| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
543 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print biography
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Thorndike Press large print biography series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The award-winning actress and #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author shares her funny and heartwarming stories of a life filled with laughter. Woven throughout the book are her interviews with America's most beloved comedians about how they, too, found the funny in their lives. |
| Contents |
Celebrations -- A kid at the studio -- The boys -- Socks and moxie, Jerry Seinfeld -- The wives -- Stirring the sauce with Joy Behar -- Hotels -- Comedy begins at home, Billy Crystal -- On the road -- The first laugh, Robin Williams -- The funny barber -- He said/she said, Ben & Jerry Stiller -- A.k.a. Orson -- Testifying with Chris Rock -- Beverly Hills, my neighborhood -- My dad -- Harry and the parakeet -- Angelo's boy, Jay Leno -- Miss Independence -- My big brown eyes -- Killing and dying, Alan Alda -- Comedians in their dressing rooms -- A phone call with Mr. Warmth, Don Rickles -- The two Dannys -- Turn-ons with Conan O'Brien -- The bow -- Twenty questions for Stephen Colbert -- Dinner at the Goldbergs -- The survivor, Joan Rivers -- Obsession -- Fall-down funny, George Lopez -- Tony's pilot -- Oh, Donald -- Lew Parker -- The comedian's comedian -- Growing up free -- One-girl show, Lily Tomlin -- Rose Marie -- The book on Kathy Griffin -- Capra, Orson (the other one), and me -- The Wright stuff, Steven Wright -- Growing a feminist -- The joke on me -- The making of a Wisenheimer, Tina Fey -- The reluctant interview: an improv -- The storyteller, Whoopi Goldberg -- Against the odds -- Legends of comedy -- The elm house -- Mother and Marge -- The only Jew in the neighborhood, Jon Stewart -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. |
| Local Note |
WNDSR--This book is the gift of Sandra Magyar in memory of Mildred Holcombe. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Subject |
Thomas, Marlo.
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Actors -- United States -- Biography.
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American wit and humor -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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| Added Author |
Alda, Alan, 1936-
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| ISBN |
9781410430731 hardcover |
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1410430731 hardcover |
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