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There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows

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There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of the medium and brief but intimate accounts of some of the biggest acts from the 1930s and 1940s. Gaver and Stanley give insight on several luminaries from the days of vintage radio: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, Amos 'n Andy, and more! (Summary by ChuckW) (5 hr 13 min)

Chapters

00 - Then and Now

31:53

Read by Maria Kasper

01 - Fred Allen (Juggler's Progress)

16:39

Read by Bellona Times

02 - Bob Hope (While There's Life!)

19:42

Read by Maria Kasper

03 - Jack Benny (The Fiddler from Waukegan!)

19:36

Read by Maria Kasper

04 - Bergen and McCarthy (Alter Ego!)

24:05

Read by Phil Chenevert

05 - Fibber McGee and Molly (The Folks from Peoria!)

13:44

Read by Larry Wilson

06 - Ed Gardner (Absentee Ownership!)

10:21

Read by Kristin G.

07 - Eddie Cantor (Girls, Girls, Girls!)

13:20

Read by Kristin G.

08 - Abbott and Costello (Laborers in the Cornfield!)

13:03

Read by Little Tee

09 - Amos 'N' Andy (Blackface!)

12:59

Read by Phil Chenevert

10 - Ed Wyn (The Fire Chief!)

12:54

Read by Maria Kasper

11 - Fanny Brice (The Brat!)

8:36

Read by ElleyKat

12 - Milton Berle (Peck's Bad Berle!)

11:04

Read by Jennifer Dorr

13 - Colonel Stoopnagle (The Colonel!)

11:30

Read by Jennifer Dorr

14 - Easy Aces (Aces!)

10:43

Read by Jennifer Dorr

15 - Burns and Allen (Be Dumb, Sweet Maid!)

17:33

Read by Maria Kasper

16 - Phil Baker (Squeeze Play!)

13:57

Read by Jennifer Dorr

17 - The Great Gildersleeve

8:14

Read by Phil Chenevert

18 - Durante and Moore (The Sweetest Guy in the World!)

18:52

Read by Little Tee

19 - Joan Davis (I'ze a Muggin'!)

7:28

Read by Jennifer Dorr

20 - Jack Kirkwood (The Early Bird!)

8:44

Read by SteveToner

21 - Raymond Knight (Cuckoo!)

8:08

Read by Arianne Stein

Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

Just a great collection of stories about some of our best comedians. It is so wonderful to read about people without the smut and mudra raking so common to the current garbage we see in print today. Thank you to the readers. You all did a fine job. I enjoyed this book tremendously.