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Will and Grace are best friends. Will is a gay lawyer and Grace is a straight interior designer. They both live in New York and have become quite comfortable living together. Jack is Will's flamboyant gay friend and Karen is Graces' secretary/assistant who come over all the time to spice up the friendships.
Pub. Date
c2003
Summary
Two high living young people (Marion and George) are killed by an avalanche while skiing. Their house is purchased by a conservative, non-assertive middle-aged man (Topper) and his forceful wife. The young couple returns to their home to live as ghosts and only the man of the house can see and talk with them, causing misunderstandings and comedic situations.
In "The proposal, " Marion realizes she and George are technically no longer married forcing...
Pub. Date
c2004
Summary
On a skiing vacation in Europe, George and Marion Kerby were trapped in an avalanche along with their would-be rescuer, a St. Bernard named Neil. All three died, only to return to the United States to haunt their former home, now occupied by a grumpy and uptight banker named Cosmo Topper. Only Topper could hear and see the friendly ghosts who would try to help him loosen up and enjoy life, but more often all they did was complicate it!
In "Second...
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Summary
"Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. Who but Carol Burnett herself has the timing, talent, and wit to pull back the curtain on the Emmy-Award winning show that made television history for eleven glorious seasons? In Such Good Company delves into little-known stories of the guests, sketches and antics that made the show legendary, as well as some favorite...
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Pratfall-prone Rob and his wife Laura, along with wisecracking co-workers Sally and Buddy, continue to combined wit and slapstick. Opening with "That's My Boy?" and is about Rob's fear that he's brought the wrong baby home from hospital. "October Eve" is where Laura is mortified when a nude portrait of her surfaces in a New York gallery and "Big Max Calvada", a gangster muscles Rob, Buddy and Sally into writing a comedy routine for his nephew. Contain...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Summary
With his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, one of the first writers for Saturday Night Live traces the history of American comedy.
Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at Saturday Night Live, where...
Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night, despite bombing on stage, he caught the attention of Lorne Michaels and became one of the first writers at Saturday Night Live, where...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
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Summary
Hand-picking the keenest insights and funniest exchanges from eighty-four episodes of the groundbreaking streaming series, this carefully curated book offers excerpts from casual yet intimate conversations with the funniest people alive and behind-the-scenes photos and anecdotes.
Pub. Date
c2007
Summary
Liz Lemon is the head writer of a live variety program in New York City. Liz's life is turned upside down when brash new network executive Jack Donaghy interferes with her show, bring the wildly unpredicatable Tracy Jordan into the cast. Now it's up to Liz to manage the mayhem and still try to have a life.