Mar 24, 2021 | Authors, Comedians
A little more than five years ago, I interviewed Kliph Nesteroff about his book, “The Comedians,” a terrific history of the last century of American comedy, from vaudeville right up to today (you can listen to that conversation here). Now Kliph is out with...
Mar 10, 2021 | Authors, Blog
I was sad to hear of the death at 91 of Norton Juster, author of what I consider the greatest book of all time, “The Phantom Tollbooth.” Here’s how the book is aptly described on Wikipedia: “The Phantom Tollbooth” is a children’s...
Apr 17, 2020 | Authors, Movies
I had a great time reading Woody Allen’s autobiography, “Apropos of Nothing.” It was one of the rare times I had to put a book down because I was laughing so hard. Although it would be hard to prove if the evidence were only his last few movies, the...