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03670aam a22004698i 4500 001 52DA2B18ADD811E997956CF996128E48 003 SILO 005 20190724010022 007 tb 008 190312s2019 meua dbq 000 0beng c 010 $a 2019008289 020 $a 143286677X 020 $a 9781432866778 035 $a (OCoLC)1091236222 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d TP7 $d JRZ $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN2287.B695 $b M34 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a McGilligan, Patrick, $e author. 245 10 $a Funny man : $b Mel Brooks / $c by Patrick McGilligan. 246 30 $a Mel Brooks 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, $c 2019. 300 $a 905 pages (large print) : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 520 $a "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celebrated shows and films, and a telling look at the four-decade romantic partnership with actress Anne Bancroft that superseded Brooks' troubled first marriage.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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and filmography. 600 10 $a Brooks, Mel, $d 1926- 650 0 $a Comedians $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Motion picture actors and actresses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Motion picture producers and directors $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20200414013149.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20191116010751.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20190903010123.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20190802010903.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=52DA2B18ADD811E997956CF996128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search