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The Resource Funny man : Mel Brooks, Patrick McGilligan
Funny man : Mel Brooks, Patrick McGilligan
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The item Funny man : Mel Brooks, Patrick McGilligan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Funny man : Mel Brooks, Patrick McGilligan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.
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- Summary
- "The fourth and last child of Max and Kitty Kaminsky, Mel Brooks was born on his family's kitchen table in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926, and was not quite three-years-old when his father died of tuberculosis. Growing up in a household too poor to own a radio, Mel was short and homely, a mischievous child whose birth role was to make the family laugh. Beyond boyhood, after transforming himself into Mel Brooks, the laughs that came easily inside the Kaminsky family proved more elusive. His lifelong crusade to transform himself into a brand name of popular humor is at the center of master biographer Patrick McGilligan's Funny Man. In this exhaustively researched and wonderfully novelistic look at Brooks' personal and professional life, McGilligan lays bare the strengths and drawbacks that shaped Brooks' psychology, his willpower, his persona, and his comedy. McGilligan insightfully navigates the epic ride that has been the famous funnyman's life story, from Brooks's childhood in Williamsburg tenements and breakthrough in early television--working alongside Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner--to Hollywood and Broadway peaks (and valleys). His book offers a meditation on the Jewish immigrant culture that influenced Brooks, snapshots of the golden age of comedy, behind the scenes revelations about the celebrated shows and films, and a telling look at the four-decade romantic partnership with actress Anne Bancroft that superseded Brooks' troubled first marriage. Engrossing, nuanced and ultimately poignant, Funny Man delivers a great man's unforgettable life story and an anatomy of the American dream of success"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 905 pages (large print), 14 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 1926 : Little World
- 1944 : Big world
- 1949 : Funny is money
- 1952 : Dreams and nightmares
- 1955 : Club Caesar
- 1957 : The genius awakes
- 1962 : The warm and fuzzy Mel
- 1965 : Springtime for Mel
- 1967 : Auteur, auteur!
- 1971 : Blazing Mel
- 1974 : Tops in taps
- 1975 : Club Brooks
- 1980 : Uneasy lies the head
- 1983 : Why so angry?
- 1986 : Frolics and detours
- 1995 : He who laughs last
- 2001 : Unstoppable
- Isbn
- 9781432866778
- Label
- Funny man : Mel Brooks
- Title
- Funny man
- Title remainder
- Mel Brooks
- Statement of responsibility
- Patrick McGilligan
- Title variation
- Mel Brooks
- Subject
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- Comedians -- United States -- Biography
- Brooks, Mel, 1926-
- Biography
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Biographies
- Brooks, Mel, 1926-
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Large type books
- Large type books
- United States
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
- Comedians
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The fourth and last child of Max and Kitty Kaminsky, Mel Brooks was born on his family's kitchen table in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926, and was not quite three-years-old when his father died of tuberculosis. Growing up in a household too poor to own a radio, Mel was short and homely, a mischievous child whose birth role was to make the family laugh. Beyond boyhood, after transforming himself into Mel Brooks, the laughs that came easily inside the Kaminsky family proved more elusive. His lifelong crusade to transform himself into a brand name of popular humor is at the center of master biographer Patrick McGilligan's Funny Man. In this exhaustively researched and wonderfully novelistic look at Brooks' personal and professional life, McGilligan lays bare the strengths and drawbacks that shaped Brooks' psychology, his willpower, his persona, and his comedy. McGilligan insightfully navigates the epic ride that has been the famous funnyman's life story, from Brooks's childhood in Williamsburg tenements and breakthrough in early television--working alongside Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner--to Hollywood and Broadway peaks (and valleys). His book offers a meditation on the Jewish immigrant culture that influenced Brooks, snapshots of the golden age of comedy, behind the scenes revelations about the celebrated shows and films, and a telling look at the four-decade romantic partnership with actress Anne Bancroft that superseded Brooks' troubled first marriage. Engrossing, nuanced and ultimately poignant, Funny Man delivers a great man's unforgettable life story and an anatomy of the American dream of success"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGilligan, Patrick
- Dewey number
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- 792.702/8092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN2287.B695
- LC item number
- M34 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- filmographies
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print biography and memoirs
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brooks, Mel
- Brooks, Mel
- Comedians
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Large type books
- Comedians
- Large type books
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture producers and directors
- United States
- Label
- Funny man : Mel Brooks, Patrick McGilligan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and filmography
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1926 : Little World -- 1944 : Big world -- 1949 : Funny is money -- 1952 : Dreams and nightmares -- 1955 : Club Caesar -- 1957 : The genius awakes -- 1962 : The warm and fuzzy Mel -- 1965 : Springtime for Mel -- 1967 : Auteur, auteur! -- 1971 : Blazing Mel -- 1974 : Tops in taps -- 1975 : Club Brooks -- 1980 : Uneasy lies the head -- 1983 : Why so angry? -- 1986 : Frolics and detours -- 1995 : He who laughs last -- 2001 : Unstoppable
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 905 pages (large print), 14 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432866778
- Lccn
- 2019008289
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1091236222
- 1856600
- (OCoLC)on1091236222
- 1856600
- Label
- Funny man : Mel Brooks, Patrick McGilligan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and filmography
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1926 : Little World -- 1944 : Big world -- 1949 : Funny is money -- 1952 : Dreams and nightmares -- 1955 : Club Caesar -- 1957 : The genius awakes -- 1962 : The warm and fuzzy Mel -- 1965 : Springtime for Mel -- 1967 : Auteur, auteur! -- 1971 : Blazing Mel -- 1974 : Tops in taps -- 1975 : Club Brooks -- 1980 : Uneasy lies the head -- 1983 : Why so angry? -- 1986 : Frolics and detours -- 1995 : He who laughs last -- 2001 : Unstoppable
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 905 pages (large print), 14 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432866778
- Lccn
- 2019008289
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1091236222
- 1856600
- (OCoLC)on1091236222
- 1856600
Subject
- Biographies
- Biography
- Brooks, Mel, 1926-
- Brooks, Mel, 1926-
- Comedians
- Comedians -- United States -- Biography
- Large type books
- Large type books
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
- United States
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