The Improv - Budd Friedman

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Auteur(s) : Budd Friedman - Tripp Whetsell

Editeur : Benbella Books

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/09/2017

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 400

Expédition : 601

Dimensions : 23.6 x 15.4 x 3.5

ISBN : 1942952430

Résumé :

Foreword by Jay Leno

Prologue

Introduction

Part One

1. Growing Up Fatherless and Struggling to Find My Way
2. Broadway Bound and the Unexpected Detour
3. Building the House That Hilarity Built
4. Flying by the Seat of My Pants
5. The Improv Gets Hot
6. A Future Film Legend Wanders into West 44th Street and I Nearly Produce My First Show
7. The Singing Waitresses
8. Liza Minelli and Judy Garland . . . Onstage at the Improv
9. Not So Blown Away by Bette Midler . . . at First
10. Comedians Start Coming to the Improv
11. The Anointment of King Richard

Part Two

Revelry and Rivalry

Stiller and Meara

More Momentum, My Monocle-and Lily Tomlin's Grand Entrance

The One and Only Rodney Dangerfield

Robert Klein Elevates Stand-Up-and the Improv-to a New Level

Locking Horns with David Brenner

Richard Lewis

The Hippest Room in America

The Improv's Gentle Giant

The Improv and The Tonight Show

A Tale of Two Comedy Clubs

Meeting Jay

Producing My First Show

Part Three

Expansion

My Early California Adventures

Andy Kaufman Turns Stand-Up Upside Down

Dissing Larry David

A Tsunami Named Robin

Comedy's Tragic Prinze

A Troubling Nemesis Named Mitzi Shore

Going Up in Flames

Old Enemies and New Beginnings

Part Four

An Evening at the Improv

The Improv Explodes . . . and the Stakes Get Even Higher

The Comedy Boom Busts and Finding Fallon

Passing the Baton and Looking Ahead: The 2000s to the Present

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

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Biographie:
Budd Friedman, the man who could well be called the father of the modern comedy club, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, moved to New York, fought in Korea and returned to Manhattan, where he obtained a degree in Advertising and Marketing from New York University. Less than enthralled with advertising, he hit upon the idea that was to become the Improvisation. The rest, as they say, is history. Ever the entrepreneur, Budd produced a political/satirical theatrical revue in New York entitled What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a State Like This? He became Jay Leno and Bette Midler's first manager, and in 1975 he opened a West Coast branch of the Improv on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles.

Budd auditioned for and won the coveted role of Budd Friedman in Man on the Moon, the biopic about Andy Kaufman starring Jim Carrey and Danny DeVito. In 2002, he hosted and executive produced a one-hour primetime special for NBC celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Improv. He also co-created and executive produced National Lampoon's Funny Money for the Game Show Network. More recently, he reprised his role of Budd Friedman in Judd Aptow's Funny People. He continues to bring stand-up into the hearts and minds of everyone in the United States. As of 2015, there were 22 Improv comedy clubs in 12 states.

Tripp Whetsell is a New York-based author, entertainment journalist and critic specializing in comedy, television, film, music and pop culture history. His work has appeared both in print and online for such publications as VanityFair.com, TV Guide, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The New York Times, New York Magazine, New York Daily News, Closer Weekly, The Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter. This is his third book....

Sommaire:

Budd Friedman, the man who could well be called the father of the modern comedy club, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, moved to New York, fought in Korea and returned to Manhattan, where he obtained a degree in Advertising and Marketing from New York University. Less than enthralled with advertising, he hit upon the idea that was to become the Improvisation. The rest, as they say, is history. Ever the entrepreneur, Budd produced a political/satirical theatrical revue in New York entitled What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a State Like This? He became Jay Leno and Bette Midler's first manager, and in 1975 he opened a West Coast branch of the Improv on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles.

Budd auditioned for and won the coveted role of Budd Friedman in Man on the Moon, the biopic about Andy Kaufman starring Jim Carrey and Danny DeVito. In 2002, he hosted and executive produced a one-hour primetime special for NBC celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Improv. He also co-created and executive produced National Lampoon's Funny Money for the Game Show Network. More recently, he reprised his role of Budd Friedman in Judd Aptow's Funny People. He continues to bring stand-up into the hearts and minds of everyone in the United States. As of 2015, there were 22 Improv comedy clubs in 12 states.