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Boom Chicago presents the 30 most important years in Dutch history, Andrew Moskos & Pep Rosenfeld, with Matt Diehl and Saskia Maas ; [foreword by Seth Meyers ; backword by Jordan Peele]

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Boom Chicago presents the 30 most important years in Dutch history

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Andrew Moskos & Pep Rosenfeld, with Matt Diehl and Saskia Maas ; [foreword by Seth Meyers ; backword by Jordan Peele]

"In 1993, after having risen roughly to the middle of Chicago's cutthroat comedy scene, Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld decamped for Amsterdam to start their own improv comedy troupe, Boom Chicago. There, they unwittingly created the finishing school for some of today's most groundbreaking comedic talents, including Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Amber Ruffin, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Ike barinholtz, and Kay Cannon (and that's just a partial list). In interviews with these comic luminaries and many more, Moskos and Rosenfeld (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"--Page 4 of cover

Welcome to thirty years of Boom Chicago -- Foreword by Seth Myers -- Fore-and-a-half-word by Ruben van der Meer -- Meet the cast by Rob AndristPlourde and Greg Shapiro -- 1993. Flevolollapalooza: The year the modern music festival -- and Boom Chicago -- are born -- 1994. Royale with cheese? Yes, Please! Pulp Fiction goes Boom in Amsterdam -- 1995. Ajax wins the champions league: Actors get soccer fever -- 1996. Villa Volta: The ride opens at the best theme park on Earth (with expat comedians shocked to discover Holland has superior theme parks to America) -- 1997. The fifteenth (and last?) Elfstedentocht skating race: Rapping, clubbing, and EuroPerve -- 1998. Gold medal in handbag throwing? Amsterdam, the world's gayest city, hosts Europe's first-ever gay games -- 1999. So Ruud: The year the Dutch invented reality TV (plus funny stories about Ike Barinholtz) -- 2000. Amsterdam's taxi war: Cabbies, cops, and criminal cyclists collide -- 2001. It's not funny having "Boom" in your name during 9/11 -- 2002. The royal wedding -- no, not that one: The Netherlands has kings and queens too... -- 2003. The Polderbaan runway opens at Schiphol Airport: Don't bring week to the US embassy -- 2004. Day of De Lama's: Dutch proven to be actually funny, Book Chicago takes the credit -- 2005. Bite the bullet: Boom gets political, Holland gets the Euro, we all get fucked -- 2006. For years, the Dutch had racist candy names. We can't make this shit up, people... -- 2007. Everything is love: Motherfucking Burt Reynolds takes the boom stage, and other true tales -- 2008-2009. Crisis? What crisis? Boom goes corporate as world economy tanks -- 2010. Facebook, Myspace, and, um, Hyves? Dutch fail early in social media arms race -- 2011. The Dutch team wins the baseball world cup. Wait, there's a baseball world cup? -- 2012. "Gangnam style" brings K-pop to the masses; Boom Chicago brings yesterday's news to Comedy Central -- 2013. Keep it classy, Boom Chicago: Movin' on up to Amsterdam's legendary Rozentheater -- 2014. Beloved Dutch icon says goodbye as Boom goes commercial -- 2015. Nothing interesting happened this year, but... -- 2016. Boom Chicago hired to teach Dutch prime minister how to be funny -- 2017. Trump up the volume: America embraces fascism, Netherlands rejects it (sort of) -- 2018-2023. Boom turns twenty-five -- and then Ted Lasso takes over the world -- Backword by Jordan Peele

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