¿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 The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on The Bob Hope Show from Stockholm to Bora Bora, London to Peking.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 amp; Martin¿s Laugh-In
¿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 The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on The Bob Hope Show from Stockholm to Bora Bora, London to Peking.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 amp; Martin¿s Laugh-In
The Laugh Makers: A Behind-the-Scenes Tribute to Bob Hope's Incredible Gag Writers
The Laugh Makers: A Behind-the-Scenes Tribute to Bob Hope's Incredible Gag Writers
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169918427 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 05/01/2013 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |