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Funniest Comedy Icons of the 20th Century, The

Volume 1

Author: John Stanley
Hardback: 366 pages
Publisher: Bear Manor Media (2016)
Avg. Rating: [ Unrated ]
ISBN: 1593939094
In Print? Yes

The author's meetings and conversations with Moe Howard provide readers with an 11-page chapter on The Three Stooges, focusing on Moe Howard's role in that classic comedy team.

From the back cover...

"Journey into a world of comedy featuring some of the best comedians and comediennes of a different time and place. Dozens of encounters, each based on a one-on-one interview, some dating as far back as the 1960s, recalled by John Stanley, for thirty-three years an entertainment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle's Dateook. Stanley specialized in exclusive moments with stars and up-and-coming stars, searching for how and why they had succeeded or were trying to succeed with comedy in the worlds of night clubs, television, and motion pictures. Enter the lives of such historic show biz personalities as: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Kathryn Grant Crosby, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Art Carney, Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Sheldon Leonard, Mel Blanc, Hilliard Marks, Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, Woody Allen, Donald O'Connor, Mae West, Jimmy Durante, Liberace, Peter Sellers, Henry Mancini, Moe Howard, Wally Cox, Greg Garrison, Frank Gorshin, Rich Little, Elliott Gould (MASH), Donald Sutherland (MASH), Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H), Harry Morgan (M*A*S*H), Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H), Larry Linville (M*A*S*H), Sally Kellerman (MASH)."

Also published in a softbound edition.


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