The Icons That Built America

The Icons That Built America Comedy Kings

Fitting into the clean-cut roles that comedians occupied in the 1950s, two up-and-coming stand-ups make names for themselves; as society shifts and counter-culture movements take hold, both men realize they need to adapt their comedy.

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The Icons That Built America Comedy Kings

Fitting into the clean-cut roles that comedians occupied in the 1950s, two up-and-coming stand-ups make names for themselves; as society shifts and counter-culture movements take hold, both men realize they need to adapt their comedy.

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The Icons That Built America Comedy Kings

Fitting into the clean-cut roles that comedians occupied in the 1950s, two up-and-coming stand-ups make names for themselves; as society shifts and counter-culture movements take hold, both men realize they need to adapt their comedy.

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The Icons That Built America Shock Jocks

In the 1970s, two maverick broadcasters take a different approach, challenging their bosses, the rules and polite society to help create a new genre: talk radio.

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The Icons That Built America Shock Jocks

In the 1970s, two maverick broadcasters take a different approach, challenging their bosses, the rules and polite society to help create a new genre: talk radio.

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The Icons That Built America Shock Jocks

In the 1970s, two maverick broadcasters take a different approach, challenging their bosses, the rules and polite society to help create a new genre: talk radio.

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The Icons That Built America Action Heroes

A struggling New York actor, brushed aside, bets on himself to write, and star in a movie; by challenging the ideas of what it means to be a leading man at the time, he gives himself a fighting chance in Hollywood.

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The Icons That Built America Action Heroes

A struggling New York actor, brushed aside, bets on himself to write, and star in a movie; by challenging the ideas of what it means to be a leading man at the time, he gives himself a fighting chance in Hollywood.

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The Icons That Built America Action Heroes

A struggling New York actor, brushed aside, bets on himself to write, and star in a movie; by challenging the ideas of what it means to be a leading man at the time, he gives himself a fighting chance in Hollywood.

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The Icons That Built America Titans of Talk

Daytime talk shows in the 1980s is aimed at a stay-at-home female audience and has conversational topics and polite discussion; a young politician-turned-TV host rewrites the rules when an unexpected fight breaks out between his guests.

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