moskos and Rosenfeld unwittingly created the finishing school for some of today's most groundbreaking comedic talents. They (along with coauthors Matt Diehl and Saskia Maas) document this journey in the definitive oral history \u003ci\u003eBoom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom its stages, Boom Chicago went on to launch cultural game changers like Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Amber Ruffin, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Ike Barinholtz, Kay Cannon, and Tami Sagher (and that's just a partial list). At Boom, these young upstarts honed their craft in front of unsuspecting foreign audiences and visiting dignitaries like Burt Reynolds, Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, Dutch royalty, and the Netherlands's prime minister--all while navigating a world with legal weed and prostitution, annual holiday celebrations involving blackface, cookies with weird racist names, and football that has nothing to do with the NFL. From this culture shock, this collective created a more topical, inclusive, tech-savvy humor that would become the dominant comedy style of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Boom Chicago: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Groundlings. The \u003ci\u003eHarvard Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e. Second City. These comedy institutions have been supplying Hollywood with a steady stream of talent for decades. Well, there's another name--almost as influential--that you've never heard of: Amsterdam's Boom Chicago. Huh?\"--\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A small theater in Amsterdam became the most influential American comedy factory you've never heard of . . . Boom alums have had a significant hand in many of the shows that defined the past two decades of comedy.\" \u003ci\u003e--New York \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636141046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrew Moskos, Pep Rosenfeld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673024135349,"sku":"9781636141046","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_33f7a85b-4426-49ae-8865-78ceb1aab2f1.jpg?v=1709053037","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/boom-chicago-presents-the-30-most-important-years-in-dutch-history-9781636141046","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}