So Far, So Funny

My Life in Show Business
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7864-7604-6
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 525 g

At 18, Hal Kanter first came to Hollywood to work as the ghost writer for a comic strip for the princely sum of $10 per week - before he was fired. It was then he heard an Eddie Cantor radio show and realised that he could write better jokes than the famed comedian's writers were providing him. Interestingly enough, Cantor's writers agreed with him, at least to some degree, and hired the brash young man to work with them on the Jack Oakie radio show. Thus was born one of the more interesting and varied careers in Hollywood. <br><br>Kanter's writing career went from radio shows to screenplays to television series. Along the way he worked with such luminaries as Bob Hope, Frank Capra, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and a host of others. Awarded an Emmy for writing <em>The George Gobel Show</em>, he was the creator of <em>Julia</em>, the ground-breaking television series. Though he went on to enjoy great success as a producer and director, Kanter always considered himself, first and foremost, a writer. And just how many scripts has he written? ""More than I can lift,"" he says.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kanter, Hal

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents <br><br>Preview ix<br><br>1. Hal Did a Lot for Our Family 1<br>2. The Advantage of Being on the Bottom 8<br>3. The Happy Hour of Eternity 12<br>4. Do Ducks Waddle? 16<br>5. I Do All of My Work Sitting Down 21<br>6. Romance Into Marriage 26<br> 7. Spice to My Conversation 32<br>8. Whether It Happened or Not 39<br>9. Everybody Knows It’s Raining 44<br>10. Why Aren’t I Wet? 50<br>11. His Dentist Was a Proctologist 57<br>12. Only a Pig 65<br>13. An Honest Living 72<br>14. ’Til I Say It Is 77<br>15. A Virtue I Do Not Possess 83<br>16. An Apology 87<br>17. My One Goal 90<br>18. “Shit,” He Said Brie?y 96<br>19. Even Inanimate Objects 99<br>20. Hollywood’s Lesson 104<br>21. No Small Parts 108<br>22. Some People Are So Sensitive 115<br>23. I’m O.K. 119<br>24. No Good Can Come of It 126<br>25. What a Lamp Post Thinks of Dogs 131<br>26. By Words Alone 138<br>27. If Writers Were Good Businessmen 141<br>28. A Clean Sheet of Paper 146<br>29. If Lincoln Were Alive Today 150<br>30. But Why Should I Depress You? 156<br>31. Always a Beginner 163<br>32. Ten Percent of Everything 169<br>33. No Reason to Regret It 175<br>34. I’d Rather Have Cocoa 183<br>35. I Forgot to Write It Down 187<br>36. Three People Have a Baby 193<br>37. If You See My Producer 197<br>38. On Schedule 204<br>39. Without Music 209<br>40. The Show Goes On 216<br>41. Still Frisky 222<br>42. The Gift of Laughter 228<br>43. Expressing Ourselves 236<br>44. When My Comedy Succeeds 240<br>45. What Critics Say 247<br>46. Hamlet’s Experiences 254<br>47. Feed Gravel to His Oxen 264<br>48. The Big Show 271<br>49. You’re Going to Love Melbourne 277<br>50. If You Live Long Enough 285<br><br>Index 293

Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Hal Kanter</strong> continues to write, produce and direct in Encino, California. He has cowritten 28 Academy Awards shows.