Bits : A Comedy Writer's Screams of Consciousness

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solms, Kenny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventures--Fiction.

Bits--Fiction.

Scream--Fiction.

Local Subjects:

Adventures--Fiction.

Bits--Fiction.

Scream--Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Place of Publication:

: Easton Studio Press, LLC, 2015.

Summary:

Anne Frank wrote her diary. A yawn. Alex Haley wrote about his roots. A snooze. The Bible. What a bore! But what do all these have in common? That's obvious. They're not funny and the people they wrote about aren't current. Where's Bieber? Jolie? Beyonce? That's who people want to read about and laugh about. Celebrities! And not written by the celebrities themselves. What do they know? If they were smart, they wouldn't have become celebrities in the first place. Who really knows their stories?It's the writer! The guy who was there in the trenches, the guy who made them famous in the first pla

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""The Early Years""; ""Kenny Goes to College""; ""A Dollar a Joke, Ten Dollars a Sketch""; ""Kenny and Gail""; ""Our Wedding Album""; ""The Call""; ""Steve Allen Comedy Hour""; ""The Carol Burnett Show""; ""Tim Conway""; ""Bits""; ""The Buzz""; ""Specials""; ""Lorelei""; ""Sheila Levine""; ""Not So Special Specials""; ""Bigger and Better""; ""Back to Broadway (Or Should I Have Stayed Home?)""; ""As the Stomach Turns""; ""Curtain Call""; ""Bonus Material: As the Stomach Still Turns""

""As the Stomach Still Turns""""Photo Credits""; ""Copyright""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781632260178

1632260174

OCLC:

904407276