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"THE BICKERSONS-THE BEST RADIO COMEDY EVER" -LARRY KING "QUARRELS BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN ARE NOTHING NEW, AND COULD BE DULL, BUT THEY TAKE ON A FRESHNESS AND MERRIMENT EXTRAORDINAIRE IN THE HANDS OF PHILIP RAPP." -GOODMAN ACE, AMERICAN HUMORIST "GRIPES OF RAPP IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO HAS VISIONS OF BEING A COMEDY WRITER." -SAM LOCKE, AWARD WINNING COMEDY WRITER "ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT COMEDY WRITING AND MUCH MORE." -ROGER CORMAN Biography of the creator of The Bickersons, writer for Eddie Cantor and Fanny Brice, by the author of The Bickersons, Don Ameche and the upcoming Frances Langford. Contains a wealth of Rapp's own work, including part of an unpublished autobiography! This is the SOFTCOVER version.
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Ben Ohmart has written books on voice actors Paul Frees and Walter Tetley, as well as biographies of Don Ameche, the Bickersons, Disney composer Buddy Baker, playwright Tim Kelly, and others. He runs BearManor Media, a small publishing company specializing in books on old radio and old film actors.
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