I’ve decided, for no other reason than it’s there, to screen, or in most cases, to re-screen all 100 movies on AFI’s 100 Laughs list and to report back to you, faithful readers, on how the movie has stood the test of time. Or the test of my own set of preconceived...
I was among a number of comedy experts who got to opine on South Park’s brutal take-down of Donald...
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Radio interview I did this summer with James Barbour talking about my new book, The Hidden Tools of Comedy.
Bert Lahr was born in New York City on this day in 1895. A star in vaudeville and on Broadway, his career in the movies never really took off–except for this little picture he once was featured in, The Wizard of Oz. Happy Birthday, Bert!
. . . and buys my book, and writes a whole sermon based on the book! How cool/bizarre/unlikely/cool is that? The recording begins in the middle of the first sentence which went something like, “When was the last time you read a good book on the theory of...
