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ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT - Masters of Comedy

Air Date/Released Friday, November 1, 1985
Station/Studio Syndicated / Paramount
Host/Star Mary Hart & Rob Weller
Featuring Miscellaneous Appearances

Daily (Monday - Friday, plus a one-hour weekend edition) entertainment newsmagazine, which premiered on September 14, 1981 and successfully continues through today.

In the first of a month-long tribute to classic comedians, "Masters of Comedy" featured The Three Stooges. Hosted by Tim Conway, the 4-1/2 minute segment includes interview segments with Joe Besser, Joan Howard Maurer, Norman Maurer, plus Jay Leno and Jerry Lewis. Film clips are from HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE # B-9 (1934), MEN IN BLACK (1934), DIZZY PILOTS (1943), SPOOK LOUDER (1943), IF A BODY MEETS A BODY (1945), MALICE IN THE PALACE (1949) and SAPPY BULL FIGHTERS (1959)


Cast: Mary Hart, Rob Weller, Leonard Maltin, Tim Conway, Joe Besser, Joan Howard Maurer, Norman Maurer, Jay Leno, Jerry Lewis
Archive footage: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Jerry Howard, Ted Healy, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, Ruth Hiatt, Charles King, Bud Jamison, Del Henderson, Ben Turpin, Vernon Dent, George J. Lewis, Richard Fiske

Crew: Jack Reilly (Producer), Ron de Moraes (Director)
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