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Lahr and Buscemi: Who You Callin' Funny-Lookin?
John Lahr's first book was a biography of his father, Bert Lahr, Notes on a Cowardly Lion....

The Art Of Seduction: Stanwyck TKO's Fonda
One of the greatest seductions ever filmed. From Preston Sturges' 1941 comedy The Lady Eve. ...

The Gookie
Speaking of cigars, you should know the story behind Harpo Marx's in-case-of-emergence-make-this-face move:...

The Peter Sellers Story
Cinephilia and Beyond's got a gem for us, this remarkable post on Peter Sellers....

The Marx Brothers Play Football
From the Marx Brother's fourth feature, Horse Feathers (1932)....

I Begged You To Get Some Therapy
It’s always nice to watch guys at the game of their game, as Pollack and Hoffman were in Tootsie. Sure, they might have wanted to strangle each other but the payoff was sweet for us. ...

Bill Cosby Talks Money, Success, Racism, Guns And Revolution
First rock albums I ever bought were Let it Bleed and Are You Experienced?. I was in the fifth grade. My mom took me to Caldors I bought them on cassette. She dug rock n roll but wasn't an avid record buyer. She had albums by Simon and Garfunkel and Judy Collins and her favorite, Jacques Brel, but i...

Mel Brooks: Funny Is Money. Shit Is Good Pepper
Brookslyn reprints one of the great interviews ever conducted. Brad Darrach's 1975 chat with Mel Brooks (thanks, once again, to Cinephilia and Beyond):...

Baseball On The Radio, George Carlin, Ike and Tina, Jurassic Five Jam
Another little jam for you—chuckle and groove. ...

Vat The Hell Is This? It's Garbage, That's What It Is
And while we're talkin' Mel Brooks, you must for to watch this:...

Baseball Card Vandals
Here's some cheap laffs and good fun for ya: Baseball Card Vandals. ...


The End Of Lenny Bruce
Head on over to Bronx Banter and check out Dick Schaap's 1966 tribute to Lenny Bruce:...

And Where Do You Think You're Going? “I Said, ‘Out.’ Shit.”
Carlin on White Harlem. ...




