Product Description
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 continue to bend the boundaries of comedy today. Chronically serious? Prepare to be cured by this collection of revealing profiles and interviews with some of the funniest personalities ever.
Featuring
Featuring
- Charlie Chaplin
- Buster Keaton
- Groucho Marx
- Sid Caesar
- Ernie Kovacs
- Bob and Ray
- Imogene Coca
- Mel Brooks
- Carl Reiner
- Bob Newhart
- Jonathan Winters
- Bill Cosby
- Phyllis Diller
- Joan Rivers
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Conan O’Brien
- Amy Poehler
- Margaret Cho
- Jim Gaffigan
- Sarah Silverman
Author Bio
OPHIRA EISENBERG is the host of NPR’s Ask Me Another. A familiar face in the comedy world, Eisenberg moved to New York in 2001 from Canada and performs stand-up regularly at comedy clubs in the city as well as headlines across the United States, Canada and Europe. She tours as a host and storyteller with The Moth and is featured on The Moth Radio Hour and podcast. Selected as one of New York Magazine’s "Top 10 Comics that Funny People Find Funny," and featured in the New York Times as a skilled comedian and storyteller with a “bleakly stylish” sense of humor, Ophira has appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central, The Today Show, VH-1 and more. Her debut memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, was recently optioned by Zucker Productions for a feature film.