{"product_id":"boom-chicago-presents-the-30-most-important-years-in-dutch-history-hardcover","title":"Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Moskos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePep Rosenfeld\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatt Diehl\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\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.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eJordan Peele\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eSeth Meyers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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!\" --\u003cstrong\u003eAmber Ruffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Featuring interviews with 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What do Ted Lasso, Get Out, Late Night with Seth Meyers, 30 Rock, 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, and Broad City all have in common? They all feature writers, creators, directors, or stars who got their start at Boom Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Having 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 Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Moskos\u003c\/b\u003e is the cofounder and artistic director of Boom Chicago--the first ever English-language improv comedy theater in the Netherlands. Andrew also works on major business events and cowrote Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's \"most successful speech ever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePep Rosenfeld \u003c\/b\u003eis the cofounder and director of content for Boom Chicago. He received an Emmy nomination for his writing on \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live's\u003c\/i\u003e 2000-2001 season. Rosenfeld is also a stand-up comedian who got a laugh out of Barack Obama, and a public speaker known for his humorous TED Talks and interviews with thought leaders like Malcolm Gladwell. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Diehl\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and author renowned for his contributions to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Rolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. 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