For Fifty years Playboy has been asking the candid questions, letting the comedians give a straight response. In this collection of Playboy Interviews, America's greatest wits explain their rises and falls, talking about what's funny, what's not, and how to make 'em laugh.

This volume features interviews with the following notable figures: Don Rickles, Bill Cosby, Groucho Marx, Woody Allen, Jim Carrey, George Carlin, Jon Stewart, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, and Jerry Seinfeld.

* Funny, controversial, and out spoken, the comedians profiled in this book have shaped comedy in the 20th and 21st Centuries!