Madeline Kahn : being the music, a life / William V. Madison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madison, William V., author.

Series:

Hollywood legends series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kahn, Madeline.

Actors--United States--Biography.

Actors.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 343 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]

Contents:

Part I 1942-69 7

1 Childhood 9

2 A Shoeshine and a Smile: Bernie Wolfson 12

3 The Manumit School (1948-53) 14

4 Life with Stepfather: Hiller Kahn (1949-58) 17

5 Hofetra (1960-64) 25

6 The Graduate: Green Mansions (1964) and Upstairs at the Downstairs (1965-66) 32

7 Pink-Slipped: How Now, Dow Jones (1967) 41

8 We've Never Seen You: New Faces of 1968 43

9 Cigars and Lavaliers: De Düva and Candide (1968) 47

10 Only Make-Believe: Promenade and Show Boat (1969) 54

Part II The 1970s 59

11 "Educated Shrieks": LaBohème (1970) 61

12 The City Slickers' Goodtime Hour: Comedy Tonight (1970) 64

13 The Man Who Came to Dinner: Two by Two (1970-71) 66

14 The Eunice Burns: What's Up, Doc? (1972) 73

15 Bon Voyage: Missing Candide (1971) 79

16 Honky-Tonk Parade: Paper Moon (1973) 83

17 Gooch's Lament: Mame and Other Curiosities (1972-73) 90

18 It's Twue: Blazing Saddles (1973-74) 95

19 The Half-Vision of What I Might Be: Boom Boom Room (1973) 99

20 Sweet Mystery: Young Frankenstein (1974) 103

21 Down in the Dumps in the Hollywood Hills: At Long Last Love (1975) 109

22 If You Loved as I Do: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) 119

23 What a Dog: Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) 124

24 Live from New York: Saturday Night Live (1976) 128

25 So Glad We Had This Time Together: The Carol Burnett Show (1976) 131

26 Prelude to a Train Wreck: Marco Polo Sings a Solo and She Loves Me (1977) 135

27 The Drug Rumor 140

28 Dames in Distress, Pigs in Space: High Anxiety, The Cheap Detective, and the Muppets (1977-78) 143

29 Train Wreck: On the Twentieth Century (1978) 150

Part III The 1980s 173

30 Annus Horribilis: Simon; Happy Birthday, Gemini; Wholly Moses!; and First Family (1980) 175

31 It's Good to Be Somebody's Mother: A Little Off-Broadway and History of the World, Part I (1980-81) 181

32 Slipshod: Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982-84) 185

33 The Safe Place: Santa Fe (1982-83) 189

34 Madness and Mourning: Yellowbeard (1983) 195

35 Breaking into Television: Scrambled Feet (1983) 197

36 A Banana Boat to Nicaragua: Oh Madeline (1983-84) 202

37 Aftermath: City Heat, Ludlam, and Beyond (1984-85) 214

38 The Black Widow: Clue (1985) 219

39 You'd Be Surprised: Chameleon (1986), "Wanted: The Perfect Guy" (1987), and Mr. President (1987-88) 224

40 Back to Broadway: Born Yesterday (1988-89) 233

41 At First Glance: John Hansbury 241

Part IV The 1990s 243

42 The Trouble with Auteurs: Betsy's Wedding (1990) and Shadows and Fog (1992) 245

43 An International Guest Star: Avonlea (1991), For Richer, for Poorer and Lucky Luke (1992), and Monkey House (1993) 249

44 Calling on Dolly: Hello, Dolly! (1992) 253

45 Simply Gorgeous: The Sisters Rosensweig (1992-93) 259

46 The Mother of All Lawsuits (1993) 270

47 Mixed Bags: Mixed Nuts (1994) and Anyone Can Whistle (1995) 272

48 Idle Tongues: New York News, Saturday Night Live, For Love Alone, and London Suite (1995-96) 275

49 Do You Love Me, Pauline?: Cosby (1996-99) 281

50 Enlightenment in the Dark: Judy Berlin (1999) 289

51 Loving Madeline 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Madison, Willliam V. Madeline Kahn

ISBN:

9781617037610

1617037613

OCLC:

893899249