Laughing Matters: On Writing Mash, Tootsie, Oh, God!, and a Few Other Funny Things - Hardcover

Gelbart, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067942945X ISBN 13: 9780679429456

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1998

Synopsis

The Emmy Award-winning writer who developed the acclaimed series M*A*S*H, among many other hits, looks back on his long career from radio onward in the company of Mel Brooks, Jack Paar, Neil Simon, and others. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

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t is the comic genius who developed M*A*S*H for TV, one of the longest-running, most beloved series in history; he was a much-admired member of that memorable gaggle of writers who worked for Sid Caesar, which also included Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Woody Allen, and Neil Simon; and he's written successful movies like Tootsie and Oh, God!, smash hits for Broadway, including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and City of Angels, TV comedy-dramas like Barbarians at the Gate and Weapons of Mass Distraction, and more.
        His book now adds to the fun. Part memoir, part sampler, part love letter, Gelbart tells of writing radio comedy at age sixteen for Danny Thomas--and later for Bob Hope, Jack Paar, and Red Buttons; he offers behind-the-set stories about Milton Berle, George C. Scott, and George Burns, "Klinger" and "Radar" and "Father Mulcahy"; and he lets us know about the places he's lived and how he's lived and w

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 067942945X
• ISBN 13: 9780679429456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276