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83The Films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were one of the most successful dance teams in history. The films they made together feature some of the best dancing and music of the 20th century.
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93Top 5 Comedy Teams of All Time
These five teams of outstanding comedians have made me laugh when times were tough. They have done this for audiences from World War I, through the Depression, through Viet Nam, and continue to do so today on video. They have been honored even in other genres and that is a mark of excellence.
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66Great American Comedians-Fred Allen
Fred Allen - Funny GuyJohn Florence Sullivan was born on May 31, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Irish Catholic parents, Cecilia Herlihy and James Henry Sullivan. John was later to quip that when one's...
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73Mel Blanc
Born May 30, 1908, in San Francisco, changed the spelling of his last name at the age of 16. Upon graduating high school in Portland Oregon, he got a steady job on a local radio show titled "The Hoot Owls."...
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75The Jokester Style of Jack Benny
WELL! Jack Benny was like a member of my imaginary family when I was small. He and his squeaky violin made me laugh and were an anchor for my young life. He said he was 39 years old for 40 years and when he auditioned for a 70-year-old character part at the age of 80+, they told him he MOVED TOO FAST!
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58The meanest man on the planet?
Is this man the dirtiest scoundrel on Earth or merely a loveable rascal? Despite his personality, or maybe because of it, he became very wealthy and famous in the early 1900s. After you read about him in his...
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61OOOOMmmppphhfffff!!!!
The name Frank "Cannonball" Richards isn't exactly a household name, but chances are you have seen the iconic photograph of a gentleman being shot in the stomach with a cannonball, as the ultimate feat of...
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65That's So Vaudeville
From the early 1800's, in America and Canada, until around the 1930's, Vaudeville genre performances prevailed in North America. A curious mix and mash of concert saloon performance style, minstrelsy, freak...
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