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Ben Ohmart
The first book on singer Frances Langford, from the author of books on Don Ameche and the Bickersons.
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Old Time Radio fans still love hearing Walter Tetley as Leroy in episodes of The Great Gildersleeve and as the obnoxious grocery boy, Julius, on The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show…
This is the HARDBACK version. Old Time Radio fans still love hearing Walter Tetley as Leroy in episodes of The Great Gildersleeve and as the obnoxious grocery boy, Julius, on…
Hardback version of the first book on Hollywood songstress and radio legend, Frances Langford.
For the first time ever, here is the ultimate biography, encompassing Noel Blanc’s unpublished biography, with an introduction by Bugs Bunny, plus a complete (and huge) credit list and discography.
This is the HARDBACK version. TIM KELLY (1931-1998) was a proli?c and successful American writer, with more than three hundred plays to his credit. His works (which include comedies, dramas…
Never before have the infamous love letters between John and Blanche Bickerson seen the light of day, and this collection shows just why. This amazing testament to the strength of…
This 2nd expanded edition contains: More personal information from missing wives and friends More photos More/updated credits Letters between Paul and his first wife during WWII New cover! For the…
The hook is simple: everyone knows that the character of Dracula was based on Vlad the Impaler Tepes. The trouble is, he never died. Hollywood, Random House, the Lugosi estate…
Lavishly illustrated, with a foreword by Blanche herself, Frances Langford, this book unearths material never before published.
Yep, this here’s the first book on everyone’s favorite rube, Judy Canova! Teeming with family interviews and rare, unpublished photos, this is the only book that’ll ever need to be…
Ohmart profiles a prolific and successful American writer who has more than 300 plays to his credit and was a television and screenwriter penning films including Cry of the Banshee…
Philip Rapp
More scripts from radio’s wittiest series, The Bickersons!
The official biography of the Oscar-winning actor of Cocoon, and the great radio actor, Don Ameche, written with the aid of the Ameche family.
Ben Ohmart,Nat Segaloff
Behind the scenes of The Good Fairy, The End, Inner Sanctum and more minor film classics, with lots of interviews!
Paul Frees
The Writings of Paul Frees: Scripts and Songs From the Master of Voice Paul Frees was more than the voices of Boris Badenov, The Pillsbury Doughboy, your Ghost Host in…
Kent Skov
READ ALONG WITH YOUR
FAVORITE MAD MOVIES!
Remember the ‘80s? The last original decade, when Rubix was the cube, and Michael Jackson was the voice of a Pepsi Generation?
You’re…
This is the HARDBACK version. Buddy Baker was Disney music. Mostly known as the composer of The Haunted Mansion song and score, he also was a composer of films (Wicked…
Behind the scenes of Airplane 2, Breakdown, The Blob, The Shaggy DA and more minor classic films.
This is the HARDBACK version. Paul Frees was more than the voices of Boris Badenov, The Pillsbury Doughboy, your Ghost Host in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion and narrator on classic films…
Ben Ohmart,Philip Rapp
Biography of the creator of The Bickersons, writer for Eddie Cantor and Fanny Brice, by the author of The Bickersons, Don Ameche and the upcoming Frances Langford. Contains a wealth…
Alan Reed,Ben Ohmart
If you’re not old enough to remember Falstaff on The Fred Allen Show, perhaps you recall Fred Flintstone from The Flintstones, that modern stoneage family. Both boisterous voices - and…
THE BICKERSONS-THE BEST RADIO COMEDY EVER -LARRY KING QUARRELS BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN ARE NOTHING NEW, AND COULD BE DULL, BUT THEY TAKE ON A FRESHNESS AND MERRIMENT EXTRAORDINAIRE IN…
Classic TV pilots from the creator of The Bickersons, Philip Rapp.
Stop crying! We’ve got more impossible kid humor for you! MORE Baby Snooks Scripts from the fertile mind of radio writer, Philip Rapp! Original radio scripts from Maxwell House, Good…
In addition to providing the voices of Boris Badenov and The Pillsbury Doughboy, and narrating films like The Manchurian Candidate and The Shaggy Dog, Frees wrote the recently unearthed scripts…
The official biography of the Oscar-winning actor of Cocoon, and the great radio actor, Don Ameche. Written with the aid of the Ameche family, this first book features over 100…
The autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone is brought to life by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and Alan Reed, Jr., featuring rare interviews with Alan Reed himself…
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Original Baby Snooks radio scripts direct from the collection of Philip Rapp, creator of The Bickersons!
Original Baby Snooks radio scripts from the collection of Philip Rapp, creator of The Bickersons!
This is the HARDBACK version. This 2nd expanded edition contains: More personal information from missing wives and friends More photos More/updated credits Letters between Paul and his first wife during…
Buddy Baker was Disney music. Mostly known as the composer of The Haunted Mansion song and score, he also was a composer of films (Wicked Woman, The Fox and the…
For the first time ever, be privy to the open caverns of mirth that is the profilic Philip Rapp joke file! Rapp, writer for Baby Snooks, Eddie Cantor and creator…
Paul Frees is the voice of your Ghost Host at Disneyland and Disneyworld’s Haunted Mansion, the dastardly Boris Badenov from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Professor Ludwig von Drake via…
Buddy Baker was Disney music. Mostly known as the composer of the Haunted Mansion song and score, he was also a composer of films (Wicked Woman, The Fox and the…
