Better Late (Samuel French Acting Editions) by LarryGelbart Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 2011 by Samuel French, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-573-69951-1, ISBN: 0-573-69951-8
"Comedy Characters: 3 male, 1 female This play was the recipient of the Selma Melvoin Playwriting Award, given by Northlight Theatre in Chicago, IL. As Better Late opens, Julian (Nussbaum) is forced to move in with his ex-wife and her new husband in order to recuperate from a sudden illness. With each passing day, the awkward situation spirals further and further out of control. As the laughter builds, the question becomes: how long wil ..."
Gary Burghoff To M*A*S*H and Back by Gary Burghoff, LarryGelbart Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2009 by Bearmanor Media ISBN-13: 978-1-62933-029-7, ISBN: 1-62933-029-9
""It's a charming and memorable book that tells the story of a down-to-Earth man who, in the process of living his life, just happened to have claimed a part of television history." - Tolucan Times To millions of faithful television viewers, Gary Burghoff will always be Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, the lovable telepathic assistant to Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H. But the man behind the bespectacled TV Land icon is a true Renaissance man. ..."
Abrogate(Updated) by LarryGelbart Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2013 by Samuel French, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-573-69953-5, ISBN: 0-573-69953-4
"This political comedy from acclaimed film, theatre, and television legend Larry Gelbart examines the long-term consequences of the Bush-era White House through an imaginary hearing investigating the abrogation of human rights under the Bush regime. Hillary Clinton is now president and, in an attempt to sift through the debris of the post-Bush regime, holds a congressional meeting to explore how the atrocities during the previous adminis ..."
"(Applause Libretto Library). The script to the Tony winning music featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs. Hardcover."
Mastergate and Power Failure(1st Edition) 2 Political Satires for the Stage (Applause Books) by LarryGelbart Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55783-177-4, ISBN: 1-55783-177-7
"(Applause Books). The complete scripts to two of Larry Gelbart's most popular and powerful political satires. Review of Mastergate : "If George Orwell were a gag writer, he could have written Mastergate. Larry Gelbart's scathingly funny takeoff on the Iran-Contra hearings is a spiky cactus flower in the desert of American political theatre." Jack Kroll, Newsweek . Review of Power Failure : "There is in his broad etching all the e ..."
City of Angels(1st Edition) (Applause Libretto Library) by LarryGelbart, Cy Coleman, David Zippel Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 2000 by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55783-081-4, ISBN: 1-55783-081-9
"(Applause Libretto Library). The libretto to the Tony winning musical featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs."
Laughing Matters(1st Edition) On Writing M*A*S*H, Tootsie, Oh, God!, and a Few Other Funny Things by LarryGelbart Hardcover, 276 Pages, Published 1998 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-679-42945-6, ISBN: 0-679-42945-X
"After five decades in the funny business, Larry Gelbart has done it all. And what he hasn't done, he's obviously avoiding. You probably know him as the man who developed the television series M*A*S*H; it's his crowning achievement, but hardly his only claim to fame. Gelbart also wrote Oh, God!, Tootsie, City of Angels, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, along with innumerable gags for Bob Hope, Red Buttons, Sid Caes ..."
"Prepare yourselves, M*A*S*H fans, for the most comprehensive book on the show ever written. Written by fans and for fans, this book covers material never covered in previous books. Aside from an astounding amount of researched info for nearly every episode of the series, this book covers every aspect of the show from the opening theme to the production codes, including a season by season analysis. But even more importantly, there is fre ..."
"Prepare yourselves, M*A*S*H fans, for the most comprehensive book on the show ever written. Written by fans and for fans, this book covers material never covered in previous books. Aside from an astounding amount of researched info for nearly every episode of the series, this book covers every aspect of the show from the opening theme to the production codes, including a season by season analysis. But even more importantly, there is fre ..."
"... Helen and Peter Kroger , who are Canadian All is blissful in the protected .
contained little world of the Jacksons , until ... are really put to the test when the
detective reveals to them that the spies are , in fact , their best friends the Krogers
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"... Jack Benny, Art Carney, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand, for
which he received numerous awards, ... Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can
Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973),
TheFrogs ... He wrote the music and lyrics for the television production Evening
Primrose (1966), composed the film scores for ... to the musical theater, and in
1989 was named the first Visiting Profe ..."
Gary Burghoff(1st Edition) To M*A*S*H and Back by Gary Burghoff, LarryGelbart, Lon Davis Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2009 by Bearmanor Media ISBN-13: 978-1-59393-343-2, ISBN: 1-59393-343-6
"To millions of faithful television viewers, Gary Burghoff will always be Walter "Radar" O'Reilly, the lovable telepathic assistant to Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H. But the man behind the bespectacled TV Land icon is a true Renaissance man. He's a classically trained stage actor, a jazz musician, an environmentalist, a poet, a songwriter, an inventor, a wildlife artist, and now - a writer. In this intensely personal memoir, the author tak ..."
"Based - very loosely - on the plays of Plautus, A Funny Thing...ran for three years on Broadway with Zero Mostel as the cowardly slave, Pseudolus. The first British production, with Frankie Howerd, ran almost as long and spawned the TV series Up Pompeii! A Funny Thing...was only Sondheim's third musical and the first for which he wrote the score as well as the lyrics. On the first two, West Side Story and Gypsy, he had written lyrics on ..."
Laughing Matters(Large Print) On Writing M*A*S*H, Tootsie, Oh, God! and a Few Other Funny Things (Thorndike Press Nonfiction Series) by LarryGelbart Hardcover, 397 Pages, Published 1998 by G. K. Hall & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-7838-0294-7, ISBN: 0-7838-0294-3
"The writer who developed the acclaimed series "M*A*S*H," among other hits, looks back on his long career from radio onward in the company of Mel Brooks, Jack Paar, and Neil Simon"
"Describes specific forms of television comedy, looks at top television comedians of the past, and shares reminiscences and brief selections from comedy routines"
"Full of the people, scenes, and emotions that made M*A*S*H an eleven-year television sensation, this is an homage of wit and warmth. Each of the 251 episodes are reprised, complete with interviews of the people who made it and acted in it. More than 200 photos capture key scenes as well as intimate backstage moments."
Caesar's Hours(1st Edition) My Life in Comedy, With Love and Laughter by Sid Caesar, Eddy W. Friedfeld, LarryGelbart Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2003 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-152-0, ISBN: 1-58648-152-5
"The legendary television star tells the backstage stories of the classic comedy of Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour , and other landmark programs. It is no exaggeration to say that without Sid Caesar, comedy in America would have been a lot less funny. He was the star and guiding force behind Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour , two of the most innovative programs in the Golden Age of Television, and the writers and stars of those sh ..."
RHVP-Remainder Ser. Laughing Matters by LarryGelbart Hardcover, Published 1999 by Random House Value Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-609-00027-4, ISBN: 0-609-00027-6
Mastergate A Play on Words by LarryGelbart Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1990 by French ISBN-13: 978-0-573-69148-5, ISBN: 0-573-69148-7
"The play is set in the Sherman Adams Room at the John Mitchell Building in Washington, D.C.. The "Select Joint Congressional Committee Investigating Alleged Covert Arms Assistance to Alleged Other Americas" investigates the CIA's attempt to ..."