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This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Public Radio (U.S.)
Other Authors: Eisenberg, Ophira, 1972-
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : HighBridge Audio, 2014.
Subjects:
Radio programs > United States.
Comedians > United States.
American wit and humor.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Audiobooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Ophira Eisenberg
  • Charlie Chapin, in the lens of history : Weekend edition Saturday, July 22, 2006
  • Buster Keaton, "Tempest in a flat hat" : Weekend all things considered, July 9, 2005
  • Harold Lloyd on the comedian's art : Special feature, September 11, 1972
  • Hello, I must be going : Groucho's last year : Weekend all things considered, July 22, 1978
  • Comedy veterans remember Ernie Kovacs : Weekend edition Saturday, July 2, 2011
  • The life of Stepin Fetchit : Talk of the nation, November 9, 2005
  • Sid Caesar : what he thinks is funny : All things considered, October 28, 1982
  • Marlo Thomas remembers "growing up laughing" : Weekend edition Saturday, October 2, 2010
  • Lucille Ball, a TV pioneer : Morning edition, November 5, 1985.; Carl Reiner on comic writing and life : Weekend edition, June 25, 1995
  • Jonathan Winters : humorist writes new book : Weekend edition, December 5, 1987
  • Dick Van Dyke's "lucky life" : Morning edition, May 10, 2011
  • Bob Newhart's "button-down mind" changed modern comedy : All things considered, December 23, 2007
  • Bob & Ray chat about new book, characters : All things considered, September 20, 1983
  • Billy Crystal's "Foolin," full of fun
  • and feeling : Weekend edition Saturday, September 7, 2013
  • Jerry Seinfeld : stand-up comic : Fresh air with Terry Gross, September 2, 1987
  • Kristen Wiig : that loud, strange lady isn't me : All things considered, July 19, 2013
  • Louis C.K. reflects on Louie, loss, love and life : Fresh air with Terry Gross, December 13, 2011
  • Jim Gaffigan on kids, comedy, and apartment living : Weekend edition Saturday, May 4, 2013
  • Aisha Tyler talks about flipping off failure : Morning edition, July 9, 2013
  • Sarah Silverman, serving up sinfully divine comedy : Weekend edition Saturday, November 23, 2013
  • Gabriel Iglesias : funny, "hot and fluffy" : Tell me more, June 28, 2012
  • Eddie Izzard : cake or death? gâteau, s'il vous plaît! : Morning edition, April 28, 2014
  • Mike Birbiglia : thank God for trivia : Ask me another, April 3, 2014.

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