There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows


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(4.3 stars; 9 reviews)

There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of the medium and brief but intimate accounts of some of the biggest acts from the 1930s and 1940s. Gaver and Stanley give insight on several luminaries from the days of vintage radio: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, Amos 'n Andy, and more! (Summary by ChuckW) (5 hr 13 min)

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00 - Then and Now 31:53 Leído por Maria Kasper
01 - Fred Allen (Juggler's Progress) 16:39 Leído por Bellona Times
02 - Bob Hope (While There's Life!) 19:42 Leído por Maria Kasper
03 - Jack Benny (The Fiddler from Waukegan!) 19:36 Leído por Maria Kasper
04 - Bergen and McCarthy (Alter Ego!) 24:05 Leído por Phil Chenevert
05 - Fibber McGee and Molly (The Folks from Peoria!) 13:44 Leído por Larry Wilson
06 - Ed Gardner (Absentee Ownership!) 10:21 Leído por Kristin G.
07 - Eddie Cantor (Girls, Girls, Girls!) 13:20 Leído por Kristin G.
08 - Abbott and Costello (Laborers in the Cornfield!) 13:03 Leído por Little Tee
09 - Amos 'N' Andy (Blackface!) 12:59 Leído por Phil Chenevert
10 - Ed Wyn (The Fire Chief!) 12:54 Leído por Maria Kasper
11 - Fanny Brice (The Brat!) 8:36 Leído por ElleyKat
12 - Milton Berle (Peck's Bad Berle!) 11:04 Leído por Jennifer Dorr
13 - Colonel Stoopnagle (The Colonel!) 11:30 Leído por Jennifer Dorr
14 - Easy Aces (Aces!) 10:43 Leído por Jennifer Dorr
15 - Burns and Allen (Be Dumb, Sweet Maid!) 17:33 Leído por Maria Kasper
16 - Phil Baker (Squeeze Play!) 13:57 Leído por Jennifer Dorr
17 - The Great Gildersleeve 8:14 Leído por Phil Chenevert
18 - Durante and Moore (The Sweetest Guy in the World!) 18:52 Leído por Little Tee
19 - Joan Davis (I'ze a Muggin'!) 7:28 Leído por Jennifer Dorr
20 - Jack Kirkwood (The Early Bird!) 8:44 Leído por SteveToner
21 - Raymond Knight (Cuckoo!) 8:08 Leído por Arianne Stein

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(5 stars)

Just a great collection of stories about some of our best comedians. It is so wonderful to read about people without the smut and mudra raking so common to the current garbage we see in print today. Thank you to the readers. You all did a fine job. I enjoyed this book tremendously.