Thoroughly engulfed in Writer's Block today, awaiting the June 6 edition of The Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show on KFJC, I looked at the newfangled modern device sitting on the kitchen table and saw "Ask Alexa what you should do today." I did and Alexa's response was to go commit a physically impossible sexual act.
So, in lieu of a post that includes any writing whatsoever, here's a video of an event featuring comedians and comedy historians talking about comedians, Professional Jokers: Jewish Jesters from the Golden Age of American Comedy. Saw this on Mark Evanier's News From Me website and laughed so hard it hurt.
One of the iconic standup comedians on the above panel who we don't hear nearly enough from is the great Robert Klein. Here he is on the outstanding interview show Later with Bob Costas.
Robert Klein gets the gang here thinking not just of Rodney, but of another original, groundbreaking and brilliant standup comedian, Jonathan Winters.
If you just watched Professional Jokers: Jewish Jesters from the Golden Age of American Comedy all the way through and are dying for more showbiz stories about young jokesmiths writing for Morty Gunty, listen to this interview with Alan Zweibel from Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast.
Alan, that most prolific television writer, author, playwright and screenwriter, has a new book out - and, yes, wrote jokes for Monty Gunty.
Follow this interview from Gilbert's podcast with visits to the Archive Of American Television's YouTube channel and to Kliph Nesteroff's interview-laden Classic Television Showbiz page (as well as his appearances found on YouTube - including the following extremely NSFW one from Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast).
And, both finishing up today's post and shifting 20th century pop culture gears entirely, we direct you to Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research website.
Do check out The Bill Tytla Animated Pogo Special That Never Was, Jim Korkis' latest article.
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