Back with another collection of “funnies,” which follows on the heels of last year's 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century (VL-11/01), this Reader's Digest compilation serves up another smorgasbord of comic moments from motion pictures, television, bloopers, and home videos. Opening with the golden age of live television in the 1950s, the first volume features sidesplitting sketches from Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Lucille Ball, the late Milton Berle, and Jackie Gleason, among others, before traveling back to the era of live radio and the USO tours of the '40s, coupled with clips from some of the funniest motion pictures of the decade, winding up with a quick look at the personalities of the '30s, including Will Rogers, Fanny Brice, and Jimmy Durante. Volume two looks at more recent decades--'60s, '70s, and '80s--with standout comics Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, Lily Tomlin, Redd Foxx, Garry Shandling, Carol Burnett, and others. The final volume is packed with bloopers featuring clumsy U.S. presidents, amazing sports gaffes, and movie star blunders, as well as clever pets and funny home videos. Sure to be popular, this one is definitely recommended. Aud: P. (L. Stevens)
What Made America Laugh
(2001) 3 videocassettes. 288 min. $24.99. Questar. PPR. Color cover. ISBN: 1-56855-847-3. Volume 17, Issue 3
What Made America Laugh
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