| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 20 min.)) : digital |
| Performer |
Read by the author. |
| Summary |
"In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's golden age-a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter, and a seemingly endless parade of laughs-sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book pays well-deserved homage. The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on the Bob Hope Show from Stockholm to Bora Bora, London to Peking. It's jam-packed with stories [and] anecdotes, his guest stars, and his writers-all from a fondly remembered past that will have you chuckling from start to finish. Bob Mills is well qualified to salute the famous corps of gag men who kept the comedian knee-deep in jokes. These firsthand recollections summon up the final phase of Hope's career-and the end of the trail for an entire brand of show business."-Gary Owens, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
|
|
Comedy -- Authorship.
|
|
American wit and humor.
|
|
Anecdotes.
|
| Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
|
| ISBN |
9781483096438 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
|
1483096432 (sound recording) (hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10935413 |
|
