Funniest Comedy Icons of the 20th Century, Volume 1 (hardback)

This is the HARDBACK version.

Journey into a world of comedy featuring some of the best comedians and comediennes of a different time and place.

Dozens of encounters, each based on a one-on-one interview, some dating as far back as the 1960s, recalled by John Stalney, for thirty-three years an entertainment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle's Dateook.

Stanley specialized in exclusive moments with stars and up-and-coming stars, searching for how and why they had succeeded or were trying to succeed with comedy in the worlds of night clubs, television, and motion pictures.

Enter the lives of such historic show biz personalities as:

Sid Caesar
Imogene Coca
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Kathryn Grant Crosby
George Burns
Lucille Ball
Art Carney
Jackie Gleason
Audrey Meadows
Milton Berle
Jack Benny
Dennis Day
Sheldon Leonard
Mel Blanc
Hilliard Marks
Rodney Dangerfield
Joan Rivers
Woody Allen
Donald O'Connor
Mae West
Jimmy Durante
Liberace
Peter Sellers
Henry Mancini
Hoe Howard
Wally Cox
Greg Garrison
Frank Gorshin
Rich Little
Elliott Gould (M*A*S*H)
Donald Sutherland (M*A*S*H)
Alan Alda (M*A*S*H)
Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H)
Harry Morgan (M*A*S*H)
Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H)
Larry Linville (M*A*S*H)
Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H)