Jeff Abraham

Jeff Abraham is an American publicist, comedy historian and author. With Burt Kearns, he wrote the book,The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, published September 3, 2019 by Chicago Review Press (the first book to explore the phenomenon of performers who died during a show).[1][2][3]

Career

As a publicist, Abraham has represented some of the top names in comedy, including Steve Harvey, George Lopez, Bill Maher and, for the last eleven years of his life, George Carlin.[4] He is the owner and curator of the largest comedy album archives in Hollywood,[5] and has been a research consultant to authors [6] and numerous film documentaries and television specials including Make 'Em Laugh for PBS; Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time; Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute To Friar’s Club on Cinemax; and the Encore film, Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis.[7] He has conducted interviews for The Archive of American Television and worked closely with the Paley Center for Media. Abraham is on the advisory board of the National Comedy Center.[8]

Media Appearances

Abraham is also a popular guest on podcasts and radio shows,[9] having appeared on dozens, including Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast,[10] Hail Satire! with Vic Shuttee,[11] and NPR’s Weekend Edition. [12]

References
  1. Nast, Condé. "Killer Set: The Strange History of Performers Dying Onstage". Vanity Fair.
  2. "'Show Won't Go On': Book Compiles Performers Who Died Onstage". NPR.org.
  3. Chilton, Martin (September 10, 2019). "He's dying up there: the macabre, surprisingly funny history of onstage deaths". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/comedian-george-carlin-dies/article_9eab57db-c8be-5f6a-9536-5472dd07efb9.html
  5. http://stolendress.com/comedyonvinyl/tag/jeff-abraham/
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=xtCmCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=jeff+abraham+paley+center+for+media&source=bl&ots=j62HwjLHNQ&sig=ACfU3U38IO6Lol8d3c_m22RMhyqIK719vA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWgdCQ1uflAhXvHzQIHUIlDNwQ6AEwA3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=jeff%20abraham&f=false
  7. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781066/
  8. https://comedycenter.org/advisory-board/
  9. https://theshowwontgoon.com/radio-podcasts
  10. https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/jeff-abraham-and-burt-kearns/
  11. http://hailsatire.libsyn.com/jeff-abraham-discusses-dying-on-stage-in-new-book-the-show-wont-go-on
  12. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/21/762988694/show-wont-go-on-book-compiles-performers-who-died-on-stage



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