BearManor Media News — comedy

  Q&A with Raymond Valinoti, Jr., author of The Joe McDoakes Comedies - A Critical Filmography     Q: Who was Joe McDoakes? A: Joe McDoakes was a character played by actor George O'Hanlon in a series of comedy short subjects. They were released by Warner Brothers from 1942 to 1956 and were popular with filmgoers. George O'Hanlon is best known as the voice of George Jetson on the Hanna Barbera cartoon show The Jetsons. His character of Joe McDoakes was an ordinary fellow who found himself in extraordinary situations. Each of the shorts had a title beginning with So...

          Girls Just Want to Have Funny: Female Film Comedies of the 1980’s                                     Short Interview with Author Dan Lalande   What first got you interested in the subject? My previous book, Heroes of The New Hollywood: Hoffman, Hackman, Nicholson, Pacino, Duvall and De Niro in the 70’s, was about the greatest generation of male actors the screen has ever seen, covering their peak period. But while the 70’s, on screen, was a great decade for men, it was a terrible time for women. Despite the fact that feminism was nearing full stride, there were few vehicles for women....

10 Questions and Answers with Mark Arnold, author of Unconditionally Mad 1. Why a MAD Magazine book now? My publisher, Ben Ohmart, has been bugging me for a history of MAD book for almost a decade. After the success of "If You're Cracked, You're Happy, Part Won and Part Too" it seemed inevitable that I would eventually tackle America's foremost humor magazine for the past 70 years.  2. Why didn't you want to write it? I didn't want to do it for a number of reasons. I knew it would be a massive undertaking, and in the end, I was...

(This post contains amazon affiliate links) Hiya friends, how about these old new and used bargains in beautiful books?  Hard cover, soft cover or you can rip it off and color your own - there’s no additional charge!Seriously, sorta, we’ve got a very generous catalog at Bear Manor and “books” are still being published and read, I hope.  Here’s some thoughts about them-TALES OF THE OLD DETECTIVE - I only have the hardcover 10x71/2 and it’s really beautiful, with the Bruce Litz illustrations and superb Austin style.  It pairs with Phil’s reading, but I don’t know if that’s available.  If...

Q&A with Snorre Smari Mathiesen, author of the new book on August Schonemann What piqued your interest in Norwegian comedian August Schønemann (1891-1925) in the first place?Although a huge celebrity in Norway during his lifetime, August Schønemann is today chiefly remembered as the father of Aud Schønemann, a much beloved comic performer in my home country, whose fame has endured more so than that of her father. I have many fond memories of watching Aud’s film and TV performances in my childhood. I’ve kind of always been interested in “old” things, including entertainment history of the past, and felt that...