Tim Reid & Tom Dreesen Book Signing September 18, 2008

Discussion & Signing for “Tim and Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White”

Tim and Tom tell the story of that pioneering duo, the first interracial comedy team in the history of show business--and the last. Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen polished their act in the nightclubs of Chicago, and then took it on the road, not only in the North, but in the still-simmering South as well; developing routines that even today remain surprisingly frank--and remarkably funny--about race. Though Tim and Tom perpetually seemed on the verge of making it big throughout their five years together, they grudgingly came to realize that they were ahead of their time: America was not yet ready to laugh at its own failed promise.

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