In such good company : eleven years of laughter, mayhem, and fun in the sandbox /
Here are all the topics readers want to know more about, including: how the show almost didn't air due to the misgivings of certain CBS vice presidents; how she discovered and hired Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway; anecdotes about guest stars and her close freindshi...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Archetype,
[2016]
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Edition: | First edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- In the sandbox
- A man's game
- Play!
- Variety shows in the seventies
- A typical week
- Let's bump up the lights!
- Some of my favorite Q&As
- Our gang
- Those behind the scenes for the entire eleven-year run
- "Life once removed": a conversation with Larry Gelbart
- Explaining a punch line
- Our recurring sketches of the years
- The famous blooper
- Cracking up
- "The pigeon lady" gets back at Tim
- Characters and auras
- The movie parodies
- Our trips to England, Ireland, and Italy
- "And then somebody asked me..."
- A miracle moment
- Down memory lane with some of our guests
- "Lovely story," "The Funn family," and other guests
- Embarrassing moments
- "Are those your own teeth?" and other questions I've answered
- The night I got even
- The mini-musicals
- Australia
- Lights, camera, action: More movie parodies I loved
- Stress relief
- The flip shows
- More special memories about some other amazing guest stars
- The night I fired Harvey
- The Emmys
- A conversation with Dick Cavett
- Harvey leaves our show
- Our final season and the last show
- Afterword
- The artist entrance
- Wrapping it all up
- Appendix 1: Shows and guests
- Appendix 2: Writers by season
- Introduction
- In the sandbox
- A man's game
- Play!
- Variety shows in the seventies
- A typical week
- Let's bump up the lights!
- Some of my favorite Q&As
- Our gang
- Those behind the scenes for the entire eleven-year run
- "Life once removed": a conversation with Larry Gelbart
- Explaining a punch line
- Our recurring sketches of the years
- The famous blooper
- Cracking up
- "The pigeon lady" gets back at Tim
- Characters and auras
- The movie parodies
- Our trips to England, Ireland, and Italy
- "And then somebody asked me..."
- A miracle moment
- Down memory lane with some of our guests
- "Lovely story," "The Funn family," and other guests
- Embarrassing moments
- "Are those your own teeth?" and other questions I've answered
- The night I got even
- The mini-musicals
- Australia
- Lights, camera, action: more movie parodies I loved
- Stress relief
- The flip shows
- More special memories about some other amazing guest stars
- The night I fired Harvey
- The Emmys
- A conversation with Dick Cavett
- Harvey leaves our show
- Our final season and the last show
- Afterword
- The artist entrance
- Wrapping it all up
- Appendix 1: Shows and guests
- Appendix 2: Writers by season