EncycloComedia: A big, nicely researched collection of biographical sketches on comedians of prominence, past and present, A to Z. Hundreds of names are profiled, from Adam Sandler, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Lily Tomlin, David Letterman, and Tom Hanks back to yesteryear favorites Abbott and Costello, Pigmeat Markham, Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, Wheeler & Woolsey, Mae West, Henny Youngman, Joe Besser, Robert Benchley, Jackie Gleason, Martha Raye, and Charlie Chaplin, plus many more in-between.
Included, where available, movie, television, radio, recording, and stage (Broadway, vaudeville, nightclub) highlights of each comic performer are noted. It's fun and informative reading, providing pointers to home video and audio enjoyment.
There's also a big exhibition of the comic celebrities' headshot photographs in the Gallery of Funny Faces.
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