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Essays and interviews on the nature and scope of humor in America. Program consultant for the series: George Q. Lewis of the Humor Societies of America.

Available Episodes

1968-12-18A top banana: He knows where the laughs are00:14:51
1968-11-29Earl Wilson: Very friendly to comedy00:14:35
1968-11-29Chuck McCann: Longevity is the important thing00:14:49
1968-11-08Henny Youngman: Six minutes to make good00:14:41
1968-11-08George Q. Lewis: Did you make someone laugh today?00:14:38
1968-10-22Bob Orben: Twenty-five jokes a day00:14:43
1968-10-22Danny Thomas: There are no overnight stars00:14:45
1968-10-15Jack E. Leonard: Good evening, opponents00:14:50
1968-10-15Art Buchwald: Something bugs me every day00:14:40
1968-09-29Sam Levenson: I told jokes naturally00:14:37
1968-09-29Joan Rivers: Everything really happens00:14:49
1968-09-29Harold Lloyd: The golden silents00:14:51
1968-09-29H. Allen Smith: Thirty books on a totem pole00:14:56
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Subjects
Broadcasting; Broadway (New York, N.Y.); Comedy; Film; Gender & Women's History; Media Arts; NAEB Region I: The Northeast; NAEB Region III; NAEB Regions III & IV: The Upper Midwest; Newspapers; Performing Arts; Plays; Silent films; Sociology; Stand-up comedy; Television; Theater & Drama; U.S. History (1900-present); United States--History--20th century; Wit and humor; Women
Creators
Michigan State University; WKAR (Radio/television station : East Lansing, Mich.)
Contributors
Buchwald, Art; Leonard, Jack E.; Levenson, Sam, 1911-1980; Lewis, George Q.; Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971; McCann, Chuck; Orben, Bob; Rivers, Joan; Smith, H. Allen (Harry Allen), 1907-1976; Thomas, Danny; Wilson, Earl, 1907-1987; Youngman, Henny
Genres
Comedy
Time Periods
1960-1969